Physician Associate

Applications are invited for a Physician Associate in Renal Transplantation Surgery at The Royal London Hospital. The postholder will work alongside the specialist medical and nursing staff to delivery of high-quality care to patients pre and post-transplant. This includes a particular focus on supporting patient post transplant but will enable the successful applicant to gain experience across the transplantation pathway.
The service already employs a multitude of Physician Associate's and have a framework in place to support and develop post holders and develop the specialist knowledge and skills they need to contribute to the service.
Applicant must have previous Renal or Transplantation experience. This is a new post and is available for a 2 year fixed term contract in the first instance. Part of the role will be to demonstrate benefit in an effort to make a case to substantiate the post once the 2 years of funding have expired., This post is designed to augment the Renal team at Barts Health and is based at the Royal London Hospital. The successful appointee will be joining our existing PA workforce across the Renal service.
Barts Health is one of the largest providers of renal services in the UK. We care for around 1300 haemodialysis patients, 250 patients on peritoneal dialysis and perform around 150 kidney transplants annually with more than 1500 kidney transplant patients under regular follow-up.
The Royal London Hospital is a teaching hospital, a major trauma centre and a hyper acute stroke centre. The hospital offers district general hospital services for Tower Hamlets as well as a broad range of specialist service to the wider population of London and Essex.
The trust is fully committed to the development of the PA profession and is establishing an education and mentoring program designed to support the continued professional development of its PAs. Elements of training are delivered as part of the multi-disciplinary team training including participation in simulation, case-based discussions and clinical governance meetings in addition to education sessions specifically aimed at PAs and supporting the need for recertification. Our aim is to become the most attractive and desirable organization to work for as a PA.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment., We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Our people strategy for 2019-2022 sets out our priorities and an action plan to meet our ambition. In this strategy, we set out the deal we are offering to you in return for living and breathing our values so that they shape everything that you do every single day.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.