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We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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The Physician Associate role is being developed to work alongside the department’s Doctors and multidisciplinary team. The role will give the successful candidate and opportunity to work in a dynamic and welcoming outpatients team.
You will have an educational supervision and annual appraisal to overview your career development and mentorship, extensive training in respiratory sleep medicine will be provided.
All applicants must hold a qualification in Physician Associate Studies and be listed on the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register to be considered for this post.
The successful candidate will work under clinical supervision of the consultant body within the department to deliver high-quality care to patients.
They will be required to:
1. Undertake initial and follow-up assessments of patients referred to the sleep unit, initiating and evaluating different treatments including CPAP.
2. Participate in outpatient review of patients on long-term CPAP therapy.
3. Request and interpret results of diagnostic assessments.
4. Support multidisciplinary staff on the use of CPAP for inpatients both within and outside the Trust, including set-up, assessment and evaluation of therapy.
5. Assist in the triage and assessment of new patient referrals.
6. Contribute to and partake in departmental teaching.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.