Geriatric Care Specialist

1 week ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Care by Design Program Overview**

Nova Scotia Health Authority's innovative Care by Design program provides residents of long-term care facilities access to high-quality and consistent primary care.

The program ensures comprehensive, collaborative, and resident-centered care. As a Care by Design physician, you will join dozens of existing family physicians on a collaborative team that strives to improve continuity and quality of resident care in long-term care facilities by ensuring better safety of residents' medication regimens, reducing transfers to emergency departments, and empowering residents to be participants in their care planning.

**Benefits of the Program**

Physicians are assigned to one geographical network, providing them with minimal travel and improved communication with facilities and residents. The networks allow for robust on-call services, more efficient training, and supportive quality improvement opportunities.

**Compensation Package**

We offer a competitive compensation package, including fee-for-service under NS MSI, an additional stipend for on-call shifts, and no overhead costs to participate in Care by Design. If a physician is working on the Longitudinal Family Medicine model, this can be discussed as well.

**Salary Estimate**

We estimate the salary for this position to be around $175,000 - $225,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

**Job Responsibilities**

You will deliver comprehensive primary health care services to practice patients of all ages and stages of health or illness, with a particular focus on geriatric care. You will also round on patients at the long-term facility no less than once a week and be on call between 8:00 a.m. – Monday - Friday.

**Team-Based Care**

You will work with other providers in the geographical network to provide evening and weekend coverage. We utilize an electronic medical record (EMR) and record all relevant patient details in a provincially approved EMR, which is common and accessible to all collaborating team members.

**Career Growth and Development**

As a physician in Nova Scotia, you will have opportunities for career growth and development, with a focus on team-based care and collaboration with peers. Our size and scale allow for better connections across the health care system, making your practice of medicine and life richer here.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Nova Scotia Health Authority is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We welcome applications from Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities, and Recent Immigrants.



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