The STAR Family Health Team (FHT) is recruiting to all three (3) of their locations in Stratford and Tavistock.
https://starfht.ca
The Avon site (Stratford) includes 6 Family Physicians;
The O'Loane site (Stratford) includes 4 Family Physicians;
The Tavistock site includes 4 Family Physicians.
Collectively, the STAR Team includes;
-14 Family Physicians, 4 Nurse Practitioners, 15 Nurses, 5 Mental Health Clinicians, 2 Registered Dieticians, 2 Pharmacists, & 19 Administrators.
Highlights:
- There is opportunity available to join an existing clinic with established colleagues. We encourage locum work prior to joining.
- Physicians establishing a practice are eligible for income stabilization (you earn money while you build a practice!).
- Cost sharing agreement (fixed cost split plus variable cost sharing) limits overhead to the 22-25% range.
- Physician owned and operated clinics.
- Telus PSS EMR with Ocean/e-Referral platform and option for online booking.
- Fibre optic internet with excellent remote access performance through local server/VPN.
- 1:1 to 1:2 nursing in addition to MOH/admin support and clinic manager; FHT funded NP and some allied health staff work on site.
- Treatment room for small procedures available.
- FHT affiliation allows patients access to FHT programs, individual MH counseling/SW, registered dieticians, memory clinic and respiratory therapy among other services.
- After hours clinic/call is approximately 1 in 14 weekdays. Call is very light with no nursing home or inpatient coverage.
- This is a clinic only position; no ER, inpatient or OB coverage is required. There is opportunity for ER, Hospitalist, Surgical Assist, etc in the city and region.
- Stratford is home to an excellent and collegial specialist base with access to tertiary care centres at LHSC and KW area for additional support.
- New FHO physician will be expected to maintain a minimum roster of ~1,000 patients.
- Clinic has a 'STAR' physician system to help cover your patients while you are away in addition to after hours availability.
- Physicians typically may take up to six (6) weeks of vacation and additional professional development time without the need to hire a locum through cross coverage arrangements for labs and urgent messages/faxes.
- Free accommodation is available in Stratford for locum physicians.