Care Centres - Physician Assistant

Location: Yellowknife, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto
Status: Full time or casual
Schedule: FIFO 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off

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.

In the role of Physician Assistant at this remote mining site in Northern Canada, you will work within the Occupational Health Clinic to provide care to a diverse worker population, within a team that is passionate about wellbeing and safety. This is a fly-in, fly-out camp position with pick-up points in Calgary and Yellowknife. Candidates from other locations will be considered, particularly if they can easily travel to one of the pick-up points. Travel expenses to and from the worksite are reimbursed, and all meals and accommodations are provided at the work site.

What You’ll Do

• Provide urgent and emergency care to all patients seeking care in the clinic, within the scope of the medical directives, under remote supervision of the Medical Director and on-call Emergency Physicians and with the support of the Occupational Health Technician and Emergency Response Team
• Provide occupational health services, to include spirometry, audiometry, ECG, vision testing and more as part of the medical surveillance program
• Record all patient encounters and document appropriately using the electronic medical record (EMR)
• Communicate with onsite and offsite personnel to ensure appropriate patient care and safe return to work
• Report workplace injuries according to the client’s internal policies, and to the appropriate territorial/provincial bodies as required
• Participate in the development and delivery of health education and wellness campaigns
• Collaborate with client management and the broader TELUS team to drive improvements towards best practice and better health outcomes

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
• Proficiency with use of an EMR, Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Recent experience seeing undifferentiated patients in either primary, urgent or emergency care settings
• Experience in remote, Emergency or Critical Care settings
• Experience/certification in Audiometric testing is an asset
• Experience/certification in Spirometry testing is an asset
• Training in Drug and Alcohol collection (urine, oral fluid, and breath alcohol) an asset
• Experience with Occupational Health activities is an asset, including
  • Pre-employment and periodic medicals
  • Fitness for work assessment
  • Occupational injury reporting and classification
• Experience organizing/coordinating medical evacuations an asset
• Training in use of ultrasound an asset

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.