Family Physician

FT/PT Family Physician - Repost
**Status**: Full-time/Part-Time, permanent
**Location**: Chippewa, ON (on-site)
**Hours**: 28 to 35 hours/week
**Salary**: Up to $292,365* per PSA ($160.64 per hour)
**Paid Time Off**: 3 weeks' vacation, 12 health & 3 personal days, 5 spiritual/cultural days, professional development, and your birthday off (pro-rated for part-time)

**Benefits**: Comprehensive health, dental, life insurance, and more
**Pension**: HOOPP (defined benefit pension plan)
**Posting Date**: June 3, 2025
**Deadline**: Open Until Filled
Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC) is a diverse, dynamic, multiservice Indigenous health and wellness agency. We strive to provide quality, wholistic health services by sharing and promoting traditional and western health practices to enable people to live in a more balanced state of well-being. SOAHAC provides services to Indigenous people including those who live on and off reserve, status, non-status, Inuit, and Metis within the Southwest, Waterloo Wellington and Erie St Clair regions. SOAHAC has a mandate of ensuring that health services are accessible, of high quality, and are culturally appropriate. It is SOAHAC’s objective to build health care capacity within Indigenous communities.
Are you a knowledgeable, driven practitioner who is passionate about making a tangible difference? We are looking for a Family Physician to join the SOAHAC team at our site located in Chippewa. Reporting to the Integrated Care Manager in Chippewa, the Family Physician is responsible for providing comprehensive, patient-centered Primary Care which emphasizes accessibility, health promotion, illness prevention and continuity of care for Indigenous people living off-reserve and surrounding First Nations communities. The physician provides care to individuals across the life span, promoting a wholistic approach to assist individuals, families and groups to achieve an optimal state of health and well-being. The Physician works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team including mental health and traditional healing services and provides consultation to the Nurse Practitioners as needed.
Why work with us?
- Make an Impact: Your work will amplify SOAHAC’s mission, ensuring that Indigenous communities have access to vital, wholistic health services.
- Innovative and Collaborative Environment: Work in a multidisciplinary setting that values the exchange of ideas, innovation, and collective learning.
- Professional Growth: Benefit from meaningful professional development opportunities in a culturally rich environment that supports your career aspirations.
- Supportive Benefits Package: Enjoy competitive pay, a supportive benefits package, and meaningful time off to ensure your personal well-being.

**What we’re looking for**:

- Experience: Medical Degree and current license to practice medicine in the province of Ontario.
- Indigenous Cultural Knowledge and Understanding: Knowledge of the legacy of residential schools, colonization, assimilation, and the impacts of such history on the health of individuals.
- Cultural Sensitivity & Awareness: A genuine respect for Indigenous cultures and practices, with an openness to learning and engaging with Indigenous communities. Possess and thorough understanding of the social/societal determinants of health of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Experience with Indigenous communities is an asset.
- Clinical Knowledge: Function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team (including Primary Care, Mental Health, and Traditional Healing) with respect, professionalism, co-operation, and cultural sensitivity. Possess the ability to work with a collaborative, pro-choice, trauma-informed, harm-reduction-focused, and client-centered approach, with a commitment to providing the highest level of client and family-centered care.
- Leadership: Strong leadership skills and relationship building abilities to support the interdisciplinary staff team and wholistic model of care.
- Teamwork and Collaboration: You are a team player who can work independently while contributing to broader organizational goals.
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact positively with community members, management, and staff
- Additional Requirements: You have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle, as travel within the region may be needed. You’ll also need a clean police check and up-to-date immunizations and records.

**What you’ll do**:

- Primary Care: Provide comprehensive primary care services to clients of all ages, including primary prevention, health education, comprehensive physical exams, chronic disease management, antenatal care, palliative care and acute/episodic visits. Provide primary care indirectly by working interactively with nurse practitioners, providing consultation to nurses or other staff. Conduct on-site assessments, as well as telephone, virtual and home visits.
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