Physician Assistant

**VACANCY
Applications are invited from qualified individuals to fill the following position:
**JOB TITLE**: One (1) Permanent Full Time Physician Assistant

**CLINICAL AREA**:Unattached Inpatient Treatment Team

**DESCRIPTION OF TOWN/CITY**:
Known as Ontario’s Gateway City, North Bay is located 3.5 hours north of Toronto and 3.5 hours west of Ottawa.

With a population of 54 000, it is a safe and welcoming community that offers a healthy and balanced environment

for working, living and raising a family. North Bay boasts beautiful scenery, four distinct seasons of activity, a diverse

economy and a state-of-the-art regional health centre which is an affiliated academic teaching centre with the

Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). New videos now available at:
**DESCRIPTION OF EMPLOYER**:
The North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) is a unique health care organization with three primary roles. It

provides acute care services to North Bay and its surrounding communities; is a district referral centre providing

specialist services for smaller communities in the area; and is the specialized mental health service provider for

the Northeast Region of Ontario which spans from the Muskoka area to the Hudson Bay, and from the Quebec

border to Sault Ste Marie. NBHRC has 409 beds and numerous outpatient and outreach services and is one of four

major acute care hospitals in the Region. The others being Health Sciences North in Sudbury; Sault Area Hospital

in Sault Ste Marie; and Timmins District Hospital in Timmins. The immediate area surrounding North Bay is also

served by small community hospitals like Mattawa and West Nipissing General hospitals.

A major teaching centre for students in medicine, psychiatry, nursing and allied health professions, NBHRC is

proud to not only be affiliated with NOSM, but also Nipissing University, Canadore College and other Ontario

colleges and universities. NBHRC chairs the development of an affiliation with the Northern Ontario School of

Medicine to better address the unique needs of the north, overcome barriers that impact health care and ensure

the transfer of knowledge into innovative evidence based care solutions.

**POSITION PUPOSE**:
Energetic and motivated individuals needed to work as a Physician Assistant with a dynamic and collegial team.
Reporting to either the Manager of Patient Flow, Chief of Department of General & Family Practice, the Physician
Assistant will work in collaboration with Family Medicine physicians in accordance with the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario’s policy on delegation and under Medical Directives.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES**:
The Physician Assistant will work within an inter-professional collaborative team model with various disciplines
providing assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and transitional support for patients either without a family physician
or family physicians without admitting privileges during their hospital stay.

**SUPPORTING DUTIES**:

- The Physician Assistant will be involved in collecting and interpreting current, historical and diagnostic information
- about the patient for the purpose of establishing a diagnosis and treatment plan. The Physician Assistant will have
- the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population. As part of the inter-professional team, quality improvement
- will be part of the PA’s role and he/she will have an opportunity to research and perform administrative responsibilities.
- Responsibilities will also include coordinating and participating in policy and procedure development as well as
- education and professional development. They will act as a resource and consultant to individuals and groups within
- our professional community and other agencies and hospitals. Principal responsibilities include of the Physician
- Assistant will include but not limited to:
- Assist with flow for acute orphan inpatients
- Participate in patient treatment and goal setting
- Conduct patient interviews and take medical histories
- Perform physical examinations and interpret findings
- Organize laboratory and diagnostic investigations
- Participate in the screening/assessment/management of dynamic risk factors
- Perform certain controlled acts under medical directives delegated by the General & Family Practice
- Physician Group- Counsel patients on preventive healthcare and chronic disease management
- Organize follow-up appointment with patients from hospital to community partners
- Collaborate with both inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary teams
- Liaise with patient’s primary care provider in the community (if available) on significant hospitalization

issues and discharge plan

**QUALIFICATIONS:
**Education: **

Graduate of the McMaster or Consortium Physician Assistant Program

**Certificates/Experience/Knowledge: **

Certification through the Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada 

Member in good standing with the Canadian Association of