Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant

Job Description
Annual Hours: 2080

Description
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking a motivated Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant for a full time position in the Child Health Program at the Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, in Winnipeg MB. The successful applicant will work within the Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (PID), specializing in the care of children with congenital infections.

The Physician Assistant (PA) will practice under the supervision of the section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases including the initial assessment of newborns exposed to congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), and syphilis. Based on risk assessment, appropriate treatment and follow-up will be determined. Outpatient follow-up will consist of clinical assessment and neurodevelopmental screening and review of investigations to assess potential medication side effects, symptoms/signs of disease, indicators of disease status (syphilis serology, HIV NAT) and coordination with other programs and specialists necessary in appropriate care of congenital infection exposed infants. The PA may also assist inpatient PID consult service by conducting clinical assessments, gathering clinical information and working with the PID team to determine care plans.

Supportive Onboarding and Clinical Mentorship
Physician /Clinical Assistants in the Infectious Diseases Program receive structured onboarding and mentorship from experienced pediatric infectious diseases physicians. The program fosters continuous learning in infectious disease care, ensuring smooth integration into the team while promoting professional growth.

Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistant will be required to perform, order, and interpret diagnostic, therapeutic investigations/interventions. Duties of this position can/will include performing history and physical exams in a variety of settings that could include the Emergency Department and wards, as well as following patients in the pre/peri/postoperative ward and/or other clinical settings.

Physician Assistant/Clinical Assistants will be required to attend clinical and educational rounds. Administrative requirements will include standard of practice recordings of all patient encounters, these methods may require dictating or utilizing electronic medical records where/when available. Assistants must be able to communicate effectively in English with other members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams.

THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL ASSISTANT OR MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITION
Salary will commensurate with experience and qualifications and is accompanied by a benefits package.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba as a Physician Assistant or Clinical Assistant.
• Must be eligible for a Medical Staff Appointment
• Prior experience preferred.

Physician Assistants

• Candidates must be a graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program acceptable to CPSM

Clinical Assistants

• Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical School in Canada or abroad

• Must have at least one of the following:

• Clinical Assistant Assessment

• NAC OSCE
• LMCC

This position is subject to a Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Registry Checks. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment and/or to provide evidence of educational achievements.
Any application/CV received after the deadline closing date will be marked late and not included in the competition.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic,River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA Corporate Programs, WRHA Community Health Services. Consider this prior to applying for positions, as Employees in this situation cannot be awarded an additional position that will put them over full-time (1.0 EFT).
We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.