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Company Description

Shelburne Family Practice is seeking a full-time family practice physician to join their team of family physicians, family practice nurse, and nurse practitioners. The position involves inpatient responsibilities at Roseway Hospital (RH) and clinic work. If interested, emergency department coverage is available as well.n

RH provides health care services to approximately 15,000 Shelburne County residents including inpatient, outpatient, and satellite care as well as primary, ambulatory, and emergency care.

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Located in Shelburne, RH has 19 inpatient beds and works closely with other health care facilities in Yarmouth, Kentville, Liverpool, Bridgewater, and Halifax. Shelburne County also has a new collaborative practice clinic that provides the opportunity to mentor medical residents enrolled in the Dalhousie Family Medicine Program.

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RH provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient, and satellite programs:

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- Barrington clinic
- stroke clinic
- bereavement group

Job Description

Services:n

- audiology
- cardiac care
- continuing care
- diagnostic imaging
- emergency medicine
- gastroenterology
- internal medicine
- laboratory services (Lockeport)
- outpatient mental health and addiction services
- nutrition and diabetes counseling
- obstetrics & gynecology
- otolaryngology
- physiotherapy
- plastic surgery
- recreation therapy
- speech language pathology
- surgery unit

Responsibilities

- ensure the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services to patients of all ages and stages of health or illness
- be accountable for appropriate workload and practice
- continuum of patient care with health care providers within your practice and/or community




- provide care and coordination of community-based care, secondary and tertiary level heath care
- build to capacity within the first two years
- operate within the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Nova Scotia Health Authority
- work toward same day or next day access for the practice population
- work in collaboration with other team members in the practice to best suit the community’s health needs
- work with other providers to provide after-hours access and emergency coverage when required
- participate in quality improvement and evaluation activities
- utilize an electronic medical record (EMR) and record all relevant patient details in a provincially approved EMR which is accessible to all collaborating team members

Expected Hours

- full time or part-time

Qualifications

- all applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- all family physicians must be eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Cardiac Life Support(BCLS)
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- College of Family Physicians of Canada ER certification considered an asset

Additional Information

Community Detailsn

Conveniently located an hour from Yarmouth and just two hours from Halifax, on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore, the Town of Shelburne is a unique, rural community with a lot to experience.

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Our Municipality offers lighthouses, rugged coastlines, white sand beaches, fishing villages with colourful boats and

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📌 Family Medicine - Shelburne
🏢 Nova Scotia Health
📍 Shelburne