Profile
Simone Clarke
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Education:
Littleover Community School
The Millennium Centre
University of Nottingham (BSc & MSc)
Nottingham Trent University (PGCE)
University of Manchester Medical School (Physician Associate Studies)
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Qualifications:
BSc Biochemistry
MSc Oncology
Summer Studentship for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research Fund
PGCE Secondary Science Chemistry Specialism
PgDip Physician Associate Studies
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Work History:
Physician Associate Ambassador | Health Education England | October 2022- present
Digestive Diseases Physician Associate | Nottingham University Hospitals | December 2022 -present
Primary Care Physician Associate| Alvaston Medical Centre | August 2021-November 2022
Breast and Endocrinology Surgical Oncology Physician Associate | St James’s Hospital, Leeds | December 2019 – August 2021
Travelling team for Jay Clarke Professional Tennis Player at the ATP | Team C1arke | 2018 – 2019
Trainee Physician Associate | The University of Manchester | 2016 – 2018 |
MDT Cancer Centre Co-ordinator/Audit officer | Royal Derby Hospital | 2012 – 2014
Surgical Clerical Officer| Royal Derby Hospital | 2010 – 2012
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Current Job:
Physician Associate Ambassador | Health Education England | October 2022- present
Digestive Diseases Physician Associate | Nottingham University Hospitals | December 2022 -present
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Workplace:
Nottingham University Hospitals and Health Education England
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About Me:
I’m the eldest of 4 children. I play tennis and hockey in my spare time, I did play tennis to a national level when I was younger! When i’m not at work or playing sports, I enjoy spending time with my family and exploring new places.
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My pronouns are:
She/Her
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My Work:
Nottingham University Hospitals – Physician Associate in Digestive Diseases
Health Education England – Physician Associate Ambassador for Derbyshire.
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My Typical Day:
On my clinical days; Ward rounds, clinical tests, reading of results, actioning of test results and updating the team, patients and relatives.
On my non-clinical days- Online and face to face meetings to improve awareness of the PA role.
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On my clinical days I wake up have a shower, drive to work and then prepare for the early morning ward round; this involves checking tests results and making sure I know what is going on with each patient. After this we generate some ward jobs which we complete throughout the day. Once a week we have a multi-disciplinary meeting to discuss patients who have been discharged, those we are looking after and those coming in.
On my non-clinical days I have lots of meetings/presentations – online and face to face, with stakeholders (important people), from lots of different professions to try and improve the awareness of our role. Some of the stakeholders are working with Derby University to design an apprenticeship course to train more PAs, this will hopefully lead to an increase their number within Derbyshire!
I also help support those PAs that are newly qualified with work and non-work related things, this means arranging teaching and learning opportunities within the area so they can treat patients to the best of their ability.
