Annual Hours: 2080
*PA/Cl.As currently employed by WRHA please see LOU#1 of the Collective Agreement between WRHA and PCAM for additional information RE: training positions and trainees.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking motivated Clinical Assistant/Physician Assistant Trainees for positions in the Critical Care Clinical Service Areas at Critical Care sites.
The Training Program consists of a 12-month training period split into clinical and didactic components. The clinical component takes place with various shifts including combinations of days/evenings/nights at all hospitals with Critical Care services.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Clinical Assistant/Physician Assistant Trainee 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 clinical settings.
Clinical Assistant/Physician Assistant Trainees 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. Clinical Assistant/Physician Assistant Trainees must be able to communicate effectively in English with other members of interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
Successful completion of the Critical Care Trainee Program is required for consideration for permanent Critical Care PA/Cl.A positions.
THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL ASSISTANT OR MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITION.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba as a Clinical Assistant/Physician Assistant.
• Must be eligible for a Medical Staff Appointment.
• Acute Care experience required.
• Certified and/or instructor status in ACLS preferred.
This position is subject to a Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search, an Adult Abuse Registry Check, as well as a Child Abuse Registry Check. The successful candidate is 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.
