physician, family
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Family Physician
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October 09, 2024
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Employer details
Horizon Health Network
Job details
*Family Physicians - Saint John and the Fundy Shore Location:*
Region 2 - Saint John and the Fundy Shore
Community: Saint John
Facility: Saint John Uptown Health Centre
*Position Description:*
Saint John Uptown Health Centre (SJUHC) is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to join a collaborative care practice staffed by Nurse Practitioners, nurses, social worker, pharmacist, and other allied health professionals who work in a team to ensure patients receive primary care from the most appropriate provider.
SJUHC offers same-day self-referral appointments with a physician or nurse practitioner increasing access to primary care in the Saint John area.
By offering people the option to self-refer we are helping alleviate some of the pressures in our emergency departments and support those who currently do not have a primary health care provider. These self-referred appointments are for non-urgent episodic care issues. The physician?s principal role at this health center would be to service the needs of this co-hort.
*Employer:*
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is proud of its dedicated team of health care professionals who are focused on delivering safe and quality care to our patients, clients, families and communities. Horizon is a great place to work, as people are the heart of our organization, and the success of Horizon is a direct result of our employees? dedication, professionalism, and commitment.
Horizon is the largest regional health authority ? and one of the largest employers ? in New Brunswick, and the second-largest health authority in Atlantic Canada. Our leadership and health care providers are experts in diverse areas of health and community services and provide services to a half a million people.
Horizon has an annual budget of approximately $1.2 billion and has more than 13,000 employees, 1,100 physicians and 1,300 volunteers, as well as 17 foundations, 12 auxiliaries and 8 alumnae organizations.
*Job Duties:*
· Perform clinical duties including but not restricted to seeing and assessing both scheduled and unscheduled patients for routine health and illness care, prescribing treatment, consults, referral to other healthcare professionals as required and appropriate follow-up to patients across the lifespan.
· In-patient care which may include hospitalist care.
· Provide family-centered primary care by taking into account risk factors (environmental, social, psychological and medical) in a manner which can be understood by the patient, and when applicable, his/her family.
· Participate in the use of departmental and corporate evidence-based rules of practice to ensure that expected standards of care are achieved.
· Participate in medical practice that is compatible with the Health Authority?s mission, values and strategic directions.
· Participate in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of treatment, education, counseling and health promotion programs, disease and injury prevention and chronic disease management programs and services for individuals, families and the community.
· Participate in after hours on-call coverage in coordination with other medical staff ensuring provisions are made for continual coverage of patient caseload during times when you are absent from your practice.
· Other professional medical work falling within the scope of practice that may arise by circumstance may be assigned by the Head of the Department of Family Medicine, Local Chief of Staff, Medical Director - Saint John and/or Vice President of Medical Affairs in conversation with the Physician.
*Hours of Work:*
flexible
*Remuneration:*
Fee for Service
Standard remuneration is Fee-for-Service which is a direct compensation between the physician and Medicare of New Brunswick. On call remuneration is provided. No source deductions can be provided.
*Qualifications:*
· Must hold a valid license to practice medicine in the Province of New Brunswick
· Must be a member in good standing
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LocationSaint John, NB
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Workplace information
On site
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Salary$350,000.00 annually
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Terms of employment
Full time
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Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
indeed.com
#9480660353
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