Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7544
Date Request Received: 10/11/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 17/11/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Physician Associates
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the period August 2022 - August 2023 regarding the employment and related details of Physician Associates (PAs) within your trust Number of Physician Associates (PAs) Employed: - Please provide the total number of Physician Associates employed in your trust for the stated time period. | |
| Answer To Question 1: 2 | |
| Question Number 2: Average Annual Salary of PAs: - Please disclose the average annual salary, or salary range, for Physician Associates employed in your trust for the stated time period, and a breakdown of how many PAs are on each Agenda for Change pay band. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Agenda for Change Band 7 £43,742 to £50,056 | |
| Question Number 3: Average Weekly Working Hours: - Specify the average number of hours worked per week by Physician Associates employed at your trust for the stated time period, and the average number of hours worked outside of the 9am-5pm time range. | |
| Answer To Question 3: 37.5 hours per week (no hours worked outside 9am to 5pm time range) | |
| Question Number 4: Job Duties and Responsibilities: - Provide a detailed description of the job duties and responsibilities of Physician Associates within your trust for the stated time period. | |
| Answer To Question 4: JD attached To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:  Physician Associate JD FOI 7544 Q4.pdf | |
| Question Number 5: Supervision and Accessibility: - Clarify what profession and grade are supervising Physician Associates and whether PAs at your trust are able to attend work if their supervising clinician is not immediately contactable by them. | |
| Answer To Question 5: Senior Registrars and Consultants – they are able to attend work if their supervising clinician is not immediately contactable by them. | |
| Question Number 6: Role in Filling Rota Gaps: - Indicate whether Physician Associates at your trust are permitted to fill rota gaps left by GMC Registered Medical Doctors. If so, specify the grade of doctors they are authorised to cover for. | |
| Answer To Question 6: No | |
| Question Number 7: Hourly Rates for Bank Shifts: - Please provide the hourly rate range paid to Physician Associates working bank shifts at your trust for the stated time period. Break down this range according to years of service if applicable. | |
| Answer To Question 7: They are not able to work Bank shifts as they are not registered Drs | |
| Question Number 8: Prospective Employment: - Please disclose the number of Physician Associates your trust plans to employ in the next 5 years, or business cases out for employing PAs in the next 5 years. | |
| Answer To Question 8: 12 | |
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