Geriatrician - Sydney

2 weeks ago


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

About the Opportunity

Cape Breton Regional Hospital is seeking three full-time Geriatricians to be Zone Leaders in frailty and work in a collaborative, team-based environment that includes nursing services and administrative support.

The hospital provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient, and community-based programs.

Services:

  • Anesthesiology
  • Cancer and supportive care
  • Cardiac respiratory
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes education services
  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Dialysis
  • Emergency medicine
  • General surgery
  • Geriatric assessment and rehabilitation
  • Intensive care unit
  • Internal medicine
  • Laboratory services
  • Maternal/child support services
  • Mental health and addiction services
  • Neonatal care
  • Nutrition and diabetic counseling
  • Obstetrics and gynecology
  • Occupational therapy
  • Ophthalmology
  • Otolaryngology
  • Palliative care
  • Physiotherapy
  • Plastic surgery
  • Social work
  • Spiritual and religious care
  • Volunteer services

Responsibilities

  • You will be a zone leader for frailty care
  • Working in a collaborative frailty team in the emergency department and acute care with nurse practitioners, OTs, pharmacists, physios, and social workers
  • Provide frailty-informed, ambitious, and optimistic urgent care in the first 72 hours of a patient's illness
  • Be part of Nova Scotia Health's Division of Geriatric Medicine and adjunct appointment and research opportunities with Dalhousie University's Division of Geriatric Medicine
  • Focus on at-risk, under-served populations, notably including older adults who live with frailty, and anyone who is indigenous, and those who live with addictions

Expected Hours

  • Full-time

Qualifications

  • All family physicians must have membership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
  • All specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association

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