family physician

HealX Medical Centre & Urgent Care; Brampton; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A medical facility in Brampton is seeking a qualified physician to provide comprehensive patient care, manage health conditions, and promote wellness. The role involves prescribing medications, coordinating primary patient care, and advocating for patient needs. Candidates must have a degree in medicine and relevant certification. Experience in family medicine is preferred. This position offers 40 to 50 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in family medicine is an asset.
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities is required.
• Ability to provide acute care management.

Responsibilities

• Collect medical information from patients.
• Examine health conditions to identify diseases.
• Help patients develop healthier habits.
• Order laboratory tests and X-rays.
• Prescribe and administer medications.
• Advise patients on health care.

Skills

Collect medical information

Examine patients' health conditions

Help patients develop healthy habits

Order diagnostic tests

Consult with medical practitioners

Prescribe medications

Advise patients on health care

Patient advocacy

Management of primary patient care

Provide counselling

Education

Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)

Job description

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
• Medicine (MD)
• Family medicine residency programs
• or equivalent experience

Asset languages

• Hindi
• Urdu
• Panjabi; Punjabi

Work setting

• General office

Tasks

• Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
• Examine patients\' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
• Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients\' physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Advise patients on health care
• Be the patient advocate
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Provide acute care management
• Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Experience

• Experience an asset

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example : ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

• Durée de l\'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 40 to 50 hours per week