Position Description:

Scope of Practice: To provide medical care to hospitalized patients in an interdisciplinary health care environment. Providing efficient plan of care, organizing admission orders, treatment and investigative modalities, as well as helping to plan timely discharge. Effective documentation, communication, and follow-up of medical problems is required. Rehabilitation planning, course, and follow-up will be provided in conjunction with the tertiary level physiatrists, obviously a close working relationship is necessary.

Reporting: The successful candidate will be reporting to the Medical Director at the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation for supervision. Day-to-day care will be provided in consultation with the attending physiatrist.

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:

 Duties and Responsibilities:

·        Comprehensive medical care of hospitalized patients

·        Optimize efficient utilization of health resources

·        Organization of daily rounds (16-18 patients) to optimize care of patients for day-to-day medical difficulties

·        Participate in weekly team conference rounds

·        Participate in weekly chart rounds

·        Provide admission history and physical for new patients and discharge summary on the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation nursing unit. The physiatrists will provide a rehabilitation admission history and physical report as well as a rehabilitation discharge summary.

·        Assist, as required, with any in-hospital medical emergencies

·        Participate in the use of departmental and corporate evidenced based rules of practice to ensure that expected standards of care are achieved

·        Participate in medical practice as compatible with the Health Authorities mission, values, and strategic direction

·        Other duties falling within the scope of practice of hospitalists at the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation may arise by circumstance and may be assigned through consultation with the Medical Director

·        Share on-call for the inpatient unit at SCCR (16-18 beds) and occasional physician queries for outpatients – Generally 1 in 7 call.

These responsibilities are the basic and prime duties associated with this position and may be mutually modified as the hospitalist program evolves.

Hours of Work:

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm (subject to change)

Scheduling Responsibility: It is the responsibility of the hospital physician to submit in writing requests for time off for vacation or CME activities to the Medical Director at the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation prior to each six-month block of the hospitalists schedule. Not providing such request may result in the request being denied.

Remuneration:

Salaried

The candidate will be remunerated on a salaried model.

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

·        Must hold a valid license to practice medicine in the Province of New Brunswick

·        Must be a member in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick

·        Must have current malpractice insurance from the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) appropriate to the category of practice

·        Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-building skills

·        Good attendance and work record

·        Physically able to perform assigned duties.

Expected Start Date:

As soon as possible

Incentives:

$50,000.00 accompanied by a 2 year return of service. 

Relocation reimbursement of up to $8,000.

Other Requirements:

Other Requirements:

·        Attend appropriate educational activities to maintain maintenance of competence and maintain all the requirements of credentialing.

·        Comply with the policy and procedures of the Department of Tertiary Rehabilitation.

·        Comply with the provisions of the Hospital Act, the Regional Health Authorities Act, and the Medical Service Payment Act, and their regulations. 

·        Comply with the Health Authority by-laws, rules and regulations, and policies and procedures. 

·        Follow the Code of Ethics of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick.

About the Facility:

The Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation (SCCR) is a specialty, tertiary, Centre equipped and staffed to treat the most complex neurological conditions. These conditions include stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and neuromuscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy, ALS and cerebral palsy. The Centre also provides treatment for the most complex forms of autism spectrum disorder.

Teams of rehabilitation specialists work together with patients to make sure that all aspects of a patient’s needs are understood and addressed. The many professional disciplines collaborate daily to provide client- and family-centred treatment programs. Since we are part of the larger team of health service providers, we work closely with community, hospital based and social services so that the full range of benefits are available to patients. Also, since many of our patients are children we work closely with the school systems.

The goal of SCCR is, by including patients as part of the team, to achieve as much independence and self-direction for the patient as possible. This is done by combining medical and therapeutic skills as well as rehabilitation technologies.

SCCR provides services, in both official languages, to inpatients (there are 20 inpatient beds) and outpatients, and the Centre serves people of all ages in New Brunswick.

About the Community:

Situated on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi'kmaq peoples, Fredericton is surrounded by the beautiful and bountiful Wolastoq river. Fredericton is a vibrant, culturally diverse city where you can enjoy the amenities of a large city and the charm of a small town. Fredericton is where nature lovers and urban go getters come together with year-round recreational opportunities. Whether that is playing a round of golf on one of the 7 golf courses, walking, running or biking within our 140 KM multiuse trail system, playing tennis in our indoor or outdoor courts, skiing and snowboarding at Crabbe Mountain or visiting the beautiful Art Galleries including the world renown Beaverbrook Art Gallery, taking in live theatre at the Playhouse, being entertained by numerous festivals such as the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival and the Harvest Music Festival, Frostival in the winter months. Fredericton truly captures it all.

You can afford to live downtown or in forested rural communities and enjoy only a 15-minute commute, making it easy to enjoy a balanced lifestyle. Rated Canada’s 2nd best city to live in, it is no surprise the friendly, nature-infused community has played a significant role in attracting a team-oriented group of innovated physicians and health care workers.