Emergency Medicine - Windsor

Company Description

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centers, and community-based programs we operate across the province.

Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Job Description

Hants Community Hospital (HCH), is seeking full-time or part time emergency medicine physicians to join their team. There is opportunity to engage in research and/or teaching positions with Dalhousie University, as well as, local simulation based opportunities, should that be of interest. HCH ED is approximately 40 minutes drive from the region's tertiary care pediatric facility, the IWK Health Centre, and the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. 

HCH services include:

• 24-hour emergency department
• Inpatient care (28 hospital beds)
• Long-term care facility (32 beds)
• Surgery programs including general and orthopedic surgery
• Several specialty clinics (including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, hematology)
• Mental health team

On-call services are provided from Halifax and Kentville.

Responsibilities

• Duties include full scope of practice as an emergency physician 
• The physician will be responsible to the department head for emergency medicine for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice, and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority

Expected Hours

• Full-time
• 10-hour day shifts and 14-hour night shifts available
• Flexible shifts each month
• Single coverage shifts

Qualifications

Qualifications

•  All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
•  All family physician must have membership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
•  All specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
• Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
• All applicants must have a current PALS Certification
• All applicants must have a current ATLS Certification
• All applicants must have a current ACLS Certification

Additional Information

A proud history, vibrant lifestyle and a bright future all combine to make picturesque Windsor a magnetic visitor destination and a delightful community in which to live and work.

Located in the heart of Nova Scotia at the eastern gate to the famed Annapolis Valley, Windsor features the benefits of rural living as well as convenient proximity to Metropolitan Halifax.

While quickly gaining renown as "The Birthplace of Hockey", Windsor is also home to historic Fort Edward, the original Sam Slick Days festival, now known as the annual Windsor~West Hants Summer Fest, Howard Dill's Giant Pumpkins, and the internationally-recognized Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.

Skiing at Martock, golf at the Avon Valley Golf & Country Club, and a host of community events throughout the year add to Windsor's claim that it is perhaps the best place in Nova Scotia in which to live and play!

Practicing in Nova Scotia

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. 

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.