Physician Assistant – Adolescents & Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program

Union: Non-Union
Number of Vacancies: 1
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department: Adolescents & Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program
Reports to: Physician lead
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Status:  Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: December 12, 2025

About the Program

Southlake Health’s Regional Cancer Centre (SRCC), a proud member of the Princess Margaret (PM) Cancer Care Network, is a leader in cancer care—providing screening, diagnostic testing, radiation, chemotherapy, and supportive care for patients across York Region and South Simcoe County.

In collaboration with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Southlake co-leads a unique Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Oncology Program, dedicated to addressing the distinct medical and psychosocial needs of patients aged 18 to 43 living with cancer. The AYA Program at Southlake, the first integrated AYA cancer program of its kind in Canada, aims to support patients through all stages of their cancer journey, from diagnosis to survivorship and/or palliation.

Position Overview

The Physician Assistant (PA) will play a key role in delivering specialized clinical care and program leadership within the AYA Oncology Program. Working as part of an interdisciplinary team across SRCC and PM, the AYA PA will provide individualized assessments, counselling, and navigation support for AYA patients while contributing to ongoing program development, patient engagement, and quality improvement initiatives.

This role offers an opportunity to work both independently and collaboratively, with partial work-from-home flexibility and a minimum on-site presence of one day per week at SRCC.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care:

• Provide specialized, developmentally appropriate clinical care for AYA patients with cancer.
• Address domains of support including fertility preservation, coping with treatment, survivorship, body image, sexual health, mental health, relationships, nutrition, exercise, and return to school/work.
• Offer timely counselling on fertility and sexual health side effects and coordinate referrals with relevant services (e.g., reproductive endocrinology, urology, gynecology, psychosocial oncology).
• Facilitate referrals to internal and external supports, developing a strong understanding of available hospital and community resources.
• Coordinate and lead local AYA patient meet-up group events (~4 annually).
• Serve as an accessible resource for patients, families, and staff regarding AYA-specific concerns.

• Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada (PACCC) or eligible to be certified by PACCC 
• Eligible to work in Canada/Ontario
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and with respect in an oral and written format with patients, public, colleagues and other health disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to perform complete and appropriate clinical assessment and development of a treatment plan in accordance with medical directives
• Proficient and appropriate use of diagnostic and procedural skills
• Demonstrated effective problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated and proven ability to work in a collaborative care model with all members of the health care team
• Demonstrated ability to perform well in critical and high stress situations
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing education activities supporting ongoing professional learning
• Demonstrated commitment to patient safety
• Demonstrated ability to apply basic computer skills
• Willingness to work with the DMOH team to develop appropriate medical directives and evolve the role to meet the patient/program needs

Why join UHN?

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/)
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

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Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.