Hospitalist - Truro

Colchester East Hants Health Centre (CEHHC), located in Truro, is seeking 1 - 2 hospitalists to join their team. There is an opportunity for applicants to engage in research and/or have medical teaching positions with Dalhousie University, should that be of interest. The current remuneration arrangement is a set daily rate as per the provincial hospitalist agreement with a stipend, plus fee-for-service billings for on-call work. Scheduling is flexible. Fulltime is seven full days on, seven days off, working roughly 24 weeks a year. Part time is anything less (i.e. seven days per month, 14 days per month of half days (4.5 hrs/day), seven days per quarter, etc.). Overnight call is split amongst the group of five physicians.

Colchester East Hants Health Centre opened its doors to patients in . Located in Truro, it serves as the main acute care facility for the residents of Colchester and East Hants Counties. Rooted in community support, the health centre has inpatient beds and offers a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, and satellite services.
ED beds: 27 beds
Inpatient beds: 81-91
Services:
addiction services
ambulatory care
anesthesiology
cancer and supportive care
cardio respiratory
chronic pain services
diabetes education services
diagnostic imaging
dialysis unit
dietary and nutrition services
emergency medicine
hearing and speech
inpatient psychiatric unit
intensive care unit
laboratory services
medical units
mental health outpatient services
nutrition and diabetic counselling
obstetrics
palliative care
pharmacy
public health
rehabilitation services – inpatient and outpatient
respiratory therapy
spiritual care services
surgical unit
urology service
volunteer services
women and children’s unit/services
wound care services

• Duties include full scope of practice as a hospitalist providing care to patients within the Northern Zone and participating in call.
• The physician will be responsible to the Zone Department Head of Family Practice for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice, and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
  

• full-time
• part-time

• eligible for licensure with the (CPSNS)
• eligible for certification with the (CFPC)
• membership with the (CMPA)