Job overview

Physician Associate Post - Respiratory Medicine
Band 6/7 (dependent on experience)
Full time 37.5 hours

Fixed term basis: 6 months

This post is open to experienced and newly qualified PAs who are registered with the GMC.  

Main duties of the job

MFT has become the largest employer of PA’s in the NW with over 40 employed PAs. We are now seeking a PA to work in Respiratory Medicine at the Wythenshawe site.  Patient care and safety are at the core of every role.  We support and value our staff and have a PA consultant clinical lead, non-clinical lead, lead PA and a dedicated PA support team.  We have monthly half day Physician Associate teaching to support CPD and provide study leave funding.  We run a “preceptorship” band 6 year to support newly qualified PA’s in the transition.  Subject to satisfactorily completing agreed competencies, in line with the Faculty of Physician Associates recommendations, PA’s on a permanent contract can then advance to band 7 PA roles after the first year of employment. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing, and shaping the future of our organisation together.