Family Medicine - Tantallon Community Medical Clinic
Date: Feb 24, 2023
Location: Tantallon, NS, CA, B3H 0A1
Company: Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health
About This Opportunity
Tantallon Community Medical Clinic is looking for a family medicine physician to join their collaborative group practice of 7 family physicians, a family practice nurse, and a urologist. The clinic is a community based health care centre providing access to primary care, walk-in medical care, as well as physician and allied health professional specialty services. This is a professionally managed clinic offering a supportive team environment, competitive overhead and flexible working hours. The compensation for this 0.8FTE part-time opportunity is alternative payment plan (APP) and the vacancy comes with an existing patient roster. There currently is an option to locum in this role
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
Part-time, 0.8FTE
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)
Community Details
Get a taste of Tantallon, if you like cycling you can start your day off at the Bike and Bean Cafe Restaurant and enjoy a quick stop at Acadian Maple, a family owned business specializing in pure Canadian maple syrup. Tantallon is near one of the world's greatest sailing bays, St. Margaret's Bay. While St. Margaret's Bay is the focus for many activities, this is a great location to explore some of the best hiking trails. Take in the 50 km Aspotogan loop from Hubbards to East River. Enjoy quiet roads, sandy beaches, coastal views, and beautiful wild flowers. Tantallon is part of the greater Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
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Family Medicine, Medical Lab, Public Health, Clinic, Urology, Healthcare