Maternity Leave - Family Medicine - Tantallon Crossroads Family Practice (June 2024)

Company Description

Crossroads Family Practice in Tantallon is seeking a family physician to Locum, covering a maternity leave from approximately June 2024 for approximately 9 – 12 months (to be determined with host physician). This is a friendly, supportive group of ten physicians and two family practice nurses. They use MedAccess EMR and have LFM contracts. The host physician’s practice size is approximately 1200 patients. Host physician flexible with start and end dates.

For more information, contact Dr. Melissa Wallace: melissa.wallace@dal.ca or 226-234-4371

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

• To be discussed with clinic 

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

Tantallon is a beautiful oceanside community about 30 minutes outside downtown Halifax. This area has lovely shops, strip malls, a library, and many more amenities. There are beautiful beaches nearby.

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.