General Practitioner

Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work setting**:

- Hospital (staff position)
- Rural area
- Rural community health centres
**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
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
**Specialization in family practice**:

- Emergency medicine
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Manual dexterity
- Repetitive tasks
- Large caseload
- Large workload
- Overtime required
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 75 hours bi-weekly