Job Opportunities in Emergency Medicine

Emergency Physician Assistant Job Opportunity

Your Opportunity:

The Department of Emergency Medicine is recruiting for a 1.0 FTE Physician Assistant (PA) position at the Peter Lougheed Centre to support the delivery of emergency care. A completed PA degree is required to apply.

To ensure your skills and qualifications are fully considered, please include a resume, cover letter, and three letters of reference with your application. Applications should be submitted online; reference letters may be sent directly to: Scott Banks, Department Manager: ScottH.Banks@albertahealthservices.ca or Lilian Prudencio, Team Lead: Lilian.Prudencio@albertahealthservices.ca

Description:

The Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is a large urban hospital located in northeast Calgary. The PLC Emergency Department is one of the busiest in Alberta, serving a highly diverse population and providing care across the full spectrum of emergency presentations.

The successful applicant will join a supportive and collegial group of Emergency Physicians and interdisciplinary team members. This is a shift-based position, with expectations to workdays, evenings, nights, and weekends to support 24/7 emergency care.

This position will involve, but not be limited to:

  • Assessing, creating, and communicating care plans for patients presenting with undifferentiated medical, surgical, and trauma concerns.
  • Performing focused histories, physical examinations, point-of-care investigations, and initiating evidence-based management across all age groups.
  • Supporting acute resuscitation and stabilization in collaboration with the emergency care team.
  • Performing and assisting with procedures aligned with the candidate’s skill set (e.g., suturing, fracture management, airway support, point-of-care ultrasound).
  • Ensuring continuity of care through clear documentation, collaboration with consultants, and arranging appropriate follow-up.
  • Contributing to teaching and supervision of medical students, residents, and other learners rotating through the PLC Emergency Department.

Required Qualifications:

Completion of a recognized Physician Assistant Program. Demonstration of active registration as a PA registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. BCLS, ACLS and PALS certification. Experience in emergency care is required. Experience with Epic (Connect Care) and acute care hospital settings is preferred but not required.

Additional Required Qualifications:

  • Competency in emergency medicine history-taking and physical examination across the age spectrum.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Patient- and family-centered, trauma-informed, and collaborative approach to care.
  • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary emergency care teams.
  • Capacity to learn and perform basic emergency procedures (including but not limited to suturing, fracture management, POCUS, airway support, and intravenous access).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • As required.
ED Physician Assistant AHS Posting

The Calgary Department of Emergency Medicine 2025 Hiring Cycle is now complete

See below for details regarding our annual hiring cycle for the Calgary Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM).

Qualifications: 

  1. Dedicated training in an accredited emergency medicine residency training program
  2. FRCPC, CCFP (EM), ABEM (or equivalent) emergency medicine certification
  3. Eligibility for licensure in the province of Alberta.

Our hiring cycle runs from August to October on an annual basis with a start date of July 1st the following year. In some cases, earlier start dates may be considered depending on individual circumstances.

FRCPC residents anticipating graduation from their residency program by the July start date OR practicing FRCPC or CCFP(EM) residency-trained and certified physicians with at least 1-year of emergency department work experience are eligible to apply to the Associate Hiring Cycle. The Associate Hiring cycle is intended to fill permanent positions in the Calgary DEM. Successful candidates from the Associate Hiring Cycle become permanent members of the group after completing a 1-year probationary period, known as an ‘Associate Year’.

Note: CCFP(EM) enhanced skills year resident trainees, as well as CCFP(EM) residency-trained and certified physicians with less than 1 year of emergency department work experience are eligible to apply for a 1-year Locum, which will allow for eligibility in the following year’s Associate Hiring Cycle. For more information on this, please see ‘Does Calgary hire Locum physicians?’ below.

  1. Applications

    Applications Open: August 1, 2025

    Applications Close: September 15, 2025

  2. Interviews

    Interview Offers: Early October 2025

    Interviews: October 9, 2025

  3. Offers

    October 20, 2025*

    *All major sites across BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan now have synchronized this offer date, so that those who apply to multiple sites can be aware of all possible offers at the same time.

