Physician Assistant
Reference #: 2024-073
Benefits:
This position includes a comprehensive and competitive benefit plan, including but not limited to extended health and dental coverage, life and accident insurance, paid vacation and sick days, short and long term disability income protection plans, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Employee & Family Assistance Program and access to CGMH Perkopolis discounts.
Relocation support may be available for this opportunity. For more information, please speak with your recruitment representative when contacted for more information.
The Opportunity:
Under the delegation of a Supervising Physician, the role of the Physician Assistant (PA) will be to help coordinate, provide, and evaluate care of patients registered in the CGMH Emergency Department.
Primary responsibilities involve assessing and managing medium to high acuity complex patients that may require admission as well as low acuity patients. The Physician Assistant is expected to work reasonably independently with good clinical intuition however, will review each case with the staff physician. Staff physician involvement in each patient case will vary depending on the complexity of the patient the Physician Assistant is expected to work with the pace and clinical acumen that contributes both to ED efficiency and excellent care for each patient. Leads Emergency Department physician education in Meditech Expanse and undertakes improvement initiatives related to workflow processes.
The Physician Assistant will be a lead care provider for our innovative ED Fast Track and will complete daily ED call backs to ensure that abnormal lab and imaging findings are followed up accordingly.
Please refer to the job listing on our website: https://cgmh.startdate.ca/#/career/info/public/1864?language=en
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CGMH is an acute care hospital providing emergency care, diagnostic services, lab, imaging and cardio respiratory therapy, and two inpatient units. CGMH also provides care in specialty areas including obstetrics, orthopaedics, intensive care and surgery. The Hospital also provides out patient care including dialysis and a wide range of clinics.