LOCATION:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
OPPORTUNITY:
Permanent
Requisition ID: 35447
Opportunity Type: Permanent
Estimated Annual Salary: 250,000 – 300,000
Type of Remuneration: FFS – Fee For Service
Site Visit & Reallocation Allowance Programs: Relocation Program; Site Visit Program
Department of Health & Wellness Incentives: Debt Assistance; Family Medicine Bursary Program; Tuition Relief
About This Opportunity:
The Town of Yarmouth is seeking a full-time family physician to join a collaborative team to provide office-based comprehensive primary care during both daytime and after-hours clinic hours. The successful candidate will also be expected to provide inpatient care at Yarmouth Regional Hospital (YRH) to their own patients as well as to the orphan patient rotation. They may also participate in teaching through the Dalhousie University Family Medicine residency program based in Yarmouth, and/or with medical students through Dalhousie University. In addition, the successful candidate will provide nursing home care, if desired, and participate in the collaborative delivery of care with their fellow physicians and other care providers at the practice.
YRH was originally founded in 1912 and has developed into a vast health care complex serving the 58,000 people of Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby Counties. Located in Yarmouth, YRH has 124 inpatient beds and provides a range of primary and secondary services through in-patient, outpatient and satellite programs.