CH-CPRINB-3F6B
Posted on September 18, 2024
Open to inquiries
Dates:
From 2024-09-30
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Our client in the Moncton area is seeking Family Physician Hospitalists to expand our Hospitalist Program. Hospitalists are responsible for providing comprehensive inpatient care for assigned patients admitted to our institution or transferred from specialty services for appropriate family medicine care.
The position is typically shared between two physicians working 7 days on/7 days off. The schedule is evolving and negotiable. Physicians are on-call every other night while on duty and receive a mandated on-call stipend. There is fee-for-service billing for any call-backs to the hospital while on-call after regular working hours. Scheduling vacation/absences would be determined within the group which will have responsibility to maintain ongoing coverage.
EMPLOYER:
Our Client is the largest healthcare organization in Atlantic Canada, operating 12 hospitals and more than 100 medical facilities, clinics, and offices providing medical services ranging from acute care to community-based health services to New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. With 1,000 physicians, an annual budget exceeding $1 billion, and approximately 13,000 employees, Horizon Health Network’s strategic vision focuses on research, innovation, and education.
The hospital is a 386-bed tertiary and critical care facility within Horizon Health Network. It is a major referral hospital that serves communities throughout New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and northern Nova Scotia. Most major services and subspecialties are available: general surgery (including hepatobiliary), thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, interventional radiology, major orthopedics, neurosurgery and neuroradiology, ENT, urology, high-risk obstetrics (approximately 1400 deliveries per year), gynecology, and plastic surgery (including burns). The Moncton Hospital is a level 2 provincial referral trauma center. The intensive care unit has a 10-bed medical-surgery unit and a 6-bed neurosurgical unit.
The hospital offers excellent opportunities for teaching and clinical research and has an academic affiliation with Dalhousie University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. The hospital is one of the largest employers within metro Moncton, employing 3,000 staff and physicians.
JOB DUTIES:
MAINTENANCE OF PRIVILEGES:
TEACHING:
Regional Health Authority B is affiliated with Dalhousie University of Nova Scotia and Memorial University of Newfoundland. You will be eligible for a teaching appointment with Dalhousie University based on the recommendation of your department’s Clinical Head. Remuneration for academic activity is as per the existing agreements with the Province of New Brunswick, Medical Education, Regional Health Authority B, and your clinical department, and is distributed at the discretion of the Clinical Head in a fair and equitable manner.
RESEARCH:
You are encouraged to pursue research opportunities. The Moncton Hospital will attempt to support you in this endeavor.
QUALIFICATIONS:
REMUNERATION:
Remuneration is $152-168/hour sessional rate x 8 hours per day. The rate is based on performance and can be retroactive. Positions are typically shared between two physicians working 7 days on/7 days off. The schedule is evolving and negotiable. Physicians are on-call every other night while on duty and receive a mandated on-call stipend. There is fee-for-service billing for any call-backs to the hospital while on-call after regular working hours.
SCHEDULE:
A minimum of four physicians are required to share the responsibility. Coverage would be divided into seven-day stretches with full-time coverage being seven days on duty followed by seven days off duty. Scheduling vacation/ absences would be determined with the group which will have the responsibility to maintain ongoing coverage.
EXPECTED START DATE:
• As soon as possible.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY:The city, with adjoining municipalities, has a population of more than 144,000 and was ranked as one of the best Canadian cities for quality of community life. There is an abundance of educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities including easy access to warm water beaches of the Northumberland Strait, and the scenic Bay of Fundy area. Visit the City’s website at www.moncton.ca.
If you are not available for this posting, please feel free to forward this email to an interested colleague.
Interested candidates please contact or send CV to:
Rohini Patel
Physician Recruitment Consultant, New Brunswick Lead
CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc.
647-740-5081
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