DISCOVER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXCEPTIONAL WORK-LIFE BALANCE

ENDOCRINOLOGIST  

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is located on the St. Mary’s River between Lake Huron and Lake Superior on the U.S. /Canadian border. The Sault has all the amenities of a regional urban centre, with both the Canadian wilderness and extraordinary vacation areas in Michigan just minutes away.  There is a strong cultural and arts basis in the community, and both winter and summer outdoor activities abound. The Sault has an excellent school system and offers a multitude of sports and artistic opportunities for children and adults alike.  Sault Ste. Marie is served by three Canadian airlines as well as one major U.S. airline.

Sault Area Hospital (SAH) is a new state-of-the-art facility recently opened in 2011. With 291 inpatient beds and 14 Intensivist led ICU beds, SAH provides emergency, primary, secondary, selected tertiary and long-term care healthcare services to the city and the District of Algoma with a catchment population of approximately 115,000.

Group Health Centre is a progressive, multi-specialty, ambulatory care health organization and is one of Canada's first consumer-sponsored health care facilities built with private funds donated by local union members.  As Ontario's largest and longest established alternatively funded healthcare organization, Group Health Centre serves over 60,000 Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District residents.

The internal medicine program is represented by specialists in cardiology, critical care, gastroenterology, general internal medicine, geriatrics, hematology, infectious diseases, medical oncology, nephrology, respirology and rheumatology.  Additionally, there is diagnostic imaging support which includes state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla MRI and two CT Scanners with access to interventional DI.  The hospital supports a full-time pulmonary function lab, endoscopy unit, interventional cardiac catheterization service, nuclear medicine and ultrasonography.

The Sault Area Hospital Program of Medicine has many facets to serve our community and support sub-specialists including:

Ø  Hospitalist program for orphan patients; family medicine program; General Internal Medicine Service; Palliative Care Service; Geriatric Service; MAID Service; and mixed internal medicine subspecialty program.

Endocrinology practice would include:

Ø  Consults in hospital

Ø  Outpatient practice

Ø  affiliation with the Algoma Diabetes Education Centre

Ø  Internal Medicine call, maximum 3 days per month at present with opportunities for stroke and ICU call on a voluntary basis.  Sub-specialty call can be substituted in appropriate circumstances.

Candidates must possess or be able to obtain an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Ontario with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and must hold or be eligible for fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  There is flexibility with the starting date.

Affiliation with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) provides the opportunity to teach residents and medical students.  This position is eligible the Ontario Ministry of Health incentive offered through the Northern and Rural Recruitment & Retention Initiative.

Interested applicants please contact:  Christine Pagnucco, Manager, Sault Ste. Marie Physician Recruitment & Retention Program.  Phone: (705) 759-3720 E-mail: [email protected]

Please visit our website:    www.saultmed.com