Physician Associate in Trauma & Orthopaedics

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of Physician Associates providing care for patients admitted to Trauma and Orthopaedics. The postholder will be part of a team of PAs working across different areas in the department; wards, clinic, theatres, etc. They will be working closely with Consultant of the week, Registrars and Junior Orthopaedic Research Fellows responsible for patients on the ward, including both elective and trauma patients. Dedicated sessions for clinic and theatre work will also be developed for the post holder. The PA team also lead the departments virtual fracture clinic alongside the on call consultant. The post holder will be required to provide assistance to the Consultant Surgeons and Specialist Registrars in the provision of high quality care within the department. They will be expected to participate in all aspects of the patient pathway as appropriate and to perform delegated duties with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge, working within operating theatres, wards and outpatient clinics. The role involves being second on call with the registrars over night and weekend duties in a 1-9 week rota basis. Assess and examine acutely unwell medical patients, order appropriate investigations, interpret investigation findings, form a list of differential diagnoses and recommend treatment accordingly.

• Active member of the daily consultant led ward rounds, presenting and reviewing patients
based on the ward, and making timely and relevant documentation as appropriate.
• Perform diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, subject to training/experience. (Including, but
not limited to Venepuncture, Cannulation, ABG sampling, ECG, Catheterisation, NG tube insertion, Fracture reduction and Casting, Joint aspiration, etc)
• Review, asses and admit patients alongside the registrar during out of hours shift, in resus,
A&E, and urgent care.
• Perform other tasks, not prohibited by law in which the physician associate has been trained
and is proficient to perform.
• Conduct virtual triage phone call clinics led by the on call consultant
• Liaise and initiate referrals to other specialties, other hospitals and GP practices as necessary
within their line of work.
• Liaise with families and next of kin as necessary, to ensure excellent care is always provided
for our patients.
• Support and contribute to timely discharge planning including completing discharge
summaries and support optimising bed capacity.
• Support the pre-operative assessment of patients for surgery to ensure optimisation of
  
  With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.