Paediatric Physician Assistant | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 06 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Band 6 on successfully completing preceptorship leading to Band 7 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 December 2025 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, S44 5BL |
| Company: | Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7572780/166-FC-7572780 |
Summary
Applicants are invited for Physician Assistants post in Paediatrics.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Chesterfield Royal Hospital to gain excellent experience in acute paediatric care within the Child Health department.
A challenging and rewarding role, the posts are essential to supporting the re-modelling and modernisation of the current clinical workforce.
You will be expected to work alongside 4 other Physician Assistants already in post as well as doctors and nurses to help deliver high standards of care.
Once in post there will be opportunity to gain specific skills that will enable you to become an invaluable member of the Child Health team.
Close supervision and training will be provided during a defined preceptorship period and beyond , enabling you to embed core skills, knowledge and competencies and a designated consultant supervisor will oversee and support career development. Working days initially, once 6-month preceptorship is completed, will cover a shift pattern which will include some weekend and twilight shifts as well as normal days, working on a 1:5 on-call rota.
As part of your application, in the additional information section, please provide a 500-word (approximately) narrative, highlighted your strengths, values and experience.
Please see the job description and person specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Please see the job description and person specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Nov 2025
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