Family Medicine - Lunenburg
About The Position
Lunenburg Family Health, a well-established collaborative clinic since 2009, is seeking a full-time family physician to join their practice team of five full-time physicians, one nurse practitioner, family practice nurse, addiction and mental health counselor, clinic manager, and administrative assistants. Each provider offers same day appointments one day a week for all patients of the clinic. The clinic is located next to the 55-bed Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital (FMH), an acute care community hospital, where the opportunity exists to work as a preceptor with Dalhousie University medical students and residents. Primary care providers in Lunenburg have a close bond with many of the specialists and allied health professionals due to the outpatient and specialty ambulatory clinics offered at FMH. The existing physician team strongly values a comprehensive scope of practice and is keen to welcome an incoming physician who is interested in incorporating in-hospital care, emergency department shifts at FMH, Family Medicine Primary Maternity Care (PMC) at South Shore Regional Hospital (SSRH) in Bridgewater and/or nursing home care into their work. The successful candidate will provide office-based comprehensive primary care alongside these additional clinical opportunities. Located in Lunenburg, FMH provides inpatient, outpatient, emergency, long-term care (LTC), and community-based services. It has 30 beds in addition to a 23 bed Veteran’s Unit. The hospital is well-equipped with diagnostic and treatment services. Physicians are responsible for up to six inpatients at a given time who are in the hospital units of restorative care rehab, alternate level of care, medical, and Veteran’s long-term care. In addition, Ambulatory Care has many clinic services throughout the week: EKG, general surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, internal medicine, nutrition and diabetes counseling clinic, orthopedics, orthoptics, pediatrics, plastic surgery, urology, vascular surgery, worker’s compensation.
Requirements
- eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
Nice To Haves
- opportunity to work as a preceptor with Dalhousie University medical students and residents
- incorporating in-hospital care
- emergency department shifts at FMH
- Family Medicine Primary Maternity Care (PMC) at South Shore Regional Hospital (SSRH) in Bridgewater
- nursing home care
Responsibilities
- ensure the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services to patients of all ages and stages of health or illness
- be accountable for appropriate workload and practice
- continuum of patient care with health care providers within your practice and/or community
- provide care and coordination of community-based care, secondary and tertiary level heath care
- build to capacity within the first two years
- operate within the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of Nova Scotia Health Authority
- work toward same day or next day access for the practice population
- work in collaboration with other team members in the practice to best suit the community’s health needs
- work with other providers to provide after-hours access and emergency coverage when required
- participate in quality improvement and evaluation activities
- utilize an electronic medical record (EMR) and record all relevant patient details in a provincially approved EMR which is accessible to all collaborating team members
Benefits
- on call (1:7) for inpatients, additional call stipend paid
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
