Faculty of Physician Associates student conference 2018

Nicolas Mattick

Getting that first job -

Physician Associate

Relevance

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

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

Beneficial

• An interesting short, relevant positioning statement/summary

• Skills and procedures

• Outside interests, hobbies and activities – keep it interesting

• Professional / clinical referees.

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

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

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….

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).

• Who

• What

• Where

• When

• Why

• How

5W 1H

• 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

• 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

• 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

Technical skills?

Speaking to an audience?

Performance under pressure?

Subject knowledge?

What are the panel testing in a

presentations?

Think Rupert – is it relevant?

Where to look?

• NHS Jobs

• Indeed

• www.our-path.co.uk PATH Website

• Create your own GP vacancy – go direct

• GP Online / Pulse / BMJ

Q & A

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guide, email:

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