The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Primary Care Program is seeking a Primary Care Physician (0.7 FTE) to join Access Transcona. 

The Primary Care Physicians will provide medical services consistent with the principles of primary health care as follows:

1. Comprehensive services, possibly including but not limited to:

• All ages & stages of the life cycle
• May participate in activities that support a population health focus, i.e., resource to the community
• Administrative activities including professional committee involvement, chart audits & implementation of audit recommendations
• Obstetrical care
• Palliative Care
• Care of patients in hospitals and personal care homes
• House calls
• Minor surgical procedures
• Psychotherapy, e.g. solution-focused therapy, supportive etc.
• Health promotion
• Disease prevention
• Intervention for acute and chronic illness
• Restorative or rehabilitative care

• Broadening of group practice expertise and skill development to permit in-practice referrals for obstetrics, minor procedures, menopause issues, etc.

1. Accessibility to services

• Weekend & evening extended office hours (as agreed upon by both parties)
• Weekend and evening on call
• Telephone coverage for patients, families and other health & service providers

1. Interdisciplinary practice

• Provide coordinated services within interdisciplinary team
• Transfer of functions to primary health nurses (when appropriate and agreed upon formally)

1. Teaching & preceptorship

• Clinical practicum for family medicine students and residents and other health professionals
• Teaching initiatives for multidisciplinary team
• Elective courses for medical students and residents

1. Research

• Facilitate, support or participate in practice-based research

1. Quality

• May participate in the development of discipline specific and multidisciplinary practice standards, protocols, and care paths etc.

Qualifications:

• Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM)
• CCFP certified

Location:

Access Transcona – 845 Regent Avenue W, Winnipeg MB