Physician Associate
1 week ago
Island Health is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Physician Associate to join our Emergency Department team. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care and working collaboratively with our attending physicians, medical residents, nursing, and allied health professionals.
Key Responsibilities- Clinical Duties
- Assess and treat all emergency department patient presentations, including history and physical, medical orders, certification under the Mental Health Act, consultation with other services, and response to changing patient condition.
- Order and follow up on diagnostics.
- Complete disposition and discharge planning.
- Engage effectively with the supervising emergency physician to ensure appropriate collaboration relative to the condition of the patient.
- Perform procedures within the scope of their demonstrated competence, and with oversight relative to the severity of the patient's condition, including procedures involved in diagnosis and treatment of all acute illnesses; procedural sedation, anxiolysis, and analgesia; synchronized cardioversion; initiation of cardiovascular resuscitation; emergency airway management; insertion and management of central lines; tube thoracotomy, including chest drains; point of care ultrasound; insertion of naso-gastric tubes; suture repair of simple lacerations; simple foreign body removal; nasal packing and removal; reduction of long bone fractures; casting and splinting; and gynecologic examinations.
- Communicate effectively and expeditiously with the ED Attending for significant changes in patient medical condition.
- Function as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team, including nursing, respiratory therapists, and allied health professions to ensure high-quality patient care.
- Actively participate in patient sign over both at the beginning and end of shift with respective Attendings.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and caregivers in a culturally sensitive and compassionate manner, ensuring patients are engaged and involved in their care.
- Participate in Emergency Department quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in standardized reporting, evaluation, and professional development activities as required by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and Island Health.
- Proficient English communication skills, including with patients, families, caregivers, and other healthcare professionals.
- Effective and efficient computer and written communication skills, including order entry and clinical documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment and under the leadership of the assigned leader.
- Carries out professional duties in the face of multiple, competing demands.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position, including evening and overnight shifts.
During a 12-week probationary period, the Physician Associate will undergo assessment and evaluation of their competence to perform the duties in the intended specialty areas under a Medical Leader. The evaluation will include assessment of basic clinical skills, communication skills, the ability and willingness to function as a member of a clinical team, specialized knowledge and skills applicable to the intended clinical placement, clinical decision-making, and the appropriate use of clinical and diagnostic resources, clinical documentation, and procedures required to function effectively within the team environment.
Ongoing employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the probationary period, and subject to a six and 12-month reviews and annual reviews thereafter.
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