Emergency Physician - Inverness

Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital (ICMH) is a community hospital that serves the communities of Inverness and surrounding areas. It has been helping to keep healthcare personal and local since its construction in 1977.

Located in Inverness, ICMH’s community health centre provides a space where services, programs, and physician offices are under one roof, providing excellent inpatient, outpatient, and community-based care.

Inverness is a Family Medicine Resident training site and there are up to 4 residents on site, with additional learners on rotations/electives. Teaching is an option at the Inverness site and with the expansion of the Dalhousie Medical Campus to Sydney, NS a short drive away, plenty of opportunities to engage with learners and faculty. Cape Breton Regional Hospital trains a handful of FM +EM residents on-site.

Our physician team is proud to operate our Emergency Room 24/7 year round. With full time access to lab and X-ray services, including CT scanner, we provide a vital source of emergency care to Western Cape Breton. At present, shifts are 12-hour solo coverage and are compensated hourly.

We are looking into adding a double-coverage option for peak hours and we are keen to support physicians new to emergency medicine or new to the Nova Scotia system to enhance your skills and comfort in this exciting and vital area of rural health care.

Split Flow/Lower Acuity Emergency Medicine - Inverness

• We are newly piloting double-coverage for peak hours in the ER and expect there will be opportunities for physicians to take shifts treating triage level 4 and 5 patients (similar to an Urgent Care or Rapid Assessment population) in the emergency room alongside another physician who would manage higher acuity cases. Physicians practicing in Inverness could pick up Split Flow/Lower Acuity shifts in addition to a local family practice.

Expected Hours

• full-time, part-time

Remuneration

• Hourly paid

Incentives

Nova Scotia Health offers a variety of incentives designed to relieve some of the pressure, cost, and difficulty that comes with relocation.

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Benefits

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package including health and dental, EMR grants, funded locum coverage, CME funding, parental leave, physician advisors and more!

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Qualifications

• All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS) (American Board-certified physicians are eligible for a full license)
• All family physicians must be eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
• Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Community Details

Once an active coal mining town, today the town of Inverness is better known as a golfer's dream destination with the world-class Cabot Cape Breton's Cabot Cliffs and Cabot Links golf courses situated prominently along the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait.

Beach lovers will love to visit Inverness Beach, a long stretch of sandy coastline that is popular with ocean swimmers and beachcombers alike. Walk the boardwalk that overlooks the beach from the sand dunes above and be sure to time your stroll to catch one of the gorgeous sunsets over the ocean. You may even spot a pod of Minke or Pilot whales passing by!

Practicing in Nova Scotia

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.

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.