Family Physician

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 160 to 320 hours per month
- Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
- ** Tasks**:

- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
- Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Administer budget
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Participate on institutional committees
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
- Advise patients on health care
- Hire and train staff
- Supervise staff
- Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
- Supervise home care services
- Perform human resources related duties such as personnel selection
- ** Supervision**:

- Working groups
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
- ** Specialization in family practice**:

- Obstetrics
- Rural medicine
- ** Security and safety**:

- Eligible for professional liability insurance
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- ** Health benefits**:

- Health care plan
- ** Financial benefits**:

- As per collective agreement
- ** Other benefits**:

- Free parking available
- Other benefits
- Parking available