Associate Physician, Pediatric Neurology - BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital

• Participate on rounds on admitted patients under the supervision of the Pediatric Neurology attending physicians along with residents, fellows, and other health care providers (nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists).
• Perform new Neurological consultations and/or admissions on patients admitted under the Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU), other pediatric medical and surgical sub-specialities, Psychiatry, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and the Emergency Department (ED)
• Perform and document admission history and physical examinations, progress notes, discharge summaries, medication reconciliations as per BC College and organizational standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Communicate with families, consultant physicians, referring and family physicians concerning patient management plans.
• Manage the day-to-day care of patients, including writing medical orders, on charts and consultations of other services and responding to emergencies in hospital, in consultation with attending staff.
• Perform procedures within the scope of his/her demonstrated competence, including lumbar puncture. The AP will not proceed with these procedures until full training and competence has been established with signoff by the Division Head or his/her designate.
• Arrange consultations with other departments for patient care and investigation.
• Follow through on investigations and arrange follow-up outpatient visits.
• Communicate and collaborate with families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and follow up.
• Attend clinical rounds, morbidity and mortality rounds and other educational/research sessions.
• The AP may provide after-hours inpatient/consultation service up to 4 times per month, including overnight and weekend shifts, as determined by need. The AP’s weekday clinical obligations will be reduced accordingly, including post-call shift protections similar to that of postgraduate trainees.
• Depending on clinical need and availability of postgraduate trainees, the AP may participate in new neurological consultations and rounds for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), under the supervision of the Pediatric Neurology Neonatal Neurology attending.
• Participate in appropriate professional development activities (a minimum of 50 hours per year, 25 hours of which must be accredited training recognized by the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons’ Maintenance of Certification Program for healthcare professionals).
• Participate in quality improvement projects, as time and availability allow.
• Document in accordance with CPSBC and organizational standards, policies and guidelines
• Comply with Associate Physician programs CPD reporting requirements

• Assess new urgent outpatient neurology patients, under the supervision of the Pediatric Neurology attending.
• Outpatient time may also include General Neurology clinics and subspecialty Neurology clinics, including assessment of both new and follow-up patients, depending on need and availability, as agreed by the AP and the Division Head.

• able to interact effectively and collaboratively
• able to adapt effectively with other professionals in complex, dynamic situations
• able to communicate and collaborate with families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and follow up
• demonstrated to be an effective communicator and able to build relationships with other health professionals and disciplines using a variety of communication strategies.

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