Description
Job Summary:
The Physician provides comprehensive longitudinal primary health care with a strong emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, equity, and community responsiveness. Practice is carried out in accordance with the standards, policies, and guidelines of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), the Regulated Health Professions Act, and applicable legislation.
The physician diagnoses and manages common complex health conditions independently and collaboratively, working as a core member of an interdisciplinary team. The Physician contributes to the planning, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of primary care and community-based services, with particular attention to the social determinants of health, healthy equity, cultural safety, and trauma-informed care.
The physician is professionally accountable for their clinical practice and contributes to continuous quality improvement, system integration, and the overall mission of the Community Health Centres of Northumberland (CHCN).
Service Responsibilities:
- Provides on-going, comprehensive primary health care to clients of all ages within the scope of a Family Physician, including assessments, diagnosis, counselling, screening, referrals, education, treatment, prescribing and follow-ups.
- Assesses each client to determine the presence of existing and potential health problems, with a major focus on the physiological, psychological, social-cultural, spiritual and environmental risk factors that may influence the client’s health status. The Physician deals with these personally or by referral to, or in consultation with, other service providers and in the community.
- Establishes a plan of care in collaboration with the client and encourages increased responsibility for health by involving clients and their caregivers in; a) the identification of risk factors and health problems, b) goal setting, c) decision making for interventions and treatment options, d) prevention and health promotion activities, e) preventative screening with emphasis on breast, colon and cervical cancer screening.
- Makes internal referrals to other CHCN staff.
- Participates in case conferences with other clinicians/providers to ensure coordination of services to the client.
- Keeps complete, accurate and timely records of client visits, which will provide information to assist other practitioners in continuing client care.
- Sees clients at the Centre with scheduled and urgent appointments, in the community through outreach and home visits, during regular and extended hours and shares on-call duties with other primary health care providers.
- Promotes awareness of the CHCN’s programs, community projects or agency activities. Participates in above as a representative of the CHCN.
- Provides consultation to other providers and clinicians.
- Performs necessary back-up clinical functions: test results review, response to messages and prescription renewal for other clinical staff in their absence.
- Provides support, teaching, and supervision of medical students who have placements at CHCN.
- Participates in the development of, and gives support to, policies and strategies that are in the interest of community health and recognizes the social determinants of health.
- Engages with vulnerable and marginalized populations and participates in active outreach across Northumberland County.
- Participants in health and community fairs or events to promote health and wellbeing and CHCN programs and activities.
- Works with community groups to support healthy public policy development and practice.
- Incorporates health care advances into practice and bases this practice on the changing demographics and evolving needs of the community.
- Strong commitment to adhering of screening guidelines and achieving benchmarks
- Completes monthly chart audits and data clean-up activities.
Organizational Responsibilities:
- Collects statistical information as required by the Centre.
- Incorporates critical thinking practice and a collaborative approach to problem solving and decision making.
- Integrates into work functions the principles of respect and value for staff, clients, and the community.
- Works in a manner that preserves confidentiality. Adheres to the Personal Health Protection Policy and the Confidentiality Policy for the Centre.
- Works in a manner that seeks to minimize risk to clients, self, the Centre and to staff. Committed to safety, works in a manner that demonstrates responsibility for following the Centre’s safe work practices and works in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Takes responsibility for and is expected to report and unsafe/at risk conditions as well as be accountable for their correction.
- Communicates in a timely and positive manner with the Manager of Specialized Programs, in collaboration with the Clinical Director regarding job content, specific objectives and personal performance. Identifies performance goals, objectives and learning needs. Identifies concerns in a timely manner and, in collaboration with the Manager of Specialized Programs, seeks resolution.
- Contributes to the overall mission of the Centre by participating in meeting and on committees to identify, respond, and/or resolve issues or opportunities for improvement.
- Incorporates and contributes to the Centre’s efforts for continuous quality improvement by identifying, implementing and evaluating policies and practices to support best practice.
- Adhere to all CHCN infection prevention and control policies, including screening protocols, enhanced infection prevention procedures, and use of personal protective equipment as required.
- Incorporates and strengthens collaborative and interdisciplinary teamwork.
- Participates as a team member in all staff functions: program planning, team and inter-team meetings, all staff meetings and team building.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Professional Development:
- Maintains and develops professional competence through on-going professional development.
- Participates fully in the audit process of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Stays current and aware of opportunities to implement new, evidenced-based methods of client assessment and treatment.
- Participates in self-directed learning to ensure that practice remains relevant by attending professional conferences, e-learning, and problem-based learning.
Permanent – Part-Time
Salary: $199,162.80
FTE: 0.6
21 hours/week
Experience
Qualifications:
- Licensed to practice family medicine in Ontario by the College of Physician and Surgeons in Ontario.
- Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of community-based health care.
- Strong commitment to health promotion and community development.
- Professional liability coverage.
- Knowledge and understanding of primary prevention, health promotion theory and practice.
- Proficiency in the use of computers and various software applications.
- Demonstrated experience with group facilitation is preferred.
- Experience in program development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Holds current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certificate.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within an inter-disciplinary team.
- Valid Ontario drivers’ license and the use of a vehicle.
- Ability to work flexible hours.
Apply
Interested candidates should send their resumes along with a cover letter to [email protected] quoting “Provider – Physician”
No phone calls please. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the Community Health Centres of Northumberland will provide assistance to applicants who request accommodation throughout the recruitment process.
At the CHCN, we value diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern, and we invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions to help build the future of healthcare and our communities.
Note that the CHCN is a scent-free work environment, and we ask that you refrain from wearing fragrances and other scented personal care products (i.e. perfumes, deodorants, lotions, hairspray, etc.) while at the Centre.
