General Practitioner - Lacombe
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Location: Lacombe, AB T4L 0A1
Description:
Description
Alberta Health Services is looking for a General Practitioner to establish a family medicine practice in the community of Lacombe. This position requires a scope of practice that includes community clinic, inpatient, outpatient, acute, long term care, and emergency room shifts. Candidates require recent and relevant experience in all scopes of practice to be performed. A successful candidate will be responsible for after hours inpatient care. Long term care coverage at the Bentley Care Centre is optional.
The community of Lacombe is nestled in Central Alberta, 20 minutes North of the City of Red Deer. The region is filled with historical spaces, culinary delights, and natural beauty. It is a place where the people are honest and welcoming, where families can discover new traditions, experience the outdoors, and explore vibrant communities.
For information about of Lacombe:
Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre | Alberta Health Services
Experience Lacombe | Lacombe, AB
Lacombe Regional Tourism | Lacombe Regional Tourism (lacombetourism.com)
Qualifications
A successful candidate will hold either a valid and relevant license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, or a valid Notification of Eligibility Letter from the CPSA.
Required Competencies
Recommended
Alberta Health Services is looking for a General Practitioner to establish a family medicine practice in the community of Lacombe. This position requires a scope of practice that includes community clinic, inpatient, outpatient, acute, long term care, and emergency room shifts. Candidates require recent and relevant experience in all scopes of practice to be performed. A successful candidate will be responsible for after hours inpatient care. Long term care coverage at the Bentley Care Centre is optional.
The community of Lacombe is nestled in Central Alberta, 20 minutes North of the City of Red Deer. The region is filled with historical spaces, culinary delights, and natural beauty. It is a place where the people are honest and welcoming, where families can discover new traditions, experience the outdoors, and explore vibrant communities.
For information about of Lacombe:
Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre | Alberta Health Services
Experience Lacombe | Lacombe, AB
Lacombe Regional Tourism | Lacombe Regional Tourism (lacombetourism.com)
Qualifications
A successful candidate will hold either a valid and relevant license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, or a valid Notification of Eligibility Letter from the CPSA.
Required Competencies
- Recent experience (within the last 12 months) of independent Family Medicine practice where the physician has been the Most Responsible Physician for a wide range of Family Medicine patients.
- Applicant must also be able to provide proof of participation in relevant Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs.
- Emergency on-call experience that covers trauma, medical, surgical and pediatric emergencies within the previous 12 months
- Experience in obstetrical and neonatal emergencies and resuscitation.
- Up-to-date ACLS/Life Support Training
Recommended
- Certificate of the College of Family Physicians
- Experience within the past 24 months running an office based family medicine clinic and being responsible for after hours inpatient care.
- Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)