Physician Assistant/ Clinical Assistant - Orthopedics - 20073406

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

Job summary

A regional health authority is seeking a motivated Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant for a full‑time position in Orthopedics at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, MB. Responsibilities include performing diagnostic examinations, attending rounds, and maintaining patient records. Candidates must be eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant in Manitoba and prefer prior experience. Salary is commensurate with experience and includes a benefits package, ensuring a rewarding role in a collaborative healthcare setting.

Benefits

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
• Must be eligible for a Medical Staff Appointment.
• Prior experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform, order, and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic investigations.
• Conduct history and physical exams in varying clinical settings.
• Attend clinical and educational rounds.

Skills

Effective communication

Diagnostic interventions

Patient assessment

Education

Graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program

Medical School graduate

Job description

Physician Assistant/ Clinical Assistant - Orthopedics - 20073406 - (1950)

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Job Title

Physician Assistant/ Clinical Assistant - 20073406

Health Organizations

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Location

Job Type

Standard Application

Position Status

Full Time

Employee Group

PCAM

EFT

1.0

Language Requirements

Job Description

Annual Hours: 2600

Description

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking a motivated Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant for a full‑time position in the Orthopedics Program at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, MB.

Responsibilities

The Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant will be required to perform, order, and interpret diagnostic, therapeutic investigations/interventions. Duties of this position can/will include performing history and physical exams in a variety of settings that could include the Emergency Department and wards, as well as following patients in the pre/peri/postoperative ward and/or other clinical settings.

Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistants will be required to attend clinical and educational rounds. Administrative requirements will include standard of practice recordings of all patient encounters, these methods may require dictating or utilizing electronic medical records where/when available. Assistants 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 Assistantor 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.

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).

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