Family Medicine - Yarmouth Ocean View Family Practice

About This Opportunity

Oceanview Family Practice is seeking a family medicine physician to join their team. Oceanview Family Practice is attached to the Yarmouth Regional Hospital (YRH), they have a team-based, patient-centered and accessible vision for primary care which is aligned with the Patient Medical Home model of primary care.  Physician in this practice will offer urgent care access and support the Dalhousie Family Medicine Residency program that is based out of the clinic.   Successful candidates may participate in teaching with Family Medicine residents and medical students through Dalhousie University.

YRH has developed into a vast health care complex serving the 58,000 people of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby Counties.  It has 124 inpatient beds and provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient and satellite programs:

• Dalhousie Family Medicine Residency Program
• Dalhousie School of Nursing
• veteran’s unit
• chronic pain clinic
• kidney clinic

Services:

• alternate level of care unit
• ambulatory care 
• anesthesiology
• cancer care centre
• cardiac investigation and respiratory services
• continuing care
• diabetes education
• diagnostic imaging
• dialysis
• emergency medicine
• falls prevention
• intensive care unit
• mental health and addictions services
• obstetrics and gynecology
• occupational therapy
• palliative care
• physiotherapy
• pre-natal clinic
• public health
• recreation therapy
• spiritual care
• stroke program
• surgical unit

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
• provide improved access of care to clinic patients by participating in urgent care rotation
• support the Dalhousie Family Medicine Residency program
• 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 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

Expected Hours

• full-time or part-time

Qualifications

• all applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)  
• all specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
• membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Community Details

Yarmouth is located at the southwestern most tip of Nova Scotia serving a population of approximately 60,000 in three counties. Affordable housing is available on stunning ocean and lake-frontage properties. Yarmouth is the recreational, entertainment and shopping hub of the southwest area. There is so much to enjoy about the Southwestern end of Nova Scotia, including a unique and storied Acadian French history and beaches that take your breath away! Yarmouth is also connected to the United States through an international ferry service that makes cross border adventures possible with ease.

Our enviable combination of urban amenities and rural natural beauty offers an excellent quality of life for the people that live here. Nova Scotia offers the medical professional opportunities found in larger cities while maintaining a work-life balance in livable, walkable, and affordable communities.

For more details on living and practicing in Yarmouth, please watch South West Nova Dalhousie FM Residency and  Edge of Everywhere videos, and visit Town of Yarmouth and Yarmouth and Acadian Shores.