  4. Start Date

    July 1, 2026

  1. Letter of Interest

    Outline your interest in the Calgary DEM, any extra-clinical skills/interests you may carry (such as fellowships, research, education, administration, etc), your intended FTE (all applications will be assumed for a 1.0 FTE unless otherwise stated), and any significant obstacles you may have had to overcome in your personal/medical journey to this point of your career. 

  2. Curriculum Vitae

    A suggested template of items to include:

    • Emergency Medicine (EM) Training Program and Education History
    • Fellowships, Areas of Focused Competency Training, Certificates
    • Prior Medical and/or Emergency Medicine Work Experience (if applicable)
    • Research and Scholarly Contributions to Medicine/EM
    • Committees/Extra-Clinical Contributions to Medicine/EM
    • Leadership Roles
    • Awards
    • Non-Medical Work Experience and Volunteering
    • Fluency in languages in addition to English (if applicable)
    • Personal Interests

  3. 3 Reference Letters

    Please have these sent directly to Lilian Prudencio (lilian.prudencio@albertahealthservices.ca) and Scott Banks (scotth.banks@albertahealthservices.ca)

    If you are still in training or within 5-years of graduation at the time of applying, one letter must be from your emergency medicine program director.

Your application needs to be submitted in TWO places:

  1. Submit your application online for the AHS job posting

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  2. Submit the following documents

    Submit the following documents to Lilian Prudencio (lilian.prudencio@albertahealthservices.ca) and Scott Banks (scotth.banks@albertahealthservices.ca):

    1. Letter of Interest
    2. Curriculum Vitae
    3. 3 Reference Letters
      i.  Please have referees submit their letters directly to Lilian Prudencio (lilian.prudencio@albertahealthservices.ca) and Scott Banks (scotth.banks@albertahealthservices.ca)

Calgary DEM conducts interviews in a hybrid fashion; both in-person and online interview options are available to candidates. When invited for an interview, you will be asked for your preferred interview method.

Interviewers include a panel of Calgary DEM physicians in leadership roles (Department Head, Deputy Department Head and Site Leads), Nursing Leadership, as well as a mix of Calgary DEM physicians across all four major adult hospitals.

The Calgary DEM strives to ensure its physician group is representative of the community it serves. If you feel that your background, training, interests or experiences might be under-represented in Calgary, please share these details with us in your letter of interest and how you may provide growth to our community. 

After accepting a job offer, communication will be made with all successful applicants for their preferred hospital site(s): Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital and South Health Campus. Applicants will be able to submit first, second and third choice preferences. Split lines shared between multiple sites are also acceptable.

Initial site assignments are balanced between site needs and preferences of the applicants.

After completing the Associate Year, physicians can re-submit their preferred sites, which are then included for consideration of transfer when available.

Yes. 1-year Locum physician opportunities are offered on an annual basis for a July 1st start date. In some cases, earlier start dates may be considered depending on individual circumstances.

CCFP(EM) enhanced skills year resident trainees, as well as CCFP(EM) residency-trained and certified physicians with less than 1 year of emergency department work experience are eligible to apply for a 1-year Locum, which will allow for eligibility in the following year’s Associate Hiring Cycle.

Running in a parallel timeline with the Associate Hiring Cycle, the Locum Hiring Cycle also provides an opportunity for emergency physicians interested in Calgary the chance to experience work in the zone without the need for a long-term commitment.

The Locum Hiring Cycle timeline of dates and submission requirements are the same as the Associate Hiring Cycle listed above. Please indicate your application is for the Locum Hiring Cycle when submitting by email to Scott Banks and Lilian Prudencio.

Note: By Medical Affairs policy, Locums cannot be extended beyond 1 year. If a Locum hire is interested in long-term employment in the Calgary DEM, they must apply to the Associate Hiring Cycle during their Locum year.

The Calgary DEM Hiring Lead is Dr. Miles Hunter (mmhunter@ucalgary.ca). Feel free to reach out to him at any time with questions or for more information.