Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic Physician Associate with an interest in Dermatology? Are you looking to develop specialist skills within a friendly, supportive and innovative team? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are seeking motivated Physician Associates to join our established Dermatology team based at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. We currently have one permanent position and one fixed-term maternity cover opportunity available.

As an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with Consultant Dermatologists, specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals to provide high-quality care for patients with a wide range of dermatological conditions. The role offers the opportunity to undertake patient assessment, contribute to diagnosis and treatment planning, support specialist clinics, and play an active role in service improvement, education and audit activities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established Physician Associate workforce within a progressive and forward-thinking Dermatology service. We are committed to supporting your professional development through clinical supervision, educational support, annual appraisal and opportunities to expand your specialist dermatology knowledge and skills.

All applicants must hold current certification (or re-certification) through the Physician Associate National Examination and be registered with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will work under clinical supervision of the consultant body on their pathway to provide and deliver high-quality care to patients.

They will be required to:

• Clinically assess and examine a broad caseload of patients with a high degree of clinical skill and knowledge.
• Competently interpret diagnostic tests and imaging and appropriately act upon the result, including timely escalation to senior clinicians.
• Be expected to provide suspected cancer and routine clinics, working towards two clinics per week, for both patient cohorts, and a weekly diagnostic biopsy list.
• Assist in the triage and assessment of patients referred to the on-call service.
• Develop extensive specialist knowledge and experience of the subspecialty in which they are working.
• Perform diagnostic and LA day case procedures under consultant supervision.
• Fully integrate within the multidisciplinary team, communicating with other healthcare professionals.
• Make complex referrals to appropriate specialists and enact their advice promptly.
• Provide health and wellbeing counselling to patients and their relatives.
• Contribute to the development of efficient care pathways following current best practices and national guidelines.
• Request and interpret results of investigations when necessary.
• Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Date posted: 16 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
pa / pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 387-MED8412-LH
Job locations: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8HW, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Minimum of a BSc/BA undergraduate degree prior to undertaking PA training
• MSc/PgDip in Physician Associate Studies from a recognised PA training programme
• Current and valid certification or re-certification by the Physician Associate National Exam
• Registered with the UK General Medical Council
• Member of the Faculty of Physician Associates
• Evidence of post-qualification learning and development
• Basic Life Support

Desirable

• Intermediate Life Support
• Advanced Life Support

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Experience in working as a fully qualified Physician Associate
• Excellent knowledge of medical science and its application to clinical scenarios
• Able to demonstrate sound clinical judgement
• Experience working cohesively within a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of working in secondary care
• Experience in clinical audit
• Experience mentoring and training PA students
• Awareness of current developments and initiatives in the specialty area
• Experience in working in the advertised specialty

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Ability to interpret and implement guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Ability to safely and effectively prioritise workload
• Experience in working with and contributing to a multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of various healthcare roles and respect for the value of all members of the multidisciplinary team
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to exercise sound judgement when presented with conflicting work pressures
• Ability to effectively communicate highly complex and sensitive information (verbal and written) to colleagues, patients, and relatives
• Safe and competent performance of procedural skills

Desirable

• Competence in extended clinical skills

Aptitudes
Essential

• Caring and empathic attitude towards patients and their relatives
• Enthusiasm to learn
• Flexibility and resilience to change
• Honesty and reliability
• Awareness of self-development needs and motivation to seek development opportunities
• Ability to work within limits of competency and seek help when appropriate
• Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce.