Nova Scotia Healthcare System
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Company Description
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centers and community-based programs we operate across the province.
Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow is seeking a locum pediatrician to join their team.
Aberdeen is approximately 1.5 hours from the region's tertiary care pediatric facility, the IWK Health Centre, which provides neonatal support.
Duties include full scope of practice as a pediatrician providing care to patients within the Northern zone and participating in call.
The physician will be responsible to the Zone Department Head of Women and Children's Services for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
Expected Hours
Our department is full-service Pediatrics, and does require neonatal resuscitation and stabilization for transport, which at times can happen quickly and other times could be up to 24 hours. It also covers consults in the ER including attending trauma with pediatric patients.
Paid via the Alternative Payment Plan, Call stipend paid separately.
Physician Eligibility
Locum physicians are required to be licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and privileged by Nova Scotia Health Authority.
Additional Information
Community Details
Established in 1835, the historical town of [New Glasgow](http://www.newglasgow.ca/) is located [Pictou County](http://www.healthypictoucounty.ca%20/). Overlooking the banks of the East River of Pictou, New Glasgow is at the centre of the province's fourth largest urban area.
Pictou County is comprised of 6 municipal units including the town of New Glasgow (location of the Aberdeen Hospital), the [County of Pictou](http://county.pictou.ns.ca/), [Pictou](https://www.townofpictou.ca/), [Trenton](http://www.town.trenton.ns.ca/), [Stellarton](https://www.stellarton.ca/), [Westville](http://www.westville.ca/), and [Pictou Landing First Nation](https://plfn.ca/), Pictou County is ideally situated along the Northumberland Strait. You’ll find a welcoming community with hard-working and down-to-earth people, enjoying a balanced lifestyle. Just minutes from beautiful beaches, join us and fill your lungs with salty sea air, and enjoy the urban-rural mix that Pictou County has to offer. In your practice, enjoy a collegial atmosphere with access to the tools you need to do your job.
Rich in culture, entertainment, and history, come and build the fast- or slow-paced life you desire in Pictou County.
*Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.*
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.
CA$350,000 – CA$360,000 / year
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