Family Medicine Inpatient Care - Shelburne

at  Nova Scotia Health Authority

Requisition ID: 115883
Opportunity Type: Locum
Estimated Annual Salary: 150,000 - 200,000
Type of Remuneration: Other
Site Visit & Reallocation Allowance Programs: Relocation Program; Site Visit Program
For information and to determine eligibility for Department of Health and Wellness Incentives, please contact Physician.Resources@novascotia.ca

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Roseway Hospital (RH), in Shelburne is seeking family medicine physicians to provide inpatient hospital coverage for one week per month, including nightly call from Monday through Sunday night, at a rate of approximately $8000/week (inclusive of call fees) on the Community Hospital In-patient Program. RH has 19 inpatient beds with patients of mixed acuity and provides a rewarding work experience. Physicians at RH work closely with other health care facilities in Yarmouth, Kentville, Liverpool, Bridgewater, and Halifax.
The setting for our program is the RH, which is a friendly and collegial workplace where everyone actually does know your name. The hospital houses a 24 hour level 3 Emergency Department and provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient and satellite programs, skilled nursing staff and Helipad for emergency airlift to Halifax.

RH provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient, and satellite programs:

• Barrington clinic
• bereavement group

Services:

• audiology
• cardiac care
• continuing care
• diagnostic imaging
• emergency medicine
• internal medicine
• laboratory services (Lockeport)
• outpatient mental health and addiction services
• nutrition and diabetes counseling
• obstetrics & gynecology
• otolaryngology
• physiotherapy
• recreation therapy
• speech language pathology

QUALIFICATIONS

• all applicants must be eligible for Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
• eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
• coverage with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), or proof of alternative coverage
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• be accountable for management of your panel of hospitalist patients
• provide care and coordination of community-based care, and secondary and tertiary level heath care
• operate within the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of Nova Scotia Health Authority
• participate in quality improvement and evaluation activities