getting that first job - physician associate
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Faculty of Physician Associates student conference 2018
Nicolas Mattick
Getting that first job -
Physician Associate
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Relevance
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1994 – 1998 EDT social worker, SoHo – Westminster SSD
1998 – 2001 Social Worker, CP & Sect. 53, Cambridgeshire Social
Services
2001 – 2002 Locum CP social worker & RSW Team Leader, Essex SSD
2002– 2006 Social Work & RSW Recruitment Consultant
2006 - 2008 Recruitment Team Leader, doctors
2008 – 2014 National Clinical Recruitment Manager
2014 – present PATH Physician Associates
Nick Mattick - CV
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CV Essentials
• Your name & title
• Contact details
• PA School and Graduation date
• Relevant qualifications (degrees & FE)
• Licensing, memberships & registrations
• Clinical employment – starting with most recent
• Relevant employment
• Newly qualified PA’s should use rotations
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Beneficial
• An interesting short, relevant positioning statement/summary
• Skills and procedures
• Outside interests, hobbies and activities – keep it interesting
• Professional / clinical referees.
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And what you can leave out?
• Senior school (A- Levels, GCSE’s)
• Bland / generic summary statement
• Non-health / non-professional employment
• Lists of hobbies / activities
• Personal info (age, marital status, children)
• Anything not relevant to the role
• Talking in the 3rd person
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Huge mistakes
• Silly email addresses
• Photos
• Exaggerations & irrelevance
• Multiple fonts or fancy fonts
• Logos, Emoji’s, borders, creative’s
• Uncommon WP packages - use MS word
• No more than 2-3 pages – you have 10 seconds on a
scan read
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Now check it!
• Read it properly – autocorrect can play hockey
• Get someone else to read it
• Tweak it & read it again
• Ask someone who recruits purple regularly to check it
• And read it again
• Otherwise….
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Someone didn’t read their CV!
• The 9th Anal Sexual & Reproductive Health Conference.
• I undertook many sh*ts in the A&E department.
• I would also welcome the opportunity to undertake extra sh*ts in the
department.
• …working in the sexy health department was very enjoyable.
• Professional Interests – (Make some stuff up to go here).
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• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• Why
• How
5W 1H
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• Stick within the word count, don’t worry if you’re
under
• Read PS/JD - reference the ‘Essential’ criteria in your
statement using 5W1H
• Keep it RELEVANT
• Follow the language in the PS & JD to your
statement
Personal Statements
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• Personalise your CV/NHS profile/cover letter to the job you are
applying.
• Follow the language structure and use 5W 1H
• Follow up with a call.
• Research the employer & department.
• Ask for feedback
• Speak to professional recruiters – Ask for advice
Applying for Jobs
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• Do your research beforehand. Who’s interviewing you, what is the
format, where & when is the interview and how much time do I
have?
• Plan ahead – Strengths, Weakness, evidence, scenarios, questions.
• Build rapport with your interviewers
• Answers with 5W1H
• Take your time – Avoid Cul-de-sac’s and be relevant.
• Ask interesting & relevant questions
The Interview
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Technical skills?
Speaking to an audience?
Performance under pressure?
Subject knowledge?
What are the panel testing in a
presentations?
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Think Rupert – is it relevant?
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Where to look?
• NHS Jobs
• Indeed
• www.our-path.co.uk PATH Website
• Create your own GP vacancy – go direct
• GP Online / Pulse / BMJ
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Q & A