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NHS Grampian is seeking to appoint a Physician Assistant/Associate in Acute Medicine.
The post would suit enthusiastic, innovating clinicians with a vision to delivering excellent healthcare as part of our Unscheduled care service. The prospective post-holders will be expected to develop/maintain their own clinical skills to a high standard to ensure safe delivery of care and have excellent team working skills. They must be able to work flexibly and multi-task when necessary including as required out of hours work.
Aberdeen is an excellent location to work and has recently been revealed as one of the three happiest locations in the UK. The city received this accolade in a survey conducted by the accountancy firm, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), which sought to grade cities on their economic success and quality of life. Aberdeen is quite simply the most desirable city in the United Kingdom in which to live and work. Established air, rail and sea links provide easy access for travel throughout the UK and beyond. Aberdeen, the “oil capital of Europe” is a cosmopolitan city with a variety of good bars and restaurants as well as several shopping centres.
There is easy access to the coast, to Royal Deeside and to the Highlands. The area offers opportunities for many outdoor pursuits including hill-walking, mountain biking and mountaineering.
Applications are invited from those Physician Associates who have completed the post graduate diploma in Physician Associate or within 3 months of completion.
Applicants must also be registered with the UK managed voluntary register for Physician Assistants.