Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Work setting
- Clinic
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
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- 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 acute care management
- Provide emergency care
- Perform human resources related duties such as personnel selection
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures




- Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Prescribe medication and treatment
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
- Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Specialization in family practice
- Family counselling
Security and safety
- Medical exam
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Manual dexterity
- Repetitive tasks
- Large caseload
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Shift
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
Financial perks
- As per collective agreement

📌 Family physician (Calgary)
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📍 Calgary