GP (general practitioner)

Pinnacle Medical Centres; Calgary; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Calgary is seeking a General Practitioner (GP) to join their team. The role involves examining patients, prescribing treatments, and managing primary patient care in a fast-paced, urban private practice environment. Candidates should possess a medical degree and relevant licensure, with a focus on patient advocacy and effective communication skills.

Benefits

Free parking

Team building opportunities

Variable or compressed work week

Maternity and parental benefits

Qualifications

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry required.
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities necessary.
• 2 to less than 3 years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases and injuries.
• Order laboratory tests and consult with other medical practitioners.
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client focus

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team player

Education

Degree in medicine

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)

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Overview

• Languages: English or French
• Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
• Experience: 2 to less than 3 years
• Work setting: Urban area, Private practice
• Work must be completed onsite; remote work not available

Responsibilities

1. Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
2. Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases and injuries
3. Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
4. Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
5. Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
6. Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
7. Perform and assist in routine surgery
8. Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
9. Advise patients on health care
10. Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
11. Be the patient advocate
12. Coordinate or manage primary patient care
13. Provide acute care management
14. Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on health and lifestyle issues

Credentials

• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
• Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)

Additional information

• Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment, work under pressure, physically demanding
• Attention to detail, standing for extended periods, a combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Accurate, client focus, dependable, efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication, flexibility, initiative, organized, team player, values and ethics

Benefits

• Financial benefits: As per collective agreement
• Long term benefits: Maternity and parental benefits
• Other benefits: Free parking, team building opportunities, variable or compressed work week