Gastroenterologist - Bridgewater

Requisition ID: 170550

Opportunity Type: Permanent

Estimated Annual Salary: 365,000 - 400,000

Type of Remuneration: FFS - Fee For Service

Site Visit & Reallocation Allowance Programs: Site Visit Program; Relocation Program

**About the Opportunity**:
Join a group of seven. Subspecialties include General Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Respirology, and Intensive Care. This position is starting in September 2024.
EMR: MedAccess.
South Shore Regional (SSRH) offers echocardiography, exercise stress testing with nuclear imaging and dobutamine stress testing, pacemaker insertion and follow up, endoscopy (therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy), PFTs and a Sleep Lab. There is a Cardiac Rehab Clinic managed by a Nurse Practitioner in collaboration with Internal Medicine Physicians.
SSRH is a community site for the Internal Medicine program at Dalhousie University with approximately 6-7 residents per year. This provides an opportunity to work as a preceptor with medical students & residents. Incumbent is expected to participate in the call schedule for ICU and IM as well as provide outpatient care appropriate to their subspecialty. Call covers the SSRH along with offering advice and transferring patients from the nearby Fishermen's Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg and Queen's General Hospital in Liverpool.

Compensation is fee for service with flexible vacation time. In addition, specialists receive call stipends and other incentives as available through the Master Agreement of Nova Scotia.

**Responsibilities**:

- provide full scope of practice
- participate in call rotation
- provide support to your own site but also to others in the Western Zone if required, which included day-time coverage and occasional overnight/weekend coverage
- be responsible to the Zone Department Head for Internal Medicine for professional responsibilities and quality of practice
- operate with the Medical Staff Bylaws of Nova Scotia Health
- participate in teaching both medical students and internal medicine residents and fellows

**Expected Hours**:
Full-time, compensation is fee for service with flexible vacation time. Endoscopy time is quite reasonable, with usually 1.5 days per week available.
- on-call requirement (1:7 at full complement)
- flexible vacation; maternity/paternity leave (Doctors Nova Scotia); health and dental benefits (Doctors Nova Scotia)
- compensation is fee for service - annual income will depend solely on your own clinical output
- specialists receive call stipends and other incentives as available through the Master Agreement of Nova Scotia

**Qualifications**:
**Community Details**:
The Town of Bridgewater is located along the LaHave River and is surrounded by the coastal beaches and fishing communities of the south shore. It is the largest town in this region with a population of over 9,000. Self-titled "The Main Street of the South Shore," Bridgewater has long been established as the primary commercial and professional service centre in the southern half of the province. The community boasts a diverse local economy and is home to larger national and international employers. Physicians build a life and career they love in this beautiful town.

Here, year-round activities like surfing, cycling, hiking, stand up paddleboarding, and sea kayaking await you. Love to sail, or have always wanted to learn? You've come to right place Camp and explore Kejimkujik National Park or enjoy our abounding craft breweries and wineries. Art galleries and historical escapes provide hours of entertainment in your down time as your explore the wonderful surrounding communities. There is something for everyone in Bridgewater - and all within a one hour commute to Nova Scotia's capital city of Halifax
- Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine._