Locum - Emergency Medicine - Guysborough

The Anita Foley Health Services Centre provides 24/7 emergency medicine coverage with two physicians. The facility includes 10 acute-care beds, 24-hour emergency services, and core diagnostic services such as laboratory, x-ray, and EKG. Additional services include a diabetes education centre, palliative care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, foot care clinic, social work, mental health and addiction services, public health, and continuing care services. The hospital is attached to a 50-bed long-term care facility. Physicians have access to an on-call room with a bed, shower, TV, and internet, as well as meals provided from the kitchen.

The Anita Foley Health Services Centre is seeking a locum physician to provide coverage for the Emergency department, Mildford Haven Nursing home (as needed) and inpatient coverage during a period of active recruitment.

Compensation is provided by the service, and locum physicians are eligible to access the travel elements of the program, including reimbursement for kilometrage, per diems, accommodations (up to $300 per night), and airfare (up to $1,500), along with travel time up to 10 hours per week. Licensing fees for CPSNS are covered, and locum physicians may claim Facility On Call fees under specific conditions.

• College of Family Physicians of Canada Emergency Medicine certification would be considered an asset
• all applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
• all family physicians must be eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
• membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Community Details

Guysborough is a beautiful, close knit community located in the Eastern Zone.. Living in Guysborough means knowing the comforts and joys of small town and rural living within a spectacular natural environment. Seacoast, lakes, and rivers provide outstanding recreational opportunities, and communities throughout the Municipality host festivals and events in modern facilities. The Mulgrave Road Theatre and Chedabucto Performance Theatre, for instance, anchor a thriving cultural community. The Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex provides year-round sport and recreation opportunities like outdoor skating, track, and soccer. It also has indoor community rooms, a fitness centre, and gymnasiums. The community prides itself on keeping programming adorable to ensure no one is denied recreational opportunities, while maintaining the lowest residential taxes in Nova Scotia. Rural lifestyle with great amenities, neighbours, and proximity to larger centres.

In Guysborough, there is room here to grow, clean air to breathe, and friendly people. Physicians and their families build sustainable, rewarding lives in the most beautiful and unspoiled part of Nova Scotia.

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.  

 

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) 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. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.