Physician Associate - Surrey Downs Health & Care
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £53,751.00 to £60,651.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53751.00 - £60651.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Epsom, KT18 7EG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9343-26-0015 |
Summary
1.Assess and examine acute medical patients, present them, initiate and interpret investigationsand recommend treatment.2. Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for anagreed caseload of patients with a range of presenting complaints.3. Have, develop and maintain extensive specialist knowledge and experience in managing frailtyand 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 wellas 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 frailtyservice +/- virtual ward.8. Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care in accordance with current bestpractice and national guidelines.9. Be an active participant in the development of frailty service through the Trust and communityservices.10. Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during thecourse of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisionsof the Data Protection Act and its amendments.11. Be accountable for care given and to comply with the Fitness to Practice and Code of Conductstandards as established by the UK Managed Voluntary Register for Physician Assistants (and subsequently the appropriate statutory regulating body when in place). To work within theframework of the scope of professional practice. See Job description & Person specification for more information.