Family Physician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 5 to 100 hours per week
- Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: Will train
**Work setting**:

- Hospital (staff position)
- Rural area
- Private practice
**Tasks**:

- Examine patients and take their histories, order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
- Advise patients on health care
- Supervise staff
- Communicate health promotion, disease, illnes and accident prevention to patients
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Supervise home care services
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
**Workplace information**:

- Remote work available
**Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
**Other benefits**:

- On-site amenities
- Parking available