Neonatologist

Job Description

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) – Prince Albert, Department of Pediatrics, is seeking applications for a Neonatologist to join their team. The successful candidate will share in the provision of comprehensive in house coverage, 24/7 365 days, for the Level 2B Malhotra Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Victoria General Hospital (Prince Albert). The successful candidate will have an appointment in the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Consisting of 11 beds, the new Level 2B NICU at the Victoria General Hospital is part of an exciting initiative to expand the provision of specialty services to northeastern Saskatchewan. As part of the Saskatchewan Neonatal Network, the Unit acts to align maternal and newborn risk factors and care needs through the addition of highly skilled professionals and state-of-the-art equipment in a newly developed standalone unit. The Neonatologists within the Department of Pediatrics in Prince Albert will continue to work collaboratively with the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) NICU and Neonatology team, providing a provincialized standard of care as close to home as possible. The Victoria General Hospital also offers a 14-bed pediatric unit, and provides clinical services in the areas of obstetrics, emergency medicine, intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry and anesthesiology to a catchment area of approximately 80,000.

Location of practice – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Job Qualifications

Applicants will have completed NICU fellowship training with current NRP certification.
Applicants must have passed the Royal College NICU subspecialty examination and be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.

Benefits

This is an independent contractor position therefore benefits are the responsibility of the successful candidate.