Prescribing Physician

5 days ago

Kingston, Canada Harvest Medicine Full time

VIVO Cannabis is a Toronto based, TSX listed corporation with operations in three countries. Its Canadian operations, Canna Farms Limited, ABcann Medicinals Inc. and Harvest Medicine Inc. are recognized for trusted, premium cannabis products and services. VIVO holds production and sales licences from Health Canada and operates world-class indoor and seasonal airhouse cultivation facilities. VIVO has a collection of premium brands, each targeting different customer segments, including Canna Farms, Beacon Medical, Fireside, Fireside-X, Lumina and Canadian Bud Collection. Harvest Medicine, VIVO's patient-centric, scalable network of medical cannabis clinics, has serviced over 150,000 patient visits. VIVO is pursuing several partnership and product development opportunities and focuses its international efforts on Germany and Australia.

The Opportunity

Are you a licensed Physician (GP or Specialist) who is experienced with, or interested in prescribing medical cannabis? Are passionate about advancing medical outcomes for patients and scientific research?

Would you like to be part of a dynamic, compassionate, and professional team that is compassionate and dedicated to providing best-in-class patient care and education?

If so, keep reading to learn about an exciting new opportunity to join VIVO Cannabis’ medical cannabis clinic Harvest Medicine on our journey to transform lives through plant-based medicine, improve access to medical cannabis and advance patient outcomes while empowering our patients through education, support, and guidance along the medical cannabis journey.

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities
- Review patient’s complete medical history including current and previous medications.
- Provide consultations to patients to assess suitability of medical cannabis, discuss treatment goals, make general product and dosing recommendations and complete medical cannabis authorization documents, if needed.
- Determine the need for follow-up appointments and further treatment options.
- Update electronic health records and check patient records for accuracy at each patient appointment.
- Work in collaboration with the interprofessional team to provide primary health care to manage the needs of the patients.
- Deliver quality care while maintaining all company metrics pertaining to productivity.
- Demonstrate knowledge and an ability to use available prescription monitoring systems and patient database.
- Maintain confidentiality and act in an ethical manner, consistent with professional standards and patient privacy obligations.
- Maintain clinical knowledge in medical cannabis and currency with legislation affecting practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge of evidence-based guidelines, legislation, regulation, and organizational policies when prescribing or dispensing controlled drugs and substances (CDS)
- Demonstrate an understanding of best practices related to the use of CDS and of other pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic options.

Qualifications and Skills
- Academic/Educational Requirements_
- Completed Medical Residency: 2 years (required)
- Clinical: 3 years (required)
- Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA)
- Certificate of the College of Family Physicians (CCFP)
- Membership of the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
- Required Skills/Experience/Knowledge_
- Eligible to authorize medical cannabis in the designated province of practice.
- Eligible to prescribe controlled substances.
- Must be accepting of cannabinoid-based treatments as adjunctive symptom management.
- Licensed to practice and registered with the College of Physicians is mandatory.
- Proof of professional liability insurance is required.
- Experience with Input Health EMR software and direct billing is an asset.
- Must maintain accurate and thorough patient records to document treatment plans and track progress; any additional interest in clinical research is an asset.
- Competency with Windows and Mac operating systems
- Experience offering virtual care through telemedicine is preferred.
- Excellent communication and listening skills, oral and written English required.
- Comfort with medical cannabis and knowledge of medical cannabis and/or cannabinoid therapy is an asset but not required as substantial training will be provided.
- Strong verbal, interpersonal, collaborative, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
- Strong organizational skills; ability to efficiently manage time and competing priorities.
- Ability to thrive & succeed in a fast-paced growth environment

VIVO Competencies & Values
- Unity - We know great outcomes in business aren’t accomplished by one person, they are accomplished by a team, success for us hinges on collaboration.
- Accountability - We take ownership and have a bias for action that allows us to produce excellent customer-centric results.
- Integrity - We know it’s this simple, wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it,

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