About This Opportunity

• Dalhousie School of Nursing
• veteran’s unit
• chronic pain clinic
• kidney clinic

• alternate level of care unit
• ambulatory care
• anesthesiology
• cancer care centre
• cardiac investigation and respiratory services
• continuing care
• diabetes education
• diagnostic imaging
• dialysis
• emergency medicine
• falls prevention
• intensive care unit
• mental health and addictions services
• obstetrics and gynecology
• occupational therapy
• palliative care
• physiotherapy
• pre-natal clinic
• public health
• recreation therapy
• spiritual care
• stroke program
• surgical unit

• cardiac respiratory services
• continuing care
• diagnostic imaging
• emergency medicine
• laboratory services
• medical and surgical unit
• mental health and addiction services
• palliative care
• physiotherapy
• public health services
• occupational therapy
• nutrition and diabetes counseling
• speech therapy
• telehealth room services

Responsibilities

• examine patients, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures
• advise patients on health care, health promotion, and disease prevention
• consult and refer to other medical practitioners
• act as a patient advocate
• prescribe and administer medications and treatments, inoculations and vaccinations

Expected Hours

• full-time between YRH and DGH

Qualifications

• College of Family Physicians of Canada Emergency Medicine certification would be considered an asset
• 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)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
• Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCr ISP)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• emergency department experience an asset

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