At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide patient care in mental health settings and perform diagnostic investigations.
- Company: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, a leader in healthcare services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, benefits package, and part-time flexibility.
- Other info: Join a supportive team with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a difference in mental health while gaining valuable clinical experience.
- Qualifications: Must be eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or Clinical Assistant.
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking motivated Physician Assistants/Clinical Assistants for three part-time positions in the Mental Health and Addictions Program at the Health Sciences Centre.
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.
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.
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.
We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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