Family physician
2192154 ONTARIO INC.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
- Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases and injuries
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
- 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
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Advise patients on health care
- Hire and train staff
- Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
- Supervise home care services
Additional information
Security and safety
- Medical exam
- Tuberculosis test
- Vulnerable sector check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Values and ethics