Family physician
PINERIDGE DOCTORS OFFICE
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Medical clinic
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases and injuries
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Advise patients on health care
- Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesÂ
- Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Repetitive tasks
- Large workload
- Overtime required
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability