Family Medicine - Sheet Harbour Family Medicine
About The Position
Sheet Harbour Family Practice is a collaborative, community-based family medicine clinic located within Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, part of Nova Scotia Health’s Eastern Shore network. The clinic provides comprehensive primary care in a supportive, hospital-integrated setting with strong administrative and interdisciplinary support. Physicians practice alongside a dedicated team that prioritizes high-quality patient care, continuity, and work-life balance in a close-knit coastal community. We are seeking a Family Physician to join our established practice in Sheet Harbour. The successful candidate will assume the patient panel of a retiring physician and provide community-based family medicine within a collegial, well-supported hospital environment. The role includes clinic-based care, Urgent Treatment Centre coverage, and Long-Term Care support, with all services conveniently located on the same property.
Requirements
- All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- All applicants must be eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
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
- Provide comprehensive community family medicine
- Assume an established patient panel from a retiring physician
- Provide coverage for the on-site Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)
- Provide Long-Term Care (LTC) coverage at Harbourview Lodge
- Weekly rounding
- Participate in a shared call rota
- Overnight call for UTC/LTC (call volume is extremely low)
- Provide occasional evening and after-hours coverage
- Collaborate with on-site interdisciplinary and allied health provider
Benefits
- health and dental
- EMR grants
- funded locum coverage
- CME funding
- parental leave
- physician advisors
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
