Job vacancy: Physicians Associate - Emergency Medicine, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn

Job summary

Main area: Emergency Medicine
Grade: 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Job ref: MEC-096-26

Employer: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Emergency Department, Royal Blackburn Hospital
Town: Blackburn
Salary: £39,959 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/09/2026 23:59

Physicians Associate - Emergency Medicine

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At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Participation in the clinical care of patients

· Ensure the provision of a high standard of care at all times

· Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for patients

· As a dependant practitioner, undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret investigation findings under the guidance of an Emergency Medicine Consultant

· Adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care

· Recognise patients with changing health status and undertake appropriate actions

· As part of a multi-disciplinary team, support the delivery of care in a range of settings

· Under clinical supervision, take responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, where required

· Maintain timely and appropriate documentation

· Within your scope of practice and working as part of multi-disciplinary team, perform delegated diagnostic/therapeutic procedures

· Communicate information to patients and families and within the healthcare team

· Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients

· Rigorously review with a supervisor, all aspects of the patient’s plan of care and identify and address issues that may result in less than high quality care

· Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care

· Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including out of hours work in the presence of an Emergency Medicine Consultant

· Liaise closely and work collaboratively within the clinical/multi-disciplinary team to ensure good working relationships are in place which maximise benefits to patient care

· Maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies within your role or specialism

· Implement effective systems and processes for infection control management and relevant audit within your clinical area

· Act at all times, in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times, in keeping with ELHT safeguarding policies

Person specification

essential

Essential criteria

Postgraduate Diploma in Physician Associate Studies
Registered with GMC
Current and valid certification or re-certification of the National Certifying Examinations for Physicians Associates (Royal College of Physicians)
· Passed and completed 1 year post graduate preceptorship
Membership of the Faculty of Physician Associates (Royal College of Physicians)
Experience working as a Physician Associate in an Acute Hospital or Community settin

Desirable criteria

Life support course certification e.g. ILS, ALS or PALS
Ability to practise evidence based medicine
Demonstrates a critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisitio

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Paul Yeomans
Job title: Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07583147280

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: Employment Services
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Telephone: 03033 301 033

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Physicians Associate - Emergency Medicine

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