Family Medicine: Monaghan Medical

About This Opportunity

About This Opportunity

Located on the Halifax peninsula near the North End and Hydrostone area, Monaghan Medical Clinic has a family practice opportunity at their clinic. This clinic serves a wide variety of patients from cradle to grave, including veterans. Here are some highlights about this opportunity:
 

• Two full time physicians on staff, who provide cross coverage for each other
• Pain physician on site
• Three administrative staff including billing support
• Telus EMR

This clinic is seeking one physician to join its team. While this opportunity is full time, this is negotiable. The new physician can join under the new Longitudinal Family Medicine (LFM) compensation model, or Fee For Service.

This is a friendly clinic centrally located on the peninsula. We are small team who are keen to welcome newcomers!

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Examine patients and take their histories, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures; advise patients on health care, health promotion, and disease prevention

Consultation and referral to other medical practitioners’

Act as a patient’s advocate

Prescribe and administer medications and treatments, inoculations and vaccinations

Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases as per Nova Scotia Public Health requirements

Expected Hours

Full Time, part-time, physicians choice

Qualifications

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)

Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Community Details

Bedford is a suburban community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was an independent town from 1980 to 1996. Bedford is on the northwestern end of Bedford Basin, an extension of the Halifax Harbour, which ends just before Nova Scotia Highway 102 and the Bedford Bypass, next to Lower Sackville. There is a popular walkway along much of the Bedford Basin waterfront that begins at DeWolfe park, and continues as the Bedford-Sackville Connector Greenway, a crushed gravel covered trail that meanders along the Sackville River. There is an outdoor 25m pool and smaller splash pool located at the Lions Park on Shore Drive, as well as two large recreational centres with  year round in-door pool complexes within 10-15 minutes. Bedford is home to strong youth recreational sports, hosting the largest youth basketball tournament in Canada annually. In addition to basketball, hockey, soccer and football have strong youth organizations. In the summer there are numerous lakes suitable for swimming. The community is currently home to six ice surfaces. Bedford is a well-established sailing community, and is home to the Bedford Basin Yacht Club and Marina. Bedford has a strong school system boosting two of the newest high schools in metro Halifax.