Physician Assistant
1 month ago
**Title**:Physician Assistant
**Department**:Neurosurgery
**Hours of Work**:Full-Time Position; rotating (10 hour shifts) - including on call
**Salary**:$40.24-$48.29 per hour + benefits/pension
**Union**:OPAA (Ontario Physician Assistant Association)
**Location**: Kingston General Hospital site
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The Hospital will ensure that the Physician Assistant (PA) participates in patient care under the direction of a supervising neurosurgeon at all times.
The role may include but is not limited to:
- Support emergency and access to care: Participate in the on-call schedule-
- Support admission to care: Perform comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations; perform appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies.-
- Support inpatient care: Assist with surgical procedures in operating room; perform minor procedures on the unit; conduct daily hospital rounds; evaluate post-operative patients; handle discharge planning.-
- Support continuum of care: perform neurosurgery patient screening; facilitate patient referral to the appropriate physician or agency; and conduct follow-up visits on patients.-
- Administrative/office duties: returning phone calls from patients, handling prescription refills.**Reporting**:
In addition to the supervising neurosurgeon, the PA will also report to Director of Professional Practice and Division Chair of Neurosurgery as it relates to administrative items.
**RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES INCLUDE**:
The role may include but is not limited to:
- Provide clinical/professional leadership within the organization.-
- Support, advise, counsel and educate regarding options, treatments and practices in the delivery of care.-
- Conduct interventions with and/or advocate on behalf of clients.-
- Determine clinical/professional educational needs; provide/coordinate programs and resources.-
- Provide support and interventions to resolve issues and conflicts.-
- Contribute to clinical/professional/personal development through mentoring and coaching.-
- Contribute to the determination of disciplinary or corrective actions.-
- Assess and improve quality of client/system outcomes through evidence-based practice.-
- Conduct and support clinical research and academic initiatives.-
- Assess, develop, implement and evaluate process/practice improvement initiatives.-
- Contribute to and ensure the development and maintenance of policies, procedures, practices and performance standards- _NOTE - The above duties are representative but are not to be construed as all-inclusive_
**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**:
- Must hold U.S. or Canadian BSc (PA), equivalent degree or equivalent experience, or Department of Defense (Military) education/experience.-
- Must be certified by either the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (in the U.S.) or the Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada.Minimum 3 years of PA experience in surgery, trauma, and preferable neurosurgery.-
- Surgical, trauma, bedside manner, able to make emergency decisions quickly.-
- Demonstrated ability to educate patients and families-
- Demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills within the interprofessional care team-
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and documentation skills-
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively with all team members-
- Evidence of strong mentoring, teaching, team building, change leadership, organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to work well in stressful situations-
- Demonstrated ability to effectively deal with conflict situations and proactively and effectively resolve issues impacting on quality and continuity of care-
- Exceptional time management, organizational and prioritization skills-
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and make evidence based decisions-
- Demonstrated critical thinking and decision making skills-
- Demonstrated ability to interpret/participate in research-
- Demonstrated knowledge of computer database and data analysis-
- All relevant Operating Room courses/training-
- Satisfactory criminal reference check required**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS**:
The applicant must be able to meet the physical demands of this position.
- We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Kingston Health Sciences Centre is committed to inclusive and accessible employment practices._
- If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the hiring process, please notify the Recruitment Team._
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