Internal Medicine-Yarmouth
Internal Medicine-Yarmouth
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Job Description
Responsibilities
- provide full scope of practice internist services
- participate in call shifts
- provide support to your own site but also to others in the Western Zone if required which includes daytime coverage and occasional overnight/weekend coverage
- be responsible to the Zone Department Head for Internal Medicine for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice
- operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of Nova Scotia Health Authority
- participate in teaching both family medicine and internal medicine residents and fellows
Expected Hours
- fulltime
- oncall requirement for Internal Medicine 1:7
- weekly coverage for ICU and Internal Medicine hospitalist during which time physician will provide outpatient care appropriate to their subspecialty
Qualifications :
- all applicants must be eligible for licensure with theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- all specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
- membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
Additional Information :
Community Details
Yarmouth is located at the southwestern most tip of Nova Scotia serving a population of approximately 60000 in three counties. Affordable housing is available on stunning ocean and lakefrontage properties. Yarmouth is the recreational entertainment and shopping hub of the southwest area. There is so much to enjoy about the Southwestern end of Nova Scotia including a unique and storied Acadian French history and beaches that take your breath away! Yarmouth is also connected to the United States through an international ferry service that makes cross border adventures possible with ease.
Our enviable combination of urban amenities and rural natural beauty offers an excellent quality of life for the people that live here. Nova Scotia offers the medical professional opportunities found in larger cities while maintaining a worklife balance in livable walkable and affordable communities.
To learn more about living and working in Yarmouth please watch Edge of Everywhere video and visit Town of Yarmouth and Yarmouth and Acadian Shores.
Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life professional development and community involvement. Thats what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer teambased 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 selfidentify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
