Clinical Assistant

Job title: Clinical Assistant

Job description: Your Opportunity:

The Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) is the largest community hospital located in Southern Alberta providing services to Lethbridge and surrounding rural areas with a catchment population of ~150,000. Lethbridge is a vibrant city of just over 100,000 residents, located in beautiful southern Alberta – close to the mountains (about 70 miles from Waterton National Park and the Rockies) and an easy drive to Calgary. www.chooselethbridge.ca This posting is open only to those who have received a positive CA Pre-Screen Letter from AHS and have included it in their application. If you do not have a letter and/or have not applied for the CA Pre-Screening Process, you will find more information at http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/medstaff/Page7094.aspx.

Description:

This is an alternate provider role in which the successful candidate will obtain a limited medical license issued from the College of Physician and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA).Working under the supervision of the Zone Clinical Department Head Family Medicine and the Section Chief for Low Risk Obstetrics and Newborn Care. As a Clinical Assistant you will assist with the services provided at Chinook Regional Hospital pre natal clinic. This clinic offers prenatal care at the Chinook Regional Hospital and post partum care until 6 weeks post delivery. Using evidence based Canadian practice guidelines you will assist with obtaining health history, physical exams including vitals, fundal height, weight, reviewing labs, fetal heart rate monitoring, and providing prenatal education. All aspects of care are done under the supervision of an independent licensed family physician or obstetrician.

• Classification: Clinical Assistant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Family Medicine Low Risk Obs
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 19-OCT-2023
• Date Available: 01-NOV-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: Other
• Minimum Salary: $24.83
• Maximum Salary: $61.22
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Applicants must be a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant, OR will hold a valid work permit at the time of application. Applicants must be a graduate of a medical school located outside of Canada and the United States, listed in the Foundation of Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) International Medical Directory (IMED). As a requirement for licensure by the CPSA, applicants must have completed at least one full year (ie: May 1st to April 30th) of hands-on training after having obtained his/her medical degree. Preference will be given to applicants who have recent experience specifically, those who have low risk obstetrics experience. Applicants must have taken the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in Canada with minimum required scores of 7.0 in each of the components within 24 months prior to registration. Currency of Practice (per CPSA from Apply for Limited Practice – College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta | CPSA).

Additional Required Qualifications:

As Required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Obstetrics.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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