Family Medicine- Sackville Health Home, NSH Turnkey Clinic

Company Description

This clinic is one of several new, turnkey collaborative practices supported by Nova Scotia Health. This clinic will have free parking, meeting rooms, conference room, a group medical space, bariatric rooms (equipped with bariatric exam beds and furniture), This is a turnkey model clinic with all staff in place, located in the heart of Lower Sackville amongst restaurants, shops and other amenities. Floor plans and mock-ups of space available upon request. This clinic is created to provide physicians a place to do what they do best- care for patients.

Overhead for this clinic is extremely competitive flat monthly rate of $3500. EMR is MedAccess. 

The family physicians at this clinic will be expected to take patients off the Need A Family Practice Registry (811 list). This is a full-time opportunity, Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. The clinic will not be open during evenings or weekends, although the clinic may become part of an occasional after-hours care network in which physicians would rotate through one weekend shift every few months. 

Compensation for this opportunity is through the Longitudinal Family Medicine model (LFM). 

This clinic will be located on the Sackville Drive area of Lower Sackville. Clinic is currently being built, and doors are expected to open in the first half of 2026. However, if a physician wishes to start sooner, temporary accommodations can be made. 

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

Lower Sackville is approximately 25 kms or a 20 minute drive from downtown Halifax, and its close proximity to the capital gives Lower Sackville the advantages of local employment opportunities and infrastructure of a larger city. The district is very typical of many “commuter communities”, experiencing exponential growth in recent years.

The community's growth reflects its central location, near both Halifax and Dartmouth, with easy access to Highway 102. Making it an easy commute to employment opportunities and services of a larger city, and is typical of most commuter communities experiencing growth in North America.

Lower Sackville has experienced ribbon/strip-style commercial development along Trunk 1 since the 1960s. Current retail chains include Sobeys, Atlantic Superstore, Canadian Tire, Cleve's Sporting Goods, Dollarama and Giant Tiger. There are numerous independent retailers located in this area as well.

The majority of Lower Sackville's suburbs were built in the 1970s on the southern edge of First Lake, which offers outdoor recreational opportunities. In recent years with the development of Sunset Ridge, Lawson Estates and Twin Brooks entering from Executive Drive and connecting to Millwood subdivision has driven the growth of the area. These planned communities have a combination of single detached homes, semi-detached and even apartment complexes. Due to the good resale of the homes in Lower and Middle Sackville it is a popular neighbourhood for military families.

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.