Sophie Price
Physician Associate with special interest in medical education and clinical research
Summary
I am a physician associate working within the NHS who is looking for a change from clinical work. I have experience in pharmaceutical research and transferrable skills such as team working skills, prioritisation, working under pressure and reliability. I enjoy expanding my skill set and have recently started to learn data science plus coding in my spare time. I have worked within many sections from retail, to food service to logistics and medicine – I enjoy learning and pick up new skills quickly with enthusiasm putting my full efforts into any new venture.
I am developing managerial experience by completing the Edward Jenner Leadership programme accredited by the NHS. I am a mentor for students within the trust and provide academic and pastoral support.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Physician associate in medicine
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
03.2022 - Current
- I currently work within gastroenterology. My usual day involves scribing for consultant ward rounds in the morning or doing my own independent ward round. The afternoon involves completing jobs from the rounds including referring patients, organising discharges/follow up, interpreting results such as chest x-rays, ECGs and bloods. I will see any patients if they begin to deteriorate and manage these and seek senior support if appropriate.
- In my time I have developed my clinical skills and confidence, particularly when supporting the hospital out of hours. I have begun advancing clinical skills and routinely perform ascitic drains on the ward and teach new team members.
- I have provided key data for the UK-wide Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Audit by the British Society of Gastroenterology. I have worked on a project to provide JAG accreditation for the trust to provide small bowel capsule endoscopy service. We collected the data over 1 year period on study-specific CRFs (created by myself) and analysed nearly 100 capsule reports capturing data in 9 key domains. This data was presented trust wide to medical and surgical divisions.
- I have begun mentoring students on placement at the trust and act as a supervisor when rotating through gastroenterology, providing academic and pastoral support. We have meetings at the start and end of their placements to deduce what they need to gain, provide learning opportunities and discuss any important cases they have seen.
Clinical Trial Coordinator
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester
04.2018 - 02.2022
- My main responsibilities involved coordination of clinical projects for the lymphoma department. This includes coordinating study set-up, processing clinical trial amendments, reviewing contracts, entering data and maintaining source data/site files. As a team we had over 30 trials on the portfolio - including phase 1 (incl first in human), large phase 3 and observational.
- Participated in initiation visits and investigator meetings, implementing trials in accordance with study timelines and budgets.
- This role required good administrative skills, especially advanced use of excel, PowerPoint, and word to create documents. We had a process within the team of identifying deviations from trial protocols and collecting this in a spreadsheet. This meant the data could be analysed and I would present this back to the team to make them aware and troubleshoot how to improve our service provision.
- The lymphoma team were pioneers within real-world data. I volunteered my time to help with this important project alongside my usual job responsibilities. I contributed by collecting data for each patient case and publishing this data on the electronic paper records. As I was collecting the data I helped design any adjustments to the form and also worked with the informatics department to implement these changes. Any queries returned from the sponsors I would meet with the PI and clarify these.
- I have developed robust organisation skills within a clinical environment - understanding prioritisation of jobs and balancing this with the risks. I have good administration organisation skills and live by to-do lists in my professional and personal life. I had personal filing systems within clinical research to track jobs such as data point queries and pending signatures.
- I have successfully held a sponsor-initiated audit on a rapidly recruiting phase 2 trial.
- In this role, I have completed 3 novel audits. 1. Reviewing if blood acknowledgment on the electronic patient records was being completed by clinical staff. 2. Review if adverse events are being reported and if so, are they in enough detail to report on the case report forms. 3. Review if clinical trial scans were being reported as per criteria in the specific protocols.
Education
Master of Science - Physician Associate studies
University of Manchester
02.2020 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Science (Hons)
University of Manchester
09.2014 - 06.2017
Skills
Good Clinical Practice
Certification
Intermediate Life Support - Resus council
Volunteer
- Events first aider - St John Ambulance - Jan 2018 – December 2019
- Side-by-side volunteer - Alzheimer's Society - December 2017 – September 2018 ‘Side-by- side' volunteer caring for patients with ranging severities of dementia
- Home - Barista - 2018 As a trained barista, I used my professional skills to volunteer on an ad-hoc basis in a charity community cafe called ‘Home'.
- Peer mentor - Caldicot School - Sep 2012 – Jun 2014 Support and mentorship of vulnerable lower-school pupils.
Additional Information
Other jobs include – healthcare assistant (COVID 19 workforce), customer solutions specialist for RAC, research assistant at university of Manchester, customer service representative for Manchester United, Administrative officer at RAC, Barista and sales assistant at Boots.
I have a clean driving license held for over 7 years and access to own car.
To progress my personal professional development, I attend training such as the recent primary care conference in Manchester, RCP study days and local physician associate conferences (NWPA).
Timeline
Physician associate in medicine
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust
03.2022 - Current
Master of Science - Physician Associate studies
University of Manchester
02.2020 - 02.2022
Clinical Trial Coordinator
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
04.2018 - 02.2022
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Science (Hons)
University of Manchester
09.2014 - 06.2017
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