Hospitalist - Antigonish

1 week ago

Antigonish, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

Requisition ID: 130764

Opportunity Type: Permanent

Estimated Annual Salary: 250,000 - 300,000

Type of Remuneration: Daily Rate

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

**About This Opportunity**:
St. Martha's Regional Hospital (SMRH), in Antigonish, is seeking a hospitalist to join their team. We currently have a full-line available on the hospitalist schedule for a 7-day rotation. There is opportunity for physicians to engage in research and/or have medical teaching positions with Dalhousie University, should that be of interest. The current remuneration arrangement is a set daily rate as per the provincial hospitalist agreement with a stipend plus fee-for-service billings for on-call work.

At SMRH, 3.5 hospitalist lines currently cover inpatient care outside the ICU. Each full hospitalist line consists of approximately 15-18 patients. Patients are spread across several units in the hospital and composed of medical patients outside the ICU, stroke patients in our regional stroke unit, and geriatric rehabilitation patients. Daytime coverage is 8am to 5pm and on-call coverage is 5pm to 8am, split between physicians covering the service for the week. If you are interested in a broader scope of practice that includes, but is not limited to hospitalist work, there are many possible opportunities in Antigonish and surrounding communities.

SMRH is approximately two hours from the region's tertiary care pediatric facility, the IWK Health Centre, which provides neonatal support. St. Martha's Regional Hospital was founded in 1906 by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha and is approximately a 90 bed facility with more than 60 physicians practicing in a variety of medical specialties and sub-specialties. This facility serves a population of nearly 40,000 from Antigonish, Guysborough, and surrounding communities.

Hospitalists are joined by colleagues in:

- family medicine
- obstetrics/gynecology
- internal medicine (general and sub-specialty who cover the 6 bed ICU)
- emergency medicine
- geriatrics
- general surgery
- psychiatry
- pediatrics
- plastic surgery
- ophthalmology
- otolaryngology
- anesthesia
- radiology (U/S, CT, MRI, ECHO)
- palliative care
- visiting oncology and neurology

Community based care is further supported by a men's and women's health centre, chronic pain clinic, methadone clinic, and youth clinic at the local high school.

Physicians and all staff at St. Martha's Regional Hospital take great pride in providing high-quality care to patients and value collegiality in the work place. Also, St. Martha's Regional Hospital has the most active cross-specialty, accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME) program in the province. Additionally, they offer regular medical staff social events. SMRH has an extremely helpful, efficient and friendly staff who make working here a pleasure.

**Responsibilities**:

- Duties include full scope of practice as a hospitalist providing care to patients within the Eastern Zone and participating in call
- physician will be responsible to the Zone Department Head of Family Practice for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice, and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority

**Expected Hours**:

- full-time
- permanent and short-term appointments available

**Qualifications**:

- eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

**Community Details**:
The Town of Antigonish is a family-friendly, creative, university community where the hospital is an easy walk or cycle away from the town centre. Housing is affordable. The commute to work can be so easy, with mínimal traffic and no congestion. The County of Antigonish, surrounding the town, boasts spectacular natural beauty, and also has a wide range of affordable housing. An agricultural base results in a wonderful farmers' market and easy access to local foods, while fishers offer their catch at several wharves and community locations.

In winter you can easily ski or snow shoe on local trails or at the golf course, with groomed trails. Indoor community recreational sports, including hockey, curling, skating, volleyball, and racquet sports (yes, we have pickleball) are also available. There are three ice surfaces and two artificial turf fields in town. In summer, swimming, kayaking, and sailing in the Northumberland Strait, the mildest ocean water north of Washington, DC, is irresistible A university-based rowing club on a local lake offers community lessons. There are numerous local public beaches and swimming holes, spectacular hiking trails, an 18-hole golf course, a boating club, great fishing spots, tennis courts, cycling on little-trafficked back roads and a racetrack. There is mountain biking and disc golf on Keppoch Mountain and a newly organize Kan Jam league. You'll be surprised

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