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Position Description:
The Chipman Health Centre is seeking a long term or short term locum starting March 2025 to cover patient care. Schedule and locum dates are flexible. There is an opportunity for the locum to be a recurring locum.
The Chipman Health Centre is a Multidiscipline facility consisting of physicians, nurses, a Social Worker, Dietitian, and Respiratory Therapist who work as a team to ensure that patients receive primary care from the most appropriate provider. As a primary care family physician in this setting, the physician will deliver care appropriate to outpatient services and work within an interdisciplinary team to provide family centered primary care that emphasizes health promotion, disease and injury prevention, chronic disease management and client education. The physician provides primary care functions to clients across the lifespan and participates in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and services for individuals, families and the community.
The physician reports to the Clinic Manager or designate for operational issues of the Clinic and to the Chief of Family Practice or designate for clinical care and medical quality issues.
Employer:
Horizon Health Network (Horizon) is proud of its dedicated team of health care professionals who are focused on delivering safe and quality care to our patients, clients, families and communities. Horizon is a great place to work, as people are the heart of our organization, and the success of Horizon is a direct result of our employees’ dedication, professionalism, and commitment.
Horizon is the largest regional health authority – and one of the largest employers – in New Brunswick, and the second-largest health authority in Atlantic Canada. Our leadership and health care providers are experts in diverse areas of health and community services and provide services to a half a million people.
Horizon has an annual budget of approximately $1.2 billion and has more than 13,000 employees, 1,100 physicians and 1,300 volunteers, as well as 17 foundations, 12 auxiliaries and 8 alumnae organizations.
Diversity Statement
Horizon is committed to enhancing our diverse and inclusive environment for our employees and patients. We believe in a healthcare system that equally supports all people regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, social background, religion, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or sexual orientation. An environment based on a commitment to diversity and inclusion supports our goal of safe and quality patient care.
Job Duties:
JOB DUTIES:
· Performs clinical duties including but not restricted to seeing and assessing scheduled and unscheduled patients for routine and illness care, prescribing treatment, consults, referral to other healthcare professionals as required, making home visits as necessary and appropriate follow-up to patients across the lifespan.
· Provide family-centered primary care by taking into account risk factors (environmental, social, psychological and medical) in a manner which can be understood by the client, and when applicable, their families.
· Practice in a collaborative fashion as a member of an interdisciplinary team and consult with members of other health professions as appropriate.
· Participate in the use of departmental and corporate evidence-based rules of practice to ensure that expected standards of care are achieved.
· Participate in medical practice that is compatible with the Health Authority’s mission, values and strategic directions.
· Participate in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of treatment, education, counseling and CHC health promotion programs and services for individuals, families and the community.
· Participate in after-hours on-call coverage in coordination with other medical staff to ensure provision to the local nursing home and the local Extra Mural Program.
· Participate in CHC team meetings/conferences.
· Participate, by consensus of medical staff and in coordination with the Nurse Manager in
teaching and supervision of medical students and residents
· Participate in teaching, mentoring and providing a resource to Nurse Practitioners, students and other health care professionals.
· Other duties that may arise by circumstance and may be assigned by the Administrative Director and/or the Chief of Family Practice.
Note: These responsibilities are the basic and prime duties associated with this position; other related and allied duties may be assigned from time to time as may be necessary to the operation of Horizon Health Network.
Hours of Work:
HOURS OF WORK
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (variable)
Remuneration:
Locum
Remuneration is typically the same method of as the position he/she is covering. Physicians will be remunerated as an independent practitioner according to the New Brunswick Medicare Policies.
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Expected Start Date:
As soon as possible
Incentives:
Locum expense coverage is available. Subject to pre-approval.
Other Requirements:
n/aAbout the Facility:
The Chipman Health Centre provides primary health care services with a collaborating team of health care professionals which includes physicians, nurses, and other allied health disciplines.
Physician services are provided by booked appointments to patients of the individual physician practice. The health centre staff works closely with a number of partners to meet the health care needs of the community.
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About the Community:
Area south of the capital city of Fredericton consisting of Queens County and the southern portion of Sunbury and York Counties.
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