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Physician Associate, Trauma Care Specialist

2 months ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PHSA Full time
Job Summary

The Associate Physician (AP) for trauma practices under the direction and supervision of an attending pediatric surgeon, working in a structured team-based specialty care setting to increase service delivery for pediatric trauma patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities
  • Rounds on admitted trauma patients with the surgical team, including faculty, fellows, residents, nurse practitioners, and allied health members.
  • Attends trauma activations and assists in initial and subsequent patient care.
  • Performs and documents admission history and physical examinations, progress notes, discharge summaries, medication reconciliations as per College and organizational standards, policies, and guidelines.
  • Manages the day-to-day care of trauma patients, including writing medical orders in Cerner, communicating with other specialties involved in patient care, and enabling the transfer of patients from the PICU to the ward under a surgical MRP.
  • Orders appropriate investigations and follow-up of results.
  • Arranges consultations with other departments for patient care.
  • Participates in discharge planning of admitted trauma patients.
  • In direct consultation with attending staff, responds to in-hospital emergencies (ED and wards).
  • Communicates with families, consultant physicians, referring, and family physicians regarding patient management plans.
  • Performs procedures within the scope of his/her demonstrated competence, including insertion of nasogastric tubes and urinary catheters, assessment of surgical wounds, removal of wound drains, placing or changing a wound VAC, removal of surgical drains/clips, insertion and removal of chest tubes, abdominal paracentesis, insertion of central venous catheters.
  • Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
  • Participates in the institutional Trauma Steering Committee.
  • Provides teaching and supervision for medical students and residents.
  • Attends morbidity and mortality rounds and other QA/QI and educational/research sessions.
  • Complies with Associate Physician programs CPD reporting requirements.
  • Participates in appropriate professional development activities (a minimum of 50 hours per year, 25 hours of which must be accredited training recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons' Maintenance of Certification Program for healthcare professionals).
  • Is also able to participate in scheduled 'On call' duties.