Position Details:

Ability to perform the following:

·      Examine patients, order diagnostic procedures, and consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health

·      Prescribe, administer and monitor medications and treatment

·      Provide acute care management

·      Vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases

·      Provide pre-natal and post-natal care

·      Advise patients and their families on health care, including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention

·      Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues

·      Perform patient advocacy

·      Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care

·      Provide continuous care to patients

·      Supervise home care services

·      Report births, death, and contagious and other diseases to government authorities

Qualifications and Skills Required

·      Doctor of Medicine (MD) with registration, or eligibility for registration, in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

·      Certification, or eligible for certification, by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)

·      Current CMPA membership in good standing (or eligibility for)

·      Experience with chronic disease management, mental health and marginalized populations considered an asset

·      Demonstrated commitment to community-based primary care, health equity and patient-centred practice

·      Strong communication, clinical reasoning, organization skills and working as a team member