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Physician Assistant - Primary Care - 20079202, 20079203 The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking motivated Physician Assistants for 2 FullTime positions in the Primary Care Program at Access Winnipeg West. Responsibilities The Physician Assistant will be required to perform, order, and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic investigations/interventions. Duties include performing history and physical exams in a variety of settings, such as the Emergency Department and wards, and following patients in the pre/peri/postoperative ward and other clinical settings. Assistants will attend clinical and educational rounds. Administrative requirements include standard of practice recordings of all patient encounters, using dictation or electronic medical records where available. Assistants must communicate effectively in English with 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. Must be eligible for a Medical Staff Appointment. Prior experience preferred. Candidates must be a graduate of a Physician Assistant Educational Program acceptable to CPSM. Applicants will be 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 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 fulltime (1.0 EFT). We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. #J-18808-Ljbffr