Physicians Associate Emergency Department | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Blackburn, BB2 3HH
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Oct 2026

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Summary

This is a post for Physician Associates (PA) who have successfully passed their preceptorship to join our Emergency Medicine Directorate comprising two Urgent Care Centres and our Emergency Department.

You will be expected to work in the Emergency Department. You will always be supervised by an ED Consultant and in this role you will work with the Emergency Medicine Lead Consultant as the jobs clinician carrying out reviews or assisting with tasks that will facilitate the onward referral or discharge of patients within the Emergency Department. There will also be the opportunity to carry out management plans under the guidance of the Emergency Medicine Consultant working in the Urgent Intervention Area of the Department.

As a dependant practitioner, undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret investigation findings under the guidance of an Emergency Medicine Consultant appropriate actions. This role includes rotation across all areas of the Emergency Department and working with out multi disciplinary teams.

· Established in 2003, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute and community healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

· Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures.

· The organisation puts safety and quality at the heart of everything we do, invests in and develops its workforce, works with key stakeholders to develop effective partnerships and encourages innovation and pathway reform to deliver best practice.

· We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Participation in the clinical care of patients

· Ensure the provision of a high standard of care at all times

· Exercise a high degree of personal autonomy when assessing and planning care for patients

· As a dependant practitioner, undertake patient consultations, assessments, clinical examinations, order appropriate investigations and interpret investigation findings under the guidance of an Emergency Medicine Consultant

· Adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care

· Recognise patients with changing health status and undertake appropriate actions

· As part of a multi-disciplinary team, support the delivery of care in a range of settings

· Under clinical supervision, take responsibility for a dedicated patient caseload, where required

· Maintain timely and appropriate documentation

· Within your scope of practice and working as part of multi-disciplinary team, perform delegated diagnostic/therapeutic procedures

· Communicate information to patients and families and within the healthcare team

· Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients

· Rigorously review with a supervisor, all aspects of the patient’s plan of care and identify and address issues that may result in less than high quality care

· Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care

· Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including out of hours work in the presence of an Emergency Medicine Consultant

· Liaise closely and work collaboratively within the clinical/multi-disciplinary team to ensure good working relationships are in place which maximise benefits to patient care

· Maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies within your role or specialism

· Implement effective systems and processes for infection control management and relevant audit within your clinical area

· Act at all times, in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times, in keeping with ELHT safeguarding policies

This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Sep 2026

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