The McMaster Family Health Team (MFHT) is a partnership between the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences. The mission of the MFHT is “primary care for better health and a brighter world”. We live into this mission through our values of honouring and respecting others, practicing creative and courageous inquiry and action and engaging one another with generous interdependence. MFHT is committed to working through an EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion), ARAO (anti-racism anti-oppression) and decolonial lens rooted in Indigenous wisdom, with the aim to create and sustain a culture that values the diverse interests and experiences across equity-deserving communities.
The MFHT provides primary care services to more than 40,000 patients in the greater Hamilton area, trains residents and other learners in family medicine, and conducts research in this field. Patients come from all age groups, health and socio-economic backgrounds. In this setting, primary care is delivered by a large team of family physicians, resident physicians and interprofessional healthcare providers and their students, with support from clinical, technical, and administrative personnel.

There are two teaching clinics: McMaster Family Practice located downtown Hamilton, and Stonechurch Family Health Centre, located on the Hamilton Mountain. The Maternity Centre of Hamilton, a shared care, community-based prenatal and obstetrics service serving a high risk and complex population, is co-located at the downtown location and shares services with the two clinics. A leadership dyad consisting of a Clinic Director and Medical Director support each clinic. This position is primarily located at Stonechurch Family Health Centre, reporting to the Clinic Director at this location.

While working with a team of health professionals in an inter-professional collaborative primary care setting and under the supervision of a physician, the Physician Assistant role will include but not be limited to:

Conducting patient interviews and taking medical histories
Performing physical examinations and interpret findings
Performing certain acts under medical directives delegated to you by a physician
Counselling patients on preventive healthcare
Organizing follow-up
Performing other duties within your competencies as a physician assistant.

All acts are conducted under the direction and supervision of a registered Physician, and in accordance with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s policy on delegation.

Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient-centered model of care, the Physician Assistant is responsible to provide direct patient care, including appropriate health prevention services, wellness programs, and coordination of related community and other resources for the primary care patient population. The role also tutors, mentors, and supervises family medicine residents and other health professional students as appropriate, participates in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the Physician Assistant in primary care and academic settings; initiate, participate, and/or lead programs, presentations, publications, evaluations and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary primary care teams.

While working with a team of health professionals in an inter-professional collaborative primary care setting and under the supervision of a physician, the Physician Assistant role will include but not be limited to:

Conducting patient interviews and taking medical histories
Performing physical examinations and interpret findings
Performing certain acts under medical directives delegated to you by a physician
Counselling patients on preventive healthcare
Organizing follow-up
Performing other duties within your competencies as a physician assistant.

All acts are conducted under the direction and supervision of a registered Physician, and in accordance with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s policy on delegation.

Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient-centered model of care, the Physician Assistant is responsible to provide direct patient care, including appropriate health prevention services, wellness programs, and coordination of related community and other resources for the primary care patient population. The role also tutors, mentors, and supervises family medicine residents and other health professional students as appropriate, participates in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the Physician Assistant in primary care and academic settings; initiate, participate, and/or lead programs, presentations, publications, evaluations and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary primary care teams.

Monday to Friday; days. This is a temporary position until June of 2026.

Monday to Friday; days. This is a temporary position until June of 2026.

1. Certified or eligible to be certified through the Physician Assistant’s Certification Council (PACC) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
2. Membership with the Canadian Association of the Physician Assistants
3. Experience in a primary care setting including knowledge and proficiency in current evidence- based methods and practices of primary care delivery with emphasis on health promotion, prevention and education and relevant social determinants of health is preferred
4. Demonstrated competence in primary care assessment, triage and treatment skills, including experience with patients across the lifespan and in particular with children and prenatal patients
5. Proven experience leading a project, program and/or team
6. Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
7. Competence with computers skills including Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and electronic medical records, OSCAR experience preferred
8. Demonstrates critical thinking, decision making and analysis skills with regards to primary care assessments and developing appropriate health plans
9. Demonstrates ongoing personal professional education and development consistent with primary care practice, new and emerging issues, the changing needs of patient populations and research
10. Experience supervising, mentoring, orienting, observational and teaching opportunities to students and medical residents, ensuring that learning goals and objectives are met

1. Certified or eligible to be certified through the Physician Assistant’s Certification Council (PACC) or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
2. Membership with the Canadian Association of the Physician Assistants
3. Experience in a primary care setting including knowledge and proficiency in current evidence- based methods and practices of primary care delivery with emphasis on health promotion, prevention and education and relevant social determinants of health is preferred
4. Demonstrated competence in primary care assessment, triage and treatment skills, including experience with patients across the lifespan and in particular with children and prenatal patients
5. Proven experience leading a project, program and/or team
6. Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
7. Competence with computers skills including Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and electronic medical records, OSCAR experience preferred
8. Demonstrates critical thinking, decision making and analysis skills with regards to primary care assessments and developing appropriate health plans
9. Demonstrates ongoing personal professional education and development consistent with primary care practice, new and emerging issues, the changing needs of patient populations and research
10. Experience supervising, mentoring, orienting, observational and teaching opportunities to students and medical residents, ensuring that learning goals and objectives are met

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Operations at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment

Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset

If this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:

Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective Agreement

Article 10.7 (d), ONA Collective Agreement

Article 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective Agreement

Article 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective Agreement

Article 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement