Posted 3 months ago
Clinical Assistant - Pediatric Surgery
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Overview
NL Health Services is hiring a full-time Clinical Assistant for the Pediatric Surgery team at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John's. The physician supports inpatient and outpatient pediatric surgical care under a staff Pediatric Surgeon, including operating room assistance and on-call coverage. Hours are 75 bi-weekly plus on-call obligations, with salary as per the Memorandum of Agreement.
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct and indirect patient care under a staff Pediatric Surgeon
- Assist with inpatient rounds, admissions, discharges and investigations
- Support outpatient pediatric surgery clinic services
- Provide surgical assistance in the operating room
- Participate in after-hours, weekend and holiday on-call coverage
Requirements summary:
- Medical Degree (MD) from a recognized institution
- Eligible for Clinical Assistant licence with CPSNL
- Satisfactory criminal record and vulnerable sector checks
- Experience or interest in pediatric surgery a strong asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | day, evening, holidays, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Plant or factory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | Clinical Assistant licence (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland a |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Medicine |
| Perks mentioned | Relocation assistance, Performance bonus |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 997 |
Clinical Assistant – Pediatric Surgery Clinical Assistant - Pediatric Surgery |
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| Hours | 75 Hours Bi-Weekly + On-Call Obligations |
| Salary | As per Memorandum of Agreement |
| Competition Number | VAC0027606 |
| Posted Date | 2026-08-06 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | ABOUT NL HEALTH SERVICES We are a provincial health authority responsible for delivering quality health care to approximately 550,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador. Supported by over 23,000 employees and physicians, our team works together to improve the health and well-being of every person, in every community. Guided by the vision of the Health Accord NL, we offer a range of health-care programs and services through a wide network of facilities, clinics, and community services across five zones: Central, Eastern-Rural, Eastern-Urban, Labrador-Grenfell, and Western. At NL Health Services, we believe that our people — employees, doctors and volunteers — make it a great place to work. Every individual brings valuable knowledge, experience and perspective. It is in this diversity that we find strength. We are committed to embracing the distinct and complementary characteristics of our members, as we seek to eliminate health disparities, and ensuring we provide fair, equitable and quality health care to everyone. If you are passionate about making a difference and providing exceptional health care, we want to hear from you. Join our team and be part of something extraordinary. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY NL Health Services – Eastern Urban Zone is seeking a full-time Clinical Assistant to join the Pediatric Surgery team at the Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John's, NL. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of a staff Pediatric Surgeon, supporting the delivery of comprehensive pediatric surgical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This opportunity is open to physicians with a background in Family Medicine or a relevant specialty, as well as those with specific experience or interest in pediatric surgery. The Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre is a 71-bed tertiary care referral hospital for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Work Environment St. John's is a vibrant, historic city on the eastern tip of North America, offering a warm and welcoming community, a thriving arts and culture scene, and easy access to the stunning natural landscapes of the Avalon Peninsula — including whale watching, hiking, and some of the most dramatic coastlines in Canada. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUALIFICATIONS
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