Physician Assistant - Urology - Temporary Full-Time 2024-10911

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health sciences centre in Toronto is seeking a Physician Assistant for a clinical role in Urology. The successful candidate will provide essential care, enhance educational opportunities for post-graduate trainees, and perform various procedural assessments in outpatient clinics. This temporary full-time position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic healthcare team contributing to patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered with CPSO and certified through relevant councils.
• Able to work in interprofessional settings.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients in Cystoscopy and Erectile Dysfunction clinics.
• Perform endoscopic procedures and voiding trials.
• Assist in surgeries when no postgraduate trainee is available.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Procedural skills

Teamwork

Healthcare environment proficiency

Education

Current registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

Certification through Physician Assistants Certification Council (PACC) or NCCPA

Membership with the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants

Job description

Classification : Temporary full-time (1 year contract with potential to extend).

The primary goal for the physician assistant is to provide clinical care to maximize the educational opportunities for post-graduate trainees in Urology. The physician assistant will reduce the number of patients needed to be assessed in outpatient clinics by trainees, allowing them more time to learn from each case and pursue additional educational opportunities outside the clinic.

Responsibilities include :

1. Assess patients in Cystoscopy clinics, perform endoscopic and prostate procedures.
2. Assess patients in outpatient urology clinics.
3. Perform voiding trials for outpatient urology patients.
4. Assess patients in Erectile Dysfunction clinics and perform procedures, including non-invasive therapies and intracavernosal injections.
5. Assist in surgeries in the main operating room when no postgraduate trainee is available.

Qualifications / Skills :

• Current registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
• Certified or awaiting certification through the Physician Assistants Certification Council (PACC) or NCCPA.
• Membership with the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants.
• Ability to work in an interprofessional healthcare environment.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is an equal opportunity employer.

Key Skills :

Clinical assessment, procedural skills, teamwork, healthcare environment proficiency.

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : [Specify years]

Vacancy : 1

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