Pediatric Clinical Assistant

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

About the Opportunity

The Pediatric Clinical Assistant will be responsible for working within the multi-disciplinary children's health team to provide safe and high-quality care to patients admitted with medical illness. This will include direct patient care in the PMU and in consultation with other areas of Children's Health, participation in continuous quality improvement initiatives, and support of PMU education and participation activities. Clinical care will be supervised daily, directly, or indirectly, by the most responsible Pediatrician.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide direct patient care in the PMU and in consultation with other areas of Children's Health
  • Participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives
  • Support PMU education and participation activities
  • Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary children's health team

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a Clinical Assistant License through CPSNS
  • Recent experience and training caring for hospitalized children
  • RCPSC Residency training (or equivalent) in General Pediatrics is preferred
  • Demonstrated clinical competence and experience in the assessment of clinically deteriorating children
  • Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required
  • Current PALS certification is an asset
  • Demonstrated organizational, conceptual, and leadership skills
  • Demonstrated advanced practice skills and competence in interpersonal relations, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, assertiveness, and innovation
  • Demonstrated ability to perform autonomously
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt to constantly changing, unpredictable situations
  • Demonstrated flexibility required to work with others and allow the role to evolve continually through time; always looking for ways to improve the delivery of care
  • Competencies in other languages are an asset

About Nova Scotia Health Authority

Nova Scotia Health Authority is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across. People build careers with Nova Scotia Health Authority with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our, and enjoy access to enhanced and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Why Work with Us

We are committed to promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

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