Physician Assistant/ Clinical Assistant - Child Health Program - 20019572

Manitoba Health; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare authority is seeking a motivated Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant for a Full-Time position in the Child Health Program at the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Applicants will perform a wide range of medical duties in various settings, including pediatric inpatient wards and outpatient clinics. Candidates must be eligible for licensure and should preferably have prior experience as a Physician Assistant or Clinical Assistant. This role includes a competitive salary and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
• Prior experience preferred.
• Must be a graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program acceptable to CPSM.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical School in Canada or abroad.

Responsibilities

• Perform, order, and interpret diagnostic investigations.
• Attend clinical rounds and participate in educational rounds.
• Document all patient encounters in electronic medical records.

Job description

Physician Assistant/ Clinical Assistant - Child Health Program - 20019572 - (1952)

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking a motivated Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant for a Full‑Time position in the Child Health Program at the Children’s Hospital, Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, MB. The successful applicant will work in the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine within the Child Health Program.

Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant will be required to perform, order, and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic investigations and interventions. Duties of this position can include performing history and physical exams in a variety of settings that can include the Emergency Department, OR Recovery, PICU, NICU, outpatient clinics within the hospital, and on the inpatient wards. The PA/CA will participate in the management of pediatric inpatients on the inpatient wards.

PA/CA will attend clinical rounds (e.g., morning ward rounds) and are encouraged to attend educational rounds. Administrative requirements will include standard of practice documentation of all patient encounters; this may require dictating or utilizing electronic medical records where available. PAs/CAs must be able to communicate effectively in English with other members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams.

THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL ASSISTANT OR MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITION

Salary will commensurate with experience and qualifications and is accompanied by a benefits package.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba as a Physician Assistant or Clinical Assistant.
• Must be eligible for a Medical Staff Appointment.
• Prior experience preferred.
• Candidates must be a graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program acceptable to CPSM.

Clinical Assistants:

• Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical School in Canada or abroad.
• Must have at least one of the following:
• Clinical Assistant Assessment.
• NAC OSCE.
• LMCC.

This position is subject to a Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Registry Checks. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment and/or to provide evidence of educational achievements.

Any application/CV received after the deadline closing date will be marked late and not included in the competition.

We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA Corporate Programs, WRHA Community Health Services. Consider this prior to applying for positions, as Employees in this situation cannot be awarded an additional position that will put them over full-time (1.0 EFT).