Family Practitioner/General Practitioner

Role and Facility Information

Seeking a Family Physician to join this Community Health Centre Team.

This position is for a full-service family physician (excluding obstetrics or hospital work), providing care in clinic, client’s homes, and outreach settings. The Family Physician will work as part of an interdisciplinary team with Nurse Practitioners, Community Health Workers, Registered Nurse, allied health, Medical Office Assistants and more. This health center has multiple exam rooms and conducts appointments both virtually and in person. The Family Physician will be a staff of Collingwood Neighborhood House, reporting to the Clinic Coordinator and Clinical Lead.

Skills & Qualifications

– Registered and in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.

– Certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)

– Medical indemnity coverage with Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

– 2 or more years of experience working as a Family Physician in a community-based primary health care setting.

– Demonstrates commitment to the concepts underpinning the unique role of Community Health Centres and a desire to collaboratively contribute to this CHC’s vision, mission, and values.

– Experience providing primary care for clients with addictions, including ability to effectively prescribe and manage Opioid Agonist Therapy

– Demonstrates a high level of clinical skill and competence working with socially complex clients

– An egalitarian philosophy and non-judgmental attitude (i.e. gender, culture, race, sexual orientation, language, ability and more)

– Previous experience providing culturally safe, trauma informed care to marginalized populations

– Experience working with interdisciplinary, culturally diverse teams

– Experience applying strategies or practices to address social determinants of health and health inequity

– Experience providing outreach in community settings and in people’s homes

– Ability to deal effectively with conflict situations, manage challenging behavior, and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioral management techniques

– Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Assets

– Fluency in identified non-official languages based on neighborhood demographics.

– Experience with OSCAR EMR.

Application Process

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada,

CNH will not consider your job application. As per the Collingwood Neighborhood House Human Resources Policies and Procedures, all factors being equal, priority will be given to qualified local and internal applicants.

This is an incredible opportunity be part of the CHC team, where you will work with committed and passionate professionals in the provision of integrated, high quality, holistic health services. They encourage applicants with lived experience of structural inequity to apply, and those who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ2SIA+, and those living with a visible or invisible disability.

Recruitment ID: VDRR 231

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Terms

Compensation

Compensation Type Alternative Payment Arrangement Estimated Remuneration $175.34/hr (no benefits, no paid breaks) Physician Overhead Not applicable Billing Split Not applicable

Benefits and Incentives

Vacation Leave Not applicable

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