Physician Assistant

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
The Physician Assistant (PA) will work within a multidisciplinary team in the Cardiac Diagnostic and Interventional Unit, which provides interventional cardiac catheterization, invasive electrophysiology and cardiac MRI services, and includes a dedicated post-anesthetic care unit (PACU). The patient population served is predominantly infants and children with heart disease requiring treatment, and other team members on the unit include staff cardiologists, radiologists, and anesthesiologists, nurses, imaging technicians, and trainees for all roles. The position includes performing as a procedural first assistant, contributing to pre
- and post-procedural care in the PACU and/or inpatient acute care unit, and participation in unit-based quality and safety practices, conferences, and other educational offerings. Completion of necessary clinical documentation is required. Preprocedural assessments require interaction with children and families, discussion of procedural risks/benefits, placement of certain testing orders, and effective communication with multidisciplinary team members

**Here's What You'll Get to Do**:

- Obtain focused history and physical examination of children with heart disease, review testing including EKG, CXR and echocardiogram (with support)
- Review procedural plans and ensure that necessary pre-procedural testing and communication plans are complete
- Operate in sterile cardiac catheterization laboratory environment as first assistant to a staff interventional cardiologist. This may include placement of intracardiac devices or diagnostic studies in early post-operative (heart surgery) patients
- Gain familiarity with mínimally invasive techniques such as intravascular line placement, image-guided catheter manipulation, cardiac and vascular device delivery
- Generate written pre-procedural assessment summaries and post-procedural reports
- Perform assessments and trouble shoot as necessary for clinical issues arising in the PACU, and liaise with responsibly attending physician (in unit)
- Attend weekly case review conference and additional monthly quality conference
- Professional Development and Continued Learning is encouraged through internal programs as well as through external means like academic and conference support
- Opportunity to mentor members on the team and to collaborate and contribute to other ongoing projects. Research training and career development will be available through the Research Training Centre at SickKids

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Graduate of a PA program from Ontario
- Educational requirement: Bachelor of Health Sciences (Physician Assistant) BSc PA
- Eligible certification with the Canadian Association of Physician’s Assistants
- Ability to work in a busy clinical environment and also in a highly technical procedural space
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with children and their family members, as well as members of the multidisciplinary team
- Willingness to work according to our hospital policies and practice guidelines
- Capacity to assist with patient care in a manner that emphasizes quality and safety
- Respect for patient confidentiality and awareness of issues around age of consent
- Ability to recognize clinical scenarios that require immediate attention from the staff physician and other team members
- Proficiency with computers and other office equipment

Employment Type: Full-Time, 24 months contract

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation.

**How to Apply