Family Medicine - Porter's Lake Medical Clinic

Company Description

Porter’s Lake Medical Clinic is currently seeking a full-time Physician, located a short 40 minute drive from Halifax (30 minutes from Dartmouth). This practice currently has one full time family physician and has space for one more. There is a nurse practitioner on site one day a week. Opportunity to do small procedures (i.e. IUDs, moles) is available on site. 

This practice currently part of a Collaborative Emergency Centre group (CEC) in which physicians participate in long term care rotations (a few hours a week) inpatient rotation at Twin Oaks Memorial (1 week in 6) and emergency department shifts (1 day a week) and approximately 70% office based practice. 

The position is compensated through the CEC hourly rate, offers competitive overhead. The compensation model may change as the CEC group works towards an LFM transition model. 

This practice is currently located on Nova Scotia Trunk 7 in Porters Lake, but is going to move to a temporary space and then a new space within the next year. The future facility will have multiple physicians and other allied health professionals. 

This location is approved for the DHW incentive (for those who are eligible) and is an approved site for IMG Physicians on ROS. 

Job Description

Responsibilities

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 requirements

Expected Hours

• full-time

Qualifications

• 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)

Additional Information

Community Details

Porters Lake is a rural community in the Eastern Shore region of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located between Trunk 7 and Route 207, 27.8 km from Halifax. The residents mainly commute to jobs in Dartmouth, Burnside Industrial Park or in Downtown Halifax. The community is built around the lake from which it takes its name.

Although considered a rural community within the municipality. The community has been slowly growing, year by year. The area has many amenities and recreational opportunities. In the main shopping area located off Trunk 7, you can find shopping, gas stations, restaurants, banking, pharmacy and more. Urban sprawl has made Porters Lake a popular area for families looking for a quiet community with close access to the 107 Highway into Dartmouth. The community is serviced by Metro Transit X route 370.

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.