ABOUT
The City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team (CKL FHT) is a patient-centred primary care organization serving more than 25,000 patients across the City of Kawartha Lakes. We are a growing interprofessional team of approximately 45 healthcare professionals - physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered practical nurses, social workers, dietitian, pharmacists and medical receptionists - united by a shared commitment to the highest quality of team-based care, health equity, and community well-being.
OPPORTUNITY
We are recruiting a skilled, compassionate Family Physician to join our Lindsay practice under the blended salary model. This model provides:
- generous, customized, recruitment financial incentives;
- compensation security, allows you to focus on quality over volume;
- paid vacation, extended health benefits and participation in HOOP pension plan;
- assistance with practice management so you can focus on practicing medicine;
- nursing support when rostering new patients;
- ongoing-in-office nursing support for patients and referral capacity to clinical social workers, dietitian and pharmacists care, foot care, and several family health programs for your patients' most common needs; and
- opportunity to engage in other areas of practice, e.g. palliative care team, after hours care, obstetrics
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide comprehensive, continuous primary care to a rostered patient panel, including assessment, diagnosis, chronic disease management, and acute care to a final roster of 1,400 patients
- Work collaboratively within a full interprofessional team to deliver coordinated, seamless care
- Participate in same-day access and walk-in services for urgent and unattached patients
- Conduct health assessments, order and interpret investigations, prescribe medications, and provide follow-up care
- Perform minor procedures as appropriate to training and scope
- Contribute to clinical programs including chronic disease prevention, mental health, prenatal care, cardiovascular health, cancer screening and palliative care
- Provide supervision and mentorship to learners and clinical staff as appropriate
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential documentation in EMR (PS Suite)
- Participate in after-hours and on-call coverage as scheduled and agreed upon
QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) with registration (or eligibility for registration) in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
- Certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) - or eligible
- Current CMPA membership in good standing (or eligible)
- Demonstrated commitment to community-based primary care, health equity, and patient-centred practice
- Experience with or genuine interest in interdisciplinary team collaboration
- Strong communication, clinical reasoning, and organization skills
- Experience with chronic disease management, mental health or marginalized populations considered an asset
- Bilingualism (English/French) an asset
COMPENSATION
Base salary of $183,219.57 per annum+ billable services