Family Physician 

The Little Current Medical Associates (LCMA), a team of 11 physicians (with one retiring soon), is looking for a physician for family medicine. This is an excellent opportunity to have a rewarding career with colleagues supportive of work-life balance in a beautiful area of Northern Ontario. 

Our community qualifies for the Community Assessment Visit Program, which includes coverage for travel and accommodation expenses for health professionals (and their spouses) to visit and assess practice opportunities. Click here for Community Assessment Visit Program information

Start date: immediate, at least one-year commitment

Location

Little Current, on Manitoulin Island, is located only 1.5 hours from Sudbury and Health Sciences North, our main referral centre. Manitoulin Island is the world's largest freshwater island, which can be assessed by the Chi-Cheemaun Ferry in the summer months and by road and the iconic swing bridge year-round. Favourite nearby attractions include Providence Bay (white sand beach complete with sand dunes, and plentiful milkweed for monarch butterflies), Bridal Veil Falls (swim at the base of this spectacular waterfall or watch the salmon run in late summer), among many others.

https://www.townofnemi.on.ca/

The LCMA serves the communities of Whitefish River First Nation, Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, Sheguiandah First Nation, Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territory, and the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands. The LCMA also provides OB services for the island.  

Click on the link to view a video with interviews of current physicians: Living and Working on Manitoulin Island

Facilities

The Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team (NEMFHT) is the setting for the physician team of the Little Current Medical Associates. The clinic is attached to the Manitoulin Health Centre (MHC) where the physicians provide 24-hour ER coverage, inpatient care, and obstetrics. They also employ fully-funded access to dieticians and RNs for diabetic care. It is host to monthly visiting specialists from Sudbury including General Surgery (endoscopy/colonoscopy), Nephrology, Psychiatry, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Cardiology, and Orthopedic Surgery. 

The MHC is a rural hospital with two sites, Little Current and Mindemoya. The Little Current site has a 16-bed in-patient ward with a hospice suite, 24-hour ER, laboratory, and radiology department that provides X-ray as well as Ultrasound services. 

Long-term care homes in Wikwemikoong First Nation and Little Current.

The NEMFHT team includes three nurse partitioners, four registered nurses, three registered practical nurses, a midwife, a pharmacist, two physician assistants, a social worker (CBT), and a dedicated administrative team committed to offering quality primary health care in a collaborative setting. The clinic also hosts OTN appointments, ECHOs, chiropody, and an addictions clinic.

Nearby Aboriginal Health Access Centre Noojmowin-Teg provides a variety of other programs and services available to First Nations clients as well.

Summary of Family Medicine Position-approx $308,000 including overhead + billings

-1,000 patient roster minimum

- office shadow billings are 9.65%

- several Special Premiums can be earned in addition to the salary above, which can include a hospital premium of $12,500/year through 1 hour of hospital coverage on working days

-based on the following work days/month (may vary month to month, based on 16 working days/month)

-13 clinics days

-3 CALRI per month

-37 HFO locum days to cover while away (1.0 FTE)

Other information

- compensation through Rural Northern Physician Group Agreement, inlcudes overhead funding to the group

- NOSM teaching opportunities and support for research, leadership, and faculty development through a robust island-wide LEG (local education group). https://www.manitoulinleg.org/about-us

- $5,000 from the Town of NEMI

- community eligibility of $116,585 paid over four years through the Northern and Rural Recruitment and Retention Initiative (amount as of May 2023, subject to change by the ministry)

- Northern Physician Retention Initiative available after four years

- Telus PS Suite EMR

For more details, please contact:

Sally Greenwood, LCMA Business Manager

***@nemfht.ca (🔒 Premium)

***-***-**** (🔒 Premium) x2759