Expected Hours: Full-time hours (1.0 FTE)Zone: Western ZoneType of Remuneration: Fee For Service (FFS)Incentive Programs Available: YesCompany DescriptionYarmouth Regional Hospital (YRH) is seeking a general internist to join their collegial group which includes a cardiologist, nephrologist and gastroenterologist. Inpatient call is equally shared and include an Intensive Care Unit. Physicians have an opportunity to work as a preceptor to medical students and residents. YRH is a community site for the CoreInternal Medicine program at Dalhousie University with approximately 4-5 residents per year. In addition, a fellowship program for the R4 and R5 fellows provides two fellows per year full-time.YRH offers echocardiography, exercise stress testing with nuclear imaging and pharmacologic stress testing, pacemaker follow up, endoscopy (diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy), bronchoscopy, PFTs, sleep studies, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis (acute and chronic). The Intensive Care Unit has its own portable ultrasound machine. There is a Cardiac Rehab Clinic managed by a nurse and physiotherapist in collaboration with Internal Medicine physicians. Traveling internal medicine clinics to small communities in the Western Zone, particularly Digby and Shelburne, provide outreach services.Originally founded in 1912, YRH has developed into a vast health care complex serving the 60,000 people of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby Counties. YRH has 124 inpatient beds and provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient,



outpatient and satellite programs:Dalhousie School of Nursingchronic pain clinicServices:alternate level of care unitambulatory careanesthesiologycardiac investigation and respiratory servicesdialysismental health and addictions servicesobstetrics and gynecologyoccupational therapypalliative carephysiotherapypre-natal clinicpublic healthrecreation therapystroke programsurgical unitJob DescriptionResponsibilitiesprovide full scope of practice internist servicesparticipatein call shiftsprovide support to your own site but also to others in the Western Zone if required, which includes day-time coverage and occasional overnight/weekend coveragebe responsible to the Zone Department Head for Internal Medicine for their skilled responsibilities and quality of practiceoperate within the Medical StaffBylaws of Nova Scotia Health Authorityparticipate in teaching both family medicine and internal medicine residents and fellowsExpected Hoursfull-timeon-call requirement for Internal Medicine (1:7)weekly coverage for ICU and Internal Medicine hospitalist during which time physician willprovide outpatient care appropriate to their subspecialtyYarmouth is located at the southwestern most tip of Nova Scotia serving a population of approximately 60,000 in three counties. Affordable housing is available on stunning ocean and lake-frontage properties. Yarmouth is the recreational,



entertainment and shopping hub of the southwest area. There is so much to enjoy about the Southwestern end of Nova Scotia, including a unique and storied Acadian French history and beaches that take your breath away!Yarmouth is also connected to the United States through an international ferry service that makes cross border adventures possible with ease.Our enviable combination of urban amenities and rural natural beauty offers an excellent quality of life for the people that live here. Nova Scotia offers the medical professional opportunities found in larger cities while maintaining a work-life balance in livable, walkable, and affordable communities.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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Internal Medicine-Yarmouth (Halifax Regional Municipality)
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📍 Halifax Regional Municipality