Physician Assistant - Urology - Temporary Full-Time 2025-14307
About the role
Classification: Temporary full-time (until approx. May 2026)
The primary goal for the physician assistant is to provide clinical care to maximize the educational opportunities for post-graduate trainees in Urology. The physician assistant will reduce the number of patients needed to be assessed in any given outpatient clinic by post-graduate trainees which will allow them to take more time to learn around each case that is encountered, and to provide them to pursue other educational opportunities occurring outside the clinic.
The specific tasks include:
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Assess patients in Cystoscopy clinics and to perform endoscopic-based procedures and prostate-based procedures.
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Assess patients in outpatient urology clinics.
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Perform voiding trials for patients in the outpatient urology clinic.
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Assess patients in an Erectile Dysfunction clinic and perform procedures including non-invasive therapies and intracavernosal injection therapy.
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To provide surgical assistance in the main operating room when there is no post-graduate trainee available to provide surgical assistance.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Current Registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
- Certified or awaiting test results through the Physician Assistant’s Certification Council (PACC) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Membership with the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
- Ability to work in an interprofessional healthcare environment
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan
Physician Assistant - Urology - Temporary Full-Time 2025-14307
About the role
Classification: Temporary full-time (until approx. May 2026)
The primary goal for the physician assistant is to provide clinical care to maximize the educational opportunities for post-graduate trainees in Urology. The physician assistant will reduce the number of patients needed to be assessed in any given outpatient clinic by post-graduate trainees which will allow them to take more time to learn around each case that is encountered, and to provide them to pursue other educational opportunities occurring outside the clinic.
The specific tasks include:
-
Assess patients in Cystoscopy clinics and to perform endoscopic-based procedures and prostate-based procedures.
-
Assess patients in outpatient urology clinics.
-
Perform voiding trials for patients in the outpatient urology clinic.
-
Assess patients in an Erectile Dysfunction clinic and perform procedures including non-invasive therapies and intracavernosal injection therapy.
-
To provide surgical assistance in the main operating room when there is no post-graduate trainee available to provide surgical assistance.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Current Registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
- Certified or awaiting test results through the Physician Assistant’s Certification Council (PACC) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Membership with the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants
- Ability to work in an interprofessional healthcare environment
About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
From our beginnings as a hospital for Canadian veterans, Sunnybrook has flourished into a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, evolving to meet the needs of our growing community.
Today, with 1.3 million patient visits each year, Sunnybrook has established itself across three campuses and is home to Canada's largest trauma centre.
Sunnybrook's groundbreaking research changes the way patients are treated around the world. Our over 200 scientists and clinician-scientists conduct more than $100 million of breakthrough research each year. Tomorrow, we will discover ways to treat the untreatable.
Our mission is to care for our patients and their families when it matters most.
Our vision is to invent the future of health care.
Our values are: excellence, collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement.
See Sunnybrook's ambitious plan to invent the future of health care: sunnybrook.ca/strategicplan