Position Details
Job Title: Physician Associate
Division: Surrey Downs Health & Care Community Services
Band: Agenda for Change Band
Contract: Bank
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4 pm
Duration: 6 months, starting ASAP
Location: Surrey Downs Health & Care Community Services
Responsibilities
* Assess and examine acute medical patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigations and recommend treatment.
* Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for an agreed caseload of patients with a range of presenting complaints.
* Have, develop and maintain extensive specialist knowledge and experience in managing frailty and general patients, acting as a resource for the clinical team and allied health professionals.
* Contribute to achieving and maintaining key Performance Indicators for frailty service as well as for virtual ward.
* Support work within frailty service related to national audits.
* Support recruitment into clinical research being carried out in the department.
* Communicate with GPs and other health professionals that may have had contact with frailty service or virtual ward.
* Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care in accordance with current best practice and national guidelines.
* Be an active participant in the development of frailty service through the Trust and community services.
* Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.
* Be accountable for care given and to comply with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standard as established by the UK Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Assistants and the appropriate statutory regulating body when in place, working within the framework of the scope of professional practice.
Clinical Quality and Safety
* Attend relevant unit meetings and contribute to projects.
* Develop plans with the team to ensure implementation of National Service Frameworks, NICE guidance, and emerging NHS policy relevant to the clinical area of responsibility.
* Ensure there is excellent adherence to infection control policies and practice.
* Participate in monitoring of standards of medical and nursing care using quality scorecards.
* Contribute to systems and processes in place to comply with Trust policy in relation to clinical and non‑clinical risk, staff and patient complaints and patient and user feedback and involvement.
* Ensure that patients are properly assessed and safely transferred in and out of the respective areas.
* Contribute to environmental safety, keeping the environment clean, tidy and conducive to delivering compassionate care with privacy and dignity.
Research and Development, Education and Training
* Participate in the service’s strategic approach towards education, training and development, taking into consideration the requirements of individual staff and the availability of in‑house and commissioned education programmes.
* Participate in research activities when opportunities arise and ensure use of evidence‑based practice within the department or unit.
* Facilitate an effective learning environment for medical, pre‑registration nursing and allied health professional students.
Qualifications
* Right to work in the UK.
* Minimum of 6 months experience working within an NHS trust.
* Minimum of 6 months experience working as a physician associate.
Benefits
* Weekly pay.
* Free compliance checks.
* Access to mandatory training.
* Flexible working.
* First refusal over agency.
* Access to an NHS email providing NHS discounts such as the Blue Light Card and health service discounts.
* Access to NHS pension.
This advert closes on Friday 5 Jun 2026.
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