Company Description

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centers, and community-based programs we operate across the province.

Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Job Description

About This Opportunity

Dartmouth General Hospital (DGH) is seeking hospitalists to join their team. The majority of patients within this hospital are rostered to our team of hospitalists, with the Internal Medicine Department primarily serving as a consulting service. Dartmouth General Hospital is an acute care hospital with 24-hour emergency, inpatient and outpatient, medical, surgical, and critical care that has been operating since 1976. Located in Dartmouth, it serves approximately 300,000 people each year from Dartmouth and Halifax Regional Municipality. 

The group of DGH Hospitalists cares for approximately 180 patients daily.  The facility offers extensive outpatient services, outreach programs, and medical diagnostics and also has an extensive surgical program

Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care for patients admitted to the DGH Hospitalist Service 
• Provide a full range of clinical care inpatient care, in keeping with the Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine’s Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine
• Most responsible physician (MRP) coverage for admitted patients, ensuring all laboratory, imaging consultation and other reports are received and reviewed daily
• Equitable participation in after-hours call coverage 
• Participation in daily flow discussions 
• Embrace the Home First Philosophy of NS Health in efficient discharge planning with focus on expected length of stay with patient/caregivers at time of admission
• Participate in Quality improvement, operational and research initiatives
• Attend site-based physician meetings 
• Demonstrate commitment to delivering the highest quality care and maintenance of competence 
• Coordinate care with members of the inter-professional team for the provision of quality care, including regular interdisciplinary team rounds
• Demonstrate a commitment to delivering the highest quality care and maintenance of competence
• Attend site-based physician meetings as outlined by the Central Zone Department Head of Hospital Medicine, and Site Hospitalist Lead(s)

Expected Hours

• Locum, full-time, or part-time
• Schedule is flexible (typical full-time schedule is one week on/one week off)
• Participate in weekend rounds proportional to weekday work
• Participate in after-hours call (2-4 shifts/month for full-time)

Qualifications

• All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
• 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)
• Active with admitting privileges at DGH site via NSH Credentialing Committee
• All applicants must have up to date ACLS certification
• Membership in the Society of Hospital Medicine, Canadian Chapter is encouraged
• Academic teaching appointment with Dalhousie University is an asset

Additional Information

Community Details

Known affectionately as the City of Lakes, Dartmouth sits across the harbour from Halifax, sharing its urban energy and cosmopolitan feel but with a charm all its own.

Practicing in Nova Scotia

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. 

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.