Physician Assistant – Full time – CVH M site

Position:
Physician Assistant

• General Surgery

File:  
5333

Status:
Permanent Full time 

Role Level:
 OPAA

• Ontario Physician Assistant ($46.00 -$59.73)

Dept:
 Surgery & Peri-Operative Program

Site:
 Rotating schedule between

• Mississauga Hospital & Credit Valley Hospital.

Hours of Work/Shifts:
  8-hour shifts

• Monday-Friday (with potential for a weekend rotation in future)

Posted:
Nov 11, 2025

Internal Deadline:
Until filled

Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada's largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre,

the Reactivation care Centre (Church Site) and the new THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre.
Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, 

Plan to 2030

, we are creating a new kind of health care

• defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.

The PA role and responsibilities will include:

• Performing comprehensive and problem-focused histories, physical examinations, patient screening, and appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies in the emergency room patients
• Conducting daily hospital rounds, evaluating post-operative patients, assisting with discharge planning, and facilitating patient referral to the appropriate physician or agency
• Conducting routine follow-up visits with patients, returning phone calls from patients, and managing prescription refills
• Assisting with surgical procedures and performing minor procedures on the unit after a skills assessment and satisfactory performance evaluation, including removing surgical drains, inserting and removing Foley catheters, inserting and removing nasogastric tubes, applying superficial stitches/skin staples, performing dressing changes, administering first doses of medications such as labetolol, and other procedures as deemed appropriate. These procedures will be initiated under a direct order or medical directive by a supervising surgeon.  
• Upon completion of formal and informal education and documented competency, prescribing/ordering specific medications, but not narcotics, as delegated by the supervising physician. 
• Working collaboratively with an interprofessional team, including but not limited to surgeons, interventional radiology, residents/interns/medical students, nurse practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, and laboratory personnel. 

Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.