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Company Description
Musquodoboit Harbour Family Practice and the team at Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital are seeking a Locum Family Physician to join their welcoming, supportive, and collaborative team, consisting of six physicians and two Nurse Practitioners, along with a broader site-based team which includes Social Workers, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Dietitians. The Family Physician will provide a combination of office-based primary care (at the Musquodoboit Harbour Family Practice location), coverage for the long-term care facility (the Birches), ED shifts and inpatient bed coverage at the Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital. A physician in this area needs to support a combination of the services needed in the community.
Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital is located in Musquodoboit Harbour and is a short 40-minute drive from Halifax (30 minutes from Dartmouth).
Job Description
Job Description: We are seeking a Physician to locum during a period of active recruitment. The physician will be responsible for providing high-quality, patient-centered care to a diverse patient population with a broad spectrum of acute and emergent conditions.
Compensation is provided by the service, and locum physicians are eligible to access the travel elements of the program, including reimbursement for kilometrage, per diems, accommodations (up to $300 per night), and airfare (up to $1,500), along with travel time up to 10 hours per week. Licensing fees for CPSNS are covered, and locum physicians may claim Facility On Call fees under specific conditions.
Qualifications
No formal ED certification needed, but a FM physician should have experience to work in a community ED
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Community Details
Situated along the picturesque Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia, the small community of Musquodoboit Harbour offers a serene and close-knit community lifestyle surrounded by the beauty of nature. Musquodoboit Harbour is home to newcomers and ninth generation residents, young families and retirees and everything in between.
Musquodoboit Harbour features the longest sandy beach in Nova Scotia and some of the best surf on the East Coast. The area is perfect for a leisurely walk on a scenic trail, white water kayaking down the Musquodoboit River, rock climbing near the Musquodoboit Trailway, and boating along the rugged coastline. You’ll also find everything you need to make your new community a home, including a P-9 school and high school, a hospital and nursing home, as well as restaurants, cafes, farmers markets, a brewery, gym, library, skating rink, baseball fields and more.
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.
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.
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