family physician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
• or equivalent experience

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Asset languages

• Hindi
• Urdu
• Panjabi

Work setting

• General office

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
• Advise patients on health care
• 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

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities

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 physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

Employment groups - Help

Membership in a group is not a job requirement. All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

This employer is committed to providing all job applicants with equal employment opportunities, and promoting inclusion. If you self-identify as a member of any employment group, you are encouraged to indicate it in your application.

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