title: How a new health care assistant role can support junior doctors.
abstract: New roles that work across traditional professional boundaries are developing in response to the NHS modernization strategy. One trust has implemented a new health care assistant role to support junior doctors working in the surgical area. Evaluation shows that the role has had a positive impact on the working lives of junior doctors, enabling them to make more effective use of their time.
authors.affiliation: University of Salford.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leigh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D024802:Nurse's Role; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010823:Physician Assistants; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D016526:Workload