Physician Assistant

Union: Non-Union
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department: Radiation Medicine Program
Reports to: Dr. Derek Tsang (Director Resource Allocation Radiation Oncology)
Grade: D0:08
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: $ 49.57 per hour  to $ 61.96 per hour (To commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN compensation policy) 37.5 hours/week
Shifts: 5 shifts per week
Status: Full-Time Temporary (until at least October 31 2026)
Closing Date: July 11 2025

The Physician Assistant (PA) will be based on-site at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and function within the RMP and provide patient care in a team setting primarily in ambulatory clinics during weekday daytime clinical hours. Under the guidance and supervision of staff radiation oncologists the PA will provide patient assessments investigations symptom management and follow up care for select high volume services within the Radiation Oncology department for both newly diagnosed oncology patients and those undergoing a course of radiation treatment. The PA will join tumour site-based teams with focus in the genitourinary and gynecologic disease sites (and other tumour diseases depending on clinical volumes) with focus on improving and enhancing the access to care the quality of care and radiation therapy related symptom management for patients undergoing radiation treatment. The PA will be offered training and educational opportunities both at orientation and also at an ongoing basis. This role is to cover an existing member of the department who is going on a parental leave. 

Principal responsibilities include utilizing and demonstrating a theoretical knowledge and advanced level of clinical competence and excellence in caring for Radiation Oncology patients. This involves collecting and interpreting data about the health of patients symptom management developing a medical diagnosis and management plan in a team environment under the supervision and guidance of a staff radiation oncologist. The PA will interpret patient findings radiology studies and use this knowledge to deliver high-quality care for oncology patients. The PA will receive training on cross-sectional anatomy pelvic exams and be introduced to radiation treatment planning. The PA will play a vital role on the interprofessional team and will have opportunity to participate in quality improvement research and administrative responsibilities. The PA will interact with other team members including a team of staff radiation oncologists other PAs medical trainees (residents and fellows) nurses radiation technologists physicists and other clinical and allied health staff both within RMP and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The PA will perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required.

The Radiation Medicine Program (RMP) is an academic publicly-funded clinical service unit within Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network (UHN) serving the radiation oncology needs of the Toronto central area. RMP is also a tertiary referral resource for the Greater Toronto Area and the province serving Ontarians for specialized programs and services such as pediatric radiation oncology sarcoma head and neck cancer ocular oncology radiosurgery and stem cell transplants (total body irradiation).

The program is currently staffed by 37 radiation oncologists and 4 PAs providing approximately 9000 new patient consultations annually. There are state of the art imaging and radiation treatment equipment including CT/PET and MR simulators 16 linear accelerators two radiosurgery units brachytherapy stereotactic approaches theranostics and MR-guided therapeutics. The program is organized according to tumour site groups with the larger oncology sites being Breast Genitourinary Lung Gastrointestinal Hematological Head and Neck Central Nervous System and Gynecology. There are daily ambulatory clinics and there is an onsite 20 bed inpatient unit and hospitalists dedicated to inpatient care.  Emergency department support is located at Toronto General Toronto Western and Mount Sinai Hospitals.

SALARY RANGE: The starting salary will be set commensurate with experience as per UHN policies. There is also available funding for CME/conferences/education/courses.

Qualifications :

    At minimum a Bachelors Degree in an accredited Physician Assistant program or recognized equivalent
    Must be a Canadian Certified Physician Assistant (CCPA) and/or a American Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C)
    Must be a current member of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA)
    Maintain certification and CCPA/PA-C designation by completing the required CPD/CME credits 
    Ability to perform duties in a professional and courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines in accordance to UHN standards 
    Exercise initiative and good judgement with ability to multi-task
    Compliance with confidentiality requirements 
    Effective organizational interpersonal and communication skills
    Knowledge of applicable legislative UHN and/or departmental policies 
    Patient service oriented with the ability to effectively work with diversity and appreciate that people with different opinions backgrounds and characteristics bring richness to the challenge or situation at hand 
    Effective patient service skills required 
    Excellent time management skills required 
    Excellent decision-making problem recognition and problem solving skills required
    Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills required  
    Program planning and evaluation methodology skills required 
    Commitment to collaborative practice required 
    Ability to work effectively independently and under stressful conditions required 
    Ability to utilize information technology required 
    Ability to interpret and communicate appropriate policies and procedures to staff

Additional Information :

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts on-site gyms etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

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Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time