Physician Assistant

3 weeks ago


Barrie, Canada Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Full time

**Job Description**:
**Position Summary**:
The Physician Assistant (PA) is a health care provider who always works under the supervision of a registered physician. The PA supports the physician as the principle medical-decision maker and the supervising physician is responsible for the direction of the PAs’ activities. PAs are highly skilled providers that have the knowledge, skills, and experience to work as part of a physician led team in a variety of clinical settings. In general, PAs will have the skills and experience to deal with medical emergencies, specialized care and everyday health care needs. Clinical expert competencies are central to the function of PAs and draws on the other competencies of Communication, Collaboration, Management, Health Advocacy, Scholar and Professionalism.

**Qualifications**:
**Education**:

- Secondary School Diploma or Equivalent
- Undergraduate Degree
- Graduate of a Canadian or US-Accredited Physician Assistant Education Program
- Eligible to challenge the National Physician Assistant Certificate Exam, or Canadian Physician Assistant Certification - Mandatory
- BCLS, and ACLS

**Experience**:

- Prior experience in the care of acute surgical patients

Competencies:

- Integrate all the core PA competencies to provide optimal, ethical and patient-centred medical care
- Perform a complete and appropriate clinical assessment of a patient and formulate a clinical treatment plan
- Use preventive and therapeutic interventions effectively
- Demonstrate proficient and appropriate use of diagnostic and procedural skills
- Recognize their scope of practice while demonstrating effective and appropriate consultation practice with other healthcare professionals in respect to patient care, education and legal opinions

**Responsibilities**:
Clinical Assessment of Patients
- Obtain health history as appropriate, including patient demographics, chief complaint, history of the present illness or injury, past medical, surgical, family and psychosocial history, medications, allergies and systems review. Ensuring pre op and post op assessments are completed and documented
- Conduct comprehensive and focused physical assessments and interpret findings. This includes assessment of vital signs and examination of all major body systems. In addition, the PA will be able to perform psychological, ob-gyn, neonatal, pediatric and geriatric assessments.
- Utilize primary and secondary assessment results to formulate a differential diagnosis and determine if further clinical investigation is required.
- Order and complete preliminary interpretation of necessary diagnostic tests, which may include, but are not limited to, hematology, microbiology, chemistry, serology, urinalysis, blood gas, ECG, peak flow and plain film x-ray.

Demonstrate at least an academic understanding of the performance of the following diagnostic procedures:

- Routine and micro-urinalysis
- Basic hematology Clinical
- Chemistry Microbiology
- Point of care
- Kits Audiometry
- Collect blood samples (arterial and venous), minor surgical samples, body secretions and body fluids (semen, sputum, wound drainage, and urine)

Communication
- When/as directed by a registered physician:

- Provide relevant information and explanations, including a proposed treatment plan, to the supervising physician and seek further direction where appropriate.
- Provide education to patients, families and other health providers as appropriate to the clinical setting.
- Communicate with other members of the health care team and other hospital departments, both orally, in writing and electronically.

Medical Documentation and Record Keeping
- Maintain clear, accurate and appropriate records of the patient encounter and management plan
- Admission of notes, progress notes and discharge notes as needed
- Dictated records as appropriate
- Consultation requests
- Other types of documentation as required by the particular setting

Consultation with Multidisciplinary Team and Surgeons
- Collaboration with physiotherapists and occupational therapists in caring for all patients
- Working with other specialists including Internal Medicine, Intensivists, and Infectious Disease in caring for patients

Exhibits the core values of Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre: Work Together, Respect All, Think Big, Own It, Care


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