Family Physician

Job details

• Location: Edmonton, AB T7Z 0C5

• Salary: $100,000 to 150,000 annually (To be negotiated).

• Hours: 40 hours per week

• Terms of employment: Permanent employment Full time

• Day, Early Morning, Evening, On Call, Shift

• Start date: Start as soon as possible

• Vacancies: 2

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Obtain medical information from patients, family members, or other health care providers

• Assess the mental and physical health of patients by consulting with other medical practitioners

• Provide medications and treatments to patients by prescribing and administering them

• Vaccinate and inoculate patients in order to prevent and treat disease

• Provide patients with the tools to develop healthy habits, break old habits, and reshape their wellness approaches

• Provide counseling and support on a variety of health and lifestyle issues to patients and their families

• Providing emergency medical assistance

• Provide health care advice to patients

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP).

• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail, combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal suitability

• Client focus, flexibility, organized, team player