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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
The function of the Physician Associate (PA) is to provide high quality, safe and effective, clinical and emergency patient care in conjunction with other members of the clinical team.
The post will be based in secondary care services and the post holder will be part of a wider clinical team available to meet the needs of the service.
Working under the indirect supervision of a named consultant, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, PAs will undertake physical assessments and history taking, provide immediate care and initiate treatment as per clinical pathways/protocols, creating treatment plans as required.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Richard O'Brien on 07814 296435.