Physician Assistant or Clinical Assistant

**Requisition ID**: 356621

**Competition #**:PCAM-24-002
**Posting End Date**:Open Until Filled

**City**: Steinbach

**Site**: Southern Health-Santé Sud

**Work Location**: Bethesda Regional Health Centre

**Department / Unit**: Acute Care - Hospitalist & various

**Job Stream**: Clinical

**Union**: PCAM

**Anticipated Start Date**: To be determined

**FTE**:0.75

**Anticipated Shift**: Days/Weekends

**Daily Hours Worked**: 10.00

**Wage Rate**:As per PCAM Collective Agreement

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centred clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

**Bethesda Regional Health Centre**
The Bethesda Regional Health Centre supports 73 beds and provides quality acute care services to the community and surrounding area. The hospital is located in Steinbach and serves a population of 35,000-40,000 in the area. Bethesda Regional Health Centre has a long history in Steinbach dating back to 1929 and today is a progressive regional health centre providing primary, secondary and community health care to the residents of Southern Manitoba. It is an integral part of the services offered by Southern Health-Santé Sud.

**Job Description/Responsibilities**

The Physician/Clinical Assistant (PA/CL.A) is an academically prepared healthcare professional, educated in the medical model that practices medicine under the supervision of licensed physicians within a patient-centered healthcare team. The PA/CL.A is a physician extender and not an independent practitioner. This position is part of the PCAM union.

Under the supervision of the Hospitalists and other Physicians from the Bethesda Regional Health Centre, the PA/CL.A will be integrated with other members of the primary health care team within the hospital. The PA/CL.A Acute Care Hospitalist will primarily assist the Hospitalist and/or Family Physicians with inpatient care (primarily on weekends). The PA/CL.A will be responsible for comprehensive care to inpatients, which will include initial assessments (including histories and physicals), developing and implementing treatment plans and providing chronic disease management follow-up as appropriate. It is important that productive, cooperative working relationships be established between the Physician/Clinical Assistant and the attending physicians, other primary health care providers, nursing staff, support staff, itinerant consultants, health facility administrators, community leaders, and most importantly, the patients and their families.

The PA/CL.A will primarily be focused on the medical, acute care, rehab and surgical wards; however, assisting on other wards and assisting with lab result monitoring and out-patient care will also be incorporated into the daily routine.

**Bethesda PA Structure (information only)**

The Region intends to establish a team of Physician/Clinical Assistants at the Bethesda Regional Health Centre to provide support as follows:
The PA/CL.A Acute Care Hospitalist assists the Hospitalist and/or Family Physicians with rounds and inpatient or outpatient care on all wards as required.

The PA Surgical (General Surgery) covers Surgical Assist responsibilities, as well as round on the surgical ward.

**Application Process**

**Qualifications**:

- Must be either a graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program acceptable to the CPSM and eligible for national certification or a registered Clinical Assistant with the CPSM;
- Must be registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba;
- Ongoing Physician/Clinical Assistant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) required;
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required;
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions;
- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job;
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums;
- Good work and attendance record.

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Completes and maintains a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check, as appropriate.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.