Emergency Medicine Yarmouth Regional Hospital- Locum

4 weeks ago


Yarmouth, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

Requisition ID: 173868 

Opportunity Type: Locum 

Estimated Annual Salary: To Be Determined  

Type of Remuneration: Hourly Rate 

For information and to determine eligibility for Department of Health and Wellness Incentives, please contact Physician.Resources@novascotia.ca

About This Opportunity

Emergency Medicine physician wanted

Yarmouth Regional Hospital (YRH) is seeking emergency physicians for locum coverage. Located in the Town of Yarmouth in Southwest Nova Scotia this regional hospital serves a population of approximately 60,000, in three counties. YRH was originally founded in 1912 and has developed into a vast health care complex serving the 58,000 people of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby Counties. YRH has 124 inpatient beds and provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient and satellite programs:

  • Dalhousie School of Nursing
  • veteran’s unit
  • chronic pain clinic
  • kidney clinic

 

Services:

  • alternate level of care unit
  • ambulatory care 
  • anesthesiology
  • cancer care centre
  • cardiac investigation and respiratory services
  • continuing care
  • diabetes education
  • diagnostic imaging
  • dialysis
  • emergency medicine
  • falls prevention
  • intensive care unit
  • mental health and addictions services
  • obstetrics and gynecology
  • occupational therapy
  • palliative care
  • physiotherapy
  • pre-natal clinic
  • public health
  • recreation therapy
  • spiritual care
  • stroke program
  • surgical unit
     
Responsibilities
  • examine patients, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures
  • advise patients on health care, health promotion, and disease prevention
  • consult and refer to other medical practitioners
  • act as a patient advocate
  • prescribe and administer medications and treatments, inoculations and vaccinations
Expected Hours
  • full-time
Qualifications
  • 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)
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
  • Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • emergency department experience an asset
     
Incentives

If required by the health authority to travel for the locum assignment, travel will be reimbursed as follows:

  • Kilometrage from the Physician’s residence or regular work site (whichever is closer to the required non-regular work site) to the required locum work site, and return, at the then-prevailing Nova Scotia Government kilometrage rate (unless NSH has provided a rental car for physician’s use).
  • Per diem of $100 per day for full day coverage; $50 for half day coverage.
  • Accommodations at 100% to a maximum of $300 per night, receipts of which must be provided to be eligible for reimbursement.
  • Airfare to and from Nova Scotia, where required, 100% covered at regular economy fare up to a maximum of $1,500, receipts must be provided for reimbursement.
  • Travel time at $100 per hour up to a maximum of 10 hours return (5 hours each way) per week.
  • No travel time or expenses are payable for travel that is less than one hour total travel time roundtrip.

 

Licensing Fees:

  • o For Atlantic Registry physicians the CPSNS Atlantic Registry license fee is reimbursed.
  • o For locum physicians outside the Atlantic Registry, the CPSNS locum license fee is reimbursed.
     
Community Details

Yarmouth is located at the southwestern most tip of Nova Scotia serving a population of approximately 60,000 in three counties. Affordable housing is available on stunning ocean and lake-frontage properties. Yarmouth is the recreational, entertainment and shopping hub of the southwest area. There is so much to enjoy about the Southwestern end of Nova Scotia, including a unique and storied Acadian French history and beaches that take your breath away Yarmouth is also connected to the United States through an international ferry service that makes cross border adventures possible with ease. 

 

Our enviable combination of urban amenities and rural natural beauty offers an excellent quality of life for the people that live here. Nova Scotia offers the medical professional opportunities found in larger cities while maintaining a work-life balance in livable, walkable, and affordable communities. For more details on living and practicing in Yarmouth, please watch Edge of Everywhere video, and visit Practice Southwest 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.



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