Physician Assistant
Edmonton, AB, CA Mississauga, ON, CA Toronto, ON, CA Kitchener, ON, CA Calgary, AB, CA Thunder Bay, ON, CA Woodstock, ON, CA High Level, AB, CA Woodbridge, ON, CA Kamloops, BC, CA Waterloo, ON, CA London, ON, CA Fort St. John, BC, CA Spirit River, AB, CA Yellowknife, NT, CA Saskatoon, SK, CA Langley, BC, CA Timmins, ON, CA Vancouver, BC, CA Yorkton, SK, CA Fort McMurray, AB, CA Airdrie, AB, CA Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CA Sudbury, ON, CA Kanata, ON, CA
Description
Location: Gahcho Kue Mine (Northwest Territories), Victor Mine (Ontario), and alternative mining sites across Canada
Status: Casual
Schedule: Casual (Fly In/Fly Out)
Join our Team and What We’ll Accomplish Together
We are looking for enthusiastic, customer service-minded individuals who want to work in a collaborative, friendly and supportive environment. Join our team and help us shape the future of how Canadians engage with the healthcare ecosystem.
TELUS Health is looking for a Physician Assistant for several remote mining sites across Canada. This is a casual position intended to provide coverage where it’s needed due to vacant positions, gaps in coverage or vacation leave. Coverage may range between 1 – 3 weeks at a time.
What You’ll Do
- Provide primary and emergency care to all patients at the remote site within the scope of the medical directives
- Provide occupational health services, to include spirometry and audiometric testing to employees at remote site
- Record all patient encounters and document appropriately
- Communicate with onsite and offsite personnel to ensure appropriate patient care
- Provide support to the onsite client as required
- Report workplace injuries to the proper provincial bodies as required
Qualifications
What You Bring:
- Graduate of PACCC approved PA program, or ARCPA approved program
- Currently registered and in good standing with CAPA
- Professional liability insurance
- Current ACLS
- Current ATLS or ITLSAdvanced
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Recent experience seeing undifferentiated patients in either primary, urgent or emergency care settings
- Experience/certification in Audiometric testing
- Experience/certification in Spirometry testing
- Trained in Drug and Alcohol collection (urine, oral fluid, and breath alcohol)
- Experience with Occupational Health including
- Pre-employment medicals
- Fitness for work
- Occupational injury reporting and classification
- Experience organizing/coordinating medical evacuations
Who is TELUS Health?
TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading-edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health.
Simply put, our team members across the country are united by their commitment to continuously innovating to make healthcare more accessible and deliver improved health experiences for everyone.
By applying to this role, you understand and agree that your information will be shared with the TELUS Group of Companies’ Talent Acquisition team(s) and/or any leader(s) who will be part of the selection process.