Physician Autism Diagnosticians

Job Description
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) - Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan is seeking an individual to join the Department of Pediatrics in Saskatchewan, under the Division of Developmental Pediatrics, as a clinician with a broad range of abilities in assessing children with neurodiversity. This position would focus on the timely assessment and diagnosis of autistic pediatric patients.
The initial focus will be on autism diagnostics in the preschool population that focuses on single diagnostician pathway (for children where autism core symptoms are most prominent). Collaboration with Shared-Care and Team-Based Multi-Disciplinary assessments will be planned depending on clinician comfort, geographical location, and background. The clinician(s) role will also be to guide care teams in championing a patient and family centered strengths based care approach.
**Location of Practice**: Within Saskatchewan. Specific location(s) to be determined based on applicant(s) preferred geographical area(s) of work.
**Other**:
Experience and comfort with developmental pediatrics, social pediatrics, and/or the CanREACH-SK pediatric mental health fellowship are assets but not required.
Additional autism specific training including Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R), Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers (RITA-T) are assets but not essential.
Ability to develop clinical pathways, standards of care, and participate in quality improvement activities is welcomed.
**Program Information**: The Provincial Autism Strategy objectives include reducing diagnostic wait times for autism, and to increase the number of clinicians engaging in diagnostic autism work in Saskatchewan. Diagnosticians involved in the strategy pathways will provide needs-based diagnostic assessments for children with suspected autism, and will be supported by provincial allied health teams to support pre-assessment screening and sharing of collateral information. The involvement of physician diagnosticians within the SHA Provincial Autism Strategy follows SHA strategic roadmap priorities including enhancing interdisciplinary team-based care through health networks, providing seamless care as close to home as possible, and optimizing care flow of patients across the continuum of care.
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Additional Information
The City-Saskatoon Shines - With more hours of sunshine than any other major Canadian city and a population of 340,000+, Saskatoon is the largest city in Saskatchewan, offering non-stop entertainment opportunities including world class events, festivals and attractions, a strong arts and music focus, and a short drive to the northern lake country. Saskatoon has more golf courses and restaurants per capita than anywhere in North America and is noted for its outstanding walking and biking trails along the riverbank. Excellent educational facilities such as the University of Saskatchewan, home of the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, draw the best minds from around the world creating a youthful vitality and cultural richness evident in every neighbourhood.
The SHA -The the largest organization in Saskatchewan, employing over 44,000 employees and physicians responsible for the delivery of high quality and timely health care for the entire province. We are driven by the commitment to improve front line patient care for Saskatchewan people, and we are working together to better coordinate health services across the province to ensure that patients receive high quality, timely health care, wherever they live in Saskatchewan.
University of Saskatchewan - The beautiful University of Saskatchewan campus is located on the shores of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, a city with a diverse and thriving economic base and a vibrant cultural life. It is a research-intensive institution with 26,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff, and a strong reputation for innovation and excellence. It is home to the newly constructed Academic Health Sciences Complex and two of the largest science projects in the country - the Canadian Light Source synchrotron and the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization/International Vaccine Centre. A users group is available for collaborative research with clinical faculty using the $173.5 million Canadian Light Source synchrotron, owned by the University of Saskatchewan. The College of Medicine has an intake of 100 students per year with a commensurate number of positions for residency training.
Amanda Lee, Specialist Recruitment and Retention
Practitioner Staff Affairs-Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Health Authority