Family Medicine, Locum - Bridgewater

at  Nova Scotia Health Authority

Requisition ID: 112241
Opportunity Type: Locum
Estimated Annual Salary: 0 - 25,000
Type of Remuneration: Daily Rate
For information and to determine eligibility for Department of Health and Wellness Incentives, please contact Physician.Resources@novascotia.ca

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Bridgewater has an opportunity for long-term locum work on the beautiful South Shore of Nova Scotia. We are a group of family doctors who want to share the experience of community-based family medicine in a great setting. We are looking for locum coverage for an extended (and negotiable) period this fall and winter. This would be a great opportunity to get to the know the many advantages of working in the Bridgewater area. We have a supportive group of family doctors (working in various types of collaborative practices). We work in the same building, have regular opportunity to discuss cases and share an EMR (MedAccess). Our regional hospital is across the street and there is ready access to lab, radiology and excellent specialist colleagues. We will work around your schedule and interests.
Funding is through the rural locum program with a guaranteed daily rate as well as remuneration for travel. The minimum guaranteed daily rate is $800 per day, with a $175 per diem daily rate. A locum physician can cover for another physician for a maximum of 30 days per year. The community is enthusiastic and eager to make new physicians feel welcome and can assist in finding accomodations if needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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)
• Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• examine patients and take their histories, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures; advise patients on health care, health promotion, and disease prevention
• consultation and referral to other medical practitioners’
• act as a patient’s advocate
• prescribe and administer medications and treatments, inoculations and vaccinations
• report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases as per Nova Scotia Public Health requirement