Palliative Care Physician (24-ZON-ONC-PC-01)
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Location: Edmonton, AB T5A 0A1
Description:
The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program, Alberta Health Services, in collaboration with Covenant Health, is currently accepting applications for specialized, qualified Palliative Care Physicians to work in a variety of clinical settings on a full-time or part-time basis. The Program delivers comprehensive, integrated palliative care to adult patients in the community setting, acute care and oncology facilities, hospices, and a tertiary palliative care unit.
Responsibilities/Duties:
The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program delivers comprehensive, integrated palliative care in the community, where hospices are also supported, acute care and oncology facilities, and a tertiary palliative care unit. Palliative Care physicians will work in a variety of clinical settings on a full or part-time basis to fill current gaps and accommodate changes in staff across the zone. This position will help reduce the current gaps in clinical coverage and ensure ongoing maintenance of present consult service availability and coverage.
New physicians in the Program are encouraged to apply for clinical lecturer appointments in the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta. The Division is extensively involved in Palliative Medicine education for medical students and rotating residents, offers highly regarded palliative medicine residencies, and has many active opportunities to conduct research in Palliative Medicine.
The physicians in the Program are required to participate in an on-call schedule to provide after-hours and weekend coverage for the Edmonton Zone. On weekends this includes seeing patients on the Tertiary Palliative Care Unit and doing urgent consults at the different sites covered by the Edmonton Zone.
Qualifications:
Qualified physicians will have completed either CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada) Enhanced Skills Residency training in Palliative Care or RCSPC (Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Canada) Palliative Medicine subspecialty training (or equivalent education). An interest in research in Palliative Medicine would be an asset.
Interested physicians must be eligible for a full, unrestricted license in Alberta and hold current CMPA coverage. Physicians with CCFP or FRCPC designations will be given priority.
Salary/Benefits:
Remuneration will be through fee for service billing.
Recruiter Contact:
Interviews will be scheduled and completed via Zoom. Interested persons who meet the above qualifications should forward a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, the names & contact information of three references to:
Dr. Jennifer Furlong, Zone Clinical Section Chief, Palliative Care.
Details about the Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Health Services can be obtained at Palliative & End-of-Life Care | Alberta Health Services, www.edmonton.ca and www.ahs.ca, respectively.
Details about the University of Alberta, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and the Department of Oncology/Division of Palliative Care Medicine, can be found on the Faculty's Home Page at www.med.ualberta.ca.
Responsibilities/Duties:
The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program delivers comprehensive, integrated palliative care in the community, where hospices are also supported, acute care and oncology facilities, and a tertiary palliative care unit. Palliative Care physicians will work in a variety of clinical settings on a full or part-time basis to fill current gaps and accommodate changes in staff across the zone. This position will help reduce the current gaps in clinical coverage and ensure ongoing maintenance of present consult service availability and coverage.
New physicians in the Program are encouraged to apply for clinical lecturer appointments in the Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta. The Division is extensively involved in Palliative Medicine education for medical students and rotating residents, offers highly regarded palliative medicine residencies, and has many active opportunities to conduct research in Palliative Medicine.
The physicians in the Program are required to participate in an on-call schedule to provide after-hours and weekend coverage for the Edmonton Zone. On weekends this includes seeing patients on the Tertiary Palliative Care Unit and doing urgent consults at the different sites covered by the Edmonton Zone.
Qualifications:
Qualified physicians will have completed either CFPC (College of Family Physicians of Canada) Enhanced Skills Residency training in Palliative Care or RCSPC (Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Canada) Palliative Medicine subspecialty training (or equivalent education). An interest in research in Palliative Medicine would be an asset.
Interested physicians must be eligible for a full, unrestricted license in Alberta and hold current CMPA coverage. Physicians with CCFP or FRCPC designations will be given priority.
Salary/Benefits:
Remuneration will be through fee for service billing.
Recruiter Contact:
Interviews will be scheduled and completed via Zoom. Interested persons who meet the above qualifications should forward a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, the names & contact information of three references to:
Dr. Jennifer Furlong, Zone Clinical Section Chief, Palliative Care.
Details about the Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Health Services can be obtained at Palliative & End-of-Life Care | Alberta Health Services, www.edmonton.ca and www.ahs.ca, respectively.
Details about the University of Alberta, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and the Department of Oncology/Division of Palliative Care Medicine, can be found on the Faculty's Home Page at www.med.ualberta.ca.