Family Medicine Dartmouth North Start Up X4 Positions

This new NSH turnkey located in the heart of Dartmouth North, is seeking family physicians to join the Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice Nurse, and admin in a Collaborative Family Practice Team. This clinic will function as a health home to a core set of patients, work collaboratively with one another and support a true team-based care approach. Patients will be attached at clinic level which will foster enhanced collaboration across the team. There will be connection to other practices within Dartmouth North through a shared EMR and Urgent Care Centre care models. Primary Care in Dartmouth North is seeing significant growth over the immediate future, this is exciting for any family physician in collaborative care.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Examine patients, take health histories, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures, advise patients on health care health promotion and disease prevention
• Consultation and referral to other medical practitioners
• Act as patients' advocate
• Prescribe and administer medications, treatments, inoculation and vaccinations
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases as per Nova Scotia Public Health requirements
• Participate collaboratively as a member of a collaborative family practice team
• Participate in continuous quality improvement as a member of the team

Full Time hours

Eligible for Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)

Eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)

Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Dartmouth is a great place for getting outside and appreciating its natural beauty on land and water. In addition to its green spaces, the City of Lakes boasts 23 lakes that provide opportunities for kayaking, windsurfing, canoeing and swimming. Lake Banook is a world-class paddling course, where regattas are often held. The city features many parks and walking trails and easy access to the unspoiled coastal beauty of the Eastern Shore.

The urban centre across the harbour from downtown Halifax offers visitors everything from family restaurants, global cuisine, breweries and brewpubs, celtic pubs, and romantic bistros to traditional bakeries and fish & chip shops. On Saturdays, the Alderney Landing Farmers' Market provides marketgoers with an amazing selection of baked goods, ethnic dishes, and more..

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: see for yourself, here!