Associate Physician
1 week ago
Req ID: 187029
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Department: MED Clinical Assistants
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.
We're seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Associate Physician to join our team at Nova Scotia Health. As an Associate Physician, you will work under the supervision of a fully licensed physician to provide medical care to patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
About the OpportunityThe Associate Physician will be responsible for:
- Functions as a member of the Neurology team, making regular rounds with supervising staff, fellows, and residents on the wards, the emergency department, and in the ICU as required.
- Works with attending staff, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, social workers, physiotherapists, physician house staff, and other members of the health care team in the development and delivery of the overall patient care program.
- Communicates with patients, families, referring and family physicians concerning patient management plans.
- Performs and documents admission history and physical examinations, progress notes, discharge summaries, death certificates, medication reconciliations, etc.
- Manages the day-to-day care of patients, including writing medical orders on charts and consultations of other services and responding to emergencies in hospital, in consultation with attending staff.
- Conducts assessments of patients in the emergency room and in-house patient consultations to Neurology, including the Neurology assessment of the trauma patient.
- Performs procedures within the scope of his/her demonstrated competence.
- Arranges consultations with other departments/services for patient care and investigation.
- Follows through on investigations and arranges follow-up outpatient visits.
- Participates in Continuing Professional Development (educational sessions, tumor boards, and rounds) of at least 50 hours per year.
- Interacts with and orientates clinical clerks and residents, new to the Neurology Service.
- Participates in on-call responsibilities of the service.
We're looking for a highly skilled and dedicated Associate Physician who meets the following requirements:
- Must meet the requirements to obtain a Associate Physician License from The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
- CMPA coverage required.
- ACLS certification required.
- Good command of written and spoken English.
- Must be able to promote and maintain good interpersonal skills.
- Completion of the equivalence of a rotating internship and postgraduate training and experience in Neurosurgery are considered assets.
- Physical demand - Must be able to sit, stand, walk and perform duties as outlined above.
- Mental and Visual demand - High; must be able to deal with stressful situations.
- Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred.
- Permanent, full-time position, 96 hrs bi-weekly.
$65.81 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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