Family Physician

There is a position available for a primary care physician at the Brighton clinic. Physicians may customize his/her own practice but generally provides the services described below._

The Family Physician in the FHT works collaboratively with other members of the health care team to provide continuous comprehensive care to individual patients and their family members. In conjunction with a team of Allied Health care providers, the physician coordinates the patient’s care and helps them navigate through the health care system. The physician develops a comprehensive approach to the management of disease and illness in patients and their families and oversees the care of patients with both simple and complex multi-system problems.

The physician is a member of the Brighton Quinte Family Health Organization and is responsible for enrolling his/her own patients. Physicians who belong to the Brighton Quinte FHO are compensated by the MOHLTC via the Blended Capitation Model.

The physician working as part of the FHT provides the following core services:
**Health Assessment**
- When necessary, take a full history, including presenting complaint, if any, past illnesses, social history, family history, review of systems, and perform a complete physical exa
- Periodically taking a specific history and performing a physical exam as required to screen patients for disease
- Regularly taking a specific history and performing a physical exam as required to respond to patient complaints and/or to manage chronic problems

**Diagnosis and Treatment/ Management**
- Provision of continuous care to patients based on the delivery of the following services
- Acute medical treatment for a range of medical problems from minor ambulatory care visits to severe life threatening illness
- Primary reproductive care
- Primary mental health care
- Providing palliative care
- Support for Hospital, home and long term care homes
- Service coordination and referral
- Patient education and preventative care
- Prenatal, obstetrical, postnatal and in-hospital new born care
- Arrangements for 24/7 response

**Health Promotion and Disease Prevention**

A family physician working in the Lakeview FHT ensures that all patients have access to the programs and services offered by the team of allied health professionals.