Physician Associate - Surrey Downs Health & Care | Surrey Downs Health and Care
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £53,751 - £60,651 Pro Rata Per Annum inc Outer HCAS |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 07 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Epsom, KT18 7EG |
| Cwmni: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7677770/343-SDHC-7677770 |
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Surrey Downs Health & Care
An exciting opportunity to join Surrey Downs Health & Care (SDH&C) HomeFirst Services, supporting the expansion of Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Virtual Ward services across acute and community settings, including the Mary Seacole Unit.
Working as part of a one-team multidisciplinary frailty service, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred care through Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, supporting patients in their own homes, care homes, and hospital environments.
As a Physician Associate, you will assess and manage patients, initiate and interpret investigations, support treatment planning, and work closely with consultants, GPs, registrars, and the wider MDT. You will receive clinical supervision and peer support from experienced frailty clinicians while contributing to integrated, system-wide care delivery.
The post-holder will work across the virtual ward and Mary Seacole Unit, which are based at EGH. They will be part of the MDT that undertake holistic assessments and commence management plans. The PA will also be expected to contribute to the in-reach of the emergency department and SDEC to proactively identify and support home patients that could receive treatment in the community.
The Mary Seacole Unit is an integrated unit that combines an acute frailty unit with a community rehabilitation unit. It is based within Epsom General Hospital. The unit supports patients living with frailty, acute medical illnesses and rehabilitation needs. Care is offered by an enhanced MDT, with a goal to support back to their place of residence as soon as possible. The post holder will be part of the medical team and will work closely with both junior and senior medical staff as well as all other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) present on the ward. The appointee will share the responsibilities of ensuring ongoing medical care is facilitated including expediting investigations, making specialty referrals and ensuring management plans are carried out to completion. This will include ensuring discharge summaries are accurate and complete.
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
1.Assess and examine acute medical patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigations and recommend treatment.
2. Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for an agreed caseload of patients with a range of presenting complaints.
3. 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.
4. Contribute to achieving and maintaining key Performance Indicators for frailty service as well as virtual ward.
5. Support work within frailty service related to national audits.
6. Support recruitment into clinical research being carried out in the department.
7. Communicate with GPs and other health professionals that may have had contact with frailty service +/- virtual ward.
8. Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care in accordance with current best practice and national guidelines.
9. Be an active participant in the development of frailty service through the Trust and community services.
10. 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.
11. Be accountable for care given and to comply with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conduct standards as established by the UK Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Assistants (and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body when in place). To work within the framework of the scope of professional practice.
See Job description & Person specification for more information.
This advert closes on Thursday 22 Jan 2026