GP (general practitioner)

Pinnacle Medical Centres; Okotoks; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Okotoks is seeking a qualified General Practitioner to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for examining patients, diagnosing health conditions, and providing comprehensive primary care. This role requires a degree in medicine with relevant licenses, and offers benefits including maternity and parental leave, as well as professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Free parking available

Team building opportunities

Variable or compressed work week

Maternity and parental benefits

Qualifications

• 2 years to less than 3 years of experience required.
• Eligible for professional liability insurance.

Responsibilities

• Collect medical information from patients.
• Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases.
• Prescribe medications and perform routine surgeries.

Skills

Client focus

Team player

Efficient interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Organized

Education

Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)

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

Job description

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work setting

• Urban area
• Private practice

Responsibilities

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
• Perform and assist in routine surgery
• Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
• Advise patients on health care
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
• Be the patient advocate
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• 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

Security and safety

• Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• As per collective agreement

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other Benefits

• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week

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General Practitioner • Okotoks, Town of Okotoks, Canada