Company Description

The Glace Bay General Hospital is seeking emergency physicians. Glace Bay Hospital (GBH) is an acute care facility that serves Glace Bay and surrounding areas. It is one of the community hospitals that operate as part of a four-hospital complex that includes New Waterford Consolidated, Northside General, and the Cape Breton Regional hospitals.

Located in Glace Bay, GBH provides inpatient, outpatient, and satellite care. It has 44 acute care beds and 18 long-term care beds house in the facility’s transitional care unit. As a community hospital, individuals benefit from all over Cape Breton Island.

Services

adult senior day program

ambulatory care

Cape Breton pulmonary function clinic

continuing care

day surgery

diabetic education

diagnostic imaging

emergency medicine

eye clinic

general surgery

laboratory services

medical social work

medical/surgical nursing unit

mental health clinic

occupational therapy

palliative care

pastoral care

perinatal clinic

pharmacy services

physiotherapy

pulmonary unit

rehabilitation services

speech language pathology

surgical unit

Job Description

Responsibilities

• provide call coverage
• consult and refer to other medical practitioners’
• act as a patient advocate
• prescribe and administer medications, treatments, inoculations, and vaccinations

Expected Hours

• physician's choice: part-time, full-time, locum

Qualifications

• Qualifications

•  all applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
•  all family physician must have membership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
•  all specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
•  membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
• all applicants must have a current PALSCertification
• all applicants must have a current ATLSCertification
• all applicants must have a current ACLSCertification

Additional Information

Community Details

Glace Bay, located on Cape Breton Island, is one of the communities in the Eastern Zone. Kitchen parties are a way of life in this quaint and historic mining town. Glace Bay has a population of around 20,000 people at all stages of life, including physicians and their families: see for yourself, here! There are several elementary schools, a middle school, and a highschool to accommodate growing families. Here, you will join a community-oriented group of friendly, vibrant people who take part in local gatherings and festivals to celebrate their history and region.Within Glace Bay are amenities like grocery stores, a local and gym facility, and local and national restaurants. Just 25 minutes away from Sydney, the region’s urban centre and location of Cape Breton Regional Hospital, you are never far away from exactly what you need. In Cape Breton, you are also never far from unreal beauty to hike, swim, cycle, or golf. Parks, hiking trails, and the view of lifetime is around every corner. In addition, the region remains young and vibrant thanks to nearby Cape Breton University, located 15 minutes away from Glace Bay.

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.

Closing Date: 2027-01-01