Family physician
Elixir Medical Centres
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.
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- General office
- Clinic
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Participate on institutional committees
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- Advise patients on health care
- Supervise staff
- 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
Supervision
- Working groups
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)
Experience and specialization
Specialization in family practice
- Family counselling
- Geriatrics
- Obstetrics
- Sexually transmitted diseases
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Walking
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Repetitive tasks
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Team building opportunities
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities