Emergency Medicine - Windsor

Nova Scotia Healthcare System; Windsor; On-site; CAD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Programs Available

Job summary

Hants Community Hospital in Windsor, Nova Scotia, is seeking full-time or part-time emergency medicine physicians to join their team. There is opportunity to engage in research and/or teaching positions with Dalhousie University, as well as local simulation-based opportunities.

On-call services are provided from Halifax and Kentville. The hospital offers a 24-hour ED and a range of clinical opportunities in a vibrant rural community.

Qualifications

• Current certifications in PALS, ATLS and ACLS required.
• Experience in emergency medicine preferred.

Responsibilities

• Duties include full scope of practice as an emergency physician.
• Operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Tools

PALS

ATLS

ACLS

Job description

• Expected Hours: Full-time hours (1.0 FTE)
• Zone: Central Zone
• Type of Remuneration: Sessional Rate
• Incentive Programs Available: Yes

Company Description

Hants Community Hospital (HCH), is seeking full-time or part time emergency medicine physicians to join their team. There is opportunity to engage in research and/or teaching positions with Dalhousie University, as well as, local simulation based opportunities, should that be of interest. HCR ED is approximately 40 minutes drive from the region's tertiary care pediatric facility, the IWK Health Centre, and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.

HCH services include:

• 24-hour emergency department
• long-term care facility (32 beds)
• surgery programs including general and orthopedic surgery
• several specialty clinics (including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, hematology)
• mental health team

On-call services are provided from Halifax and Kentville.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• duties include full scope of practice as an emergency physician
• the physician will be responsible to the department head for emergency medicine for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice, and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority

Expected Hours

• full-time
• 10-hour day shifts and 14 hour night shifts available
• all applicants must have a currentPALS Certification
• all applicants must have a currentATLS Certification
• all applicants must have a currentACLS Certification

Additional Information

A proud history, vibrant lifestyle and a bright future all combine to make picturesqueWindsor a magnetic visitor destination and a delightful community in which to live and work.

Located in the heart of Nova Scotia at the eastern gate to the famedAnnapolis Valley , Windsor features the benefits of rural living as well as convenient proximity to MetropolitanHalifax .

While quickly gaining renown as "The Birthplace of Hockey", Windsor is also home to historicFort Edward ,the original Sam Slick Days festival, now known as the annual Windsor~West Hants Summer Fest,Howard Dill's Giant Pumpkins, and the internationally-recognizedMermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.

Skiing atMartock , golf at theAvon Valley Golf & Country Club , and a host of community events throughout the year add to Windsor's claim that it is perhaps the best place in Nova Scotia in which to live and play!

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.