Urban Family Physician - The Bridge Clinic (Full time/part time)

Job Description

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) - The Bridge Clinic is a temporary medical home, designed to meet the needs of patients who require medical care and do not have a family doctor in the community. We are looking to contract 56 hours of physician services per week, following a 7 day a week service delivery model. Individual physicians will provide 4-5 hours of clinical service evenings and weekends.

We anticipate multiple physician contracts and hope to enhance the current family physician capacity within the city. The Bridge Clinic will operate in evenings and weekends with preference give to family physicians who concurrently practice in longitudinal care.

The Bridge Clinic physician(s) will work as part of the team consisting of nurse practitioners, primary health care registered nurses (RNs), and assessor/coordinators. The physicians will assess patients as part of a coordinated appointment with the primary health care RN, and the nurse practitioners will function as the primary care practitioner. The nurse practitioners will be responsible for ongoing follow-up care with physician support as needed. All team members are expected to participate in multi-disciplinary team based care and consultation. Using a client centric approach, patients of the clinic will have access to Primary Health Care services such as chronic disease management, central therapies, pharmacy, mental health & addictions, wound care. Assessor/coordinators & nurses will provide system navigation to health resources in the community. Referrals will be from acute care in phase one with potential expansion as capacity permits.

Why?
50,000 people in Saskatoon are unattached to a primary care practitioner

This affects:

• Access
• Flow
• Health of our population
• Health of our workforce

Location of practice:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - The Bridge clinics will deliver services in leased spaces within existing clinical settings across the city in order to provide services within client local community where possible.

Job Qualifications

Successful applicants will be eligible for a provisional or regular license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) Candidates must obtain privileges with the SHA to practice family medicine in Saskatoon.

Additional Information

The City-Saskatoon Shines - With more hours of sunshine than any other major Canadian city and a population of 340,000+, Saskatoon is the largest city in Saskatchewan, offering non-stop entertainment opportunities including world class events, festivals and attractions, a strong arts and music focus, and a short drive to the northern lake country. Saskatoon has more golf courses and restaurants per capita than anywhere in North America and is noted for its outstanding walking and biking trails along the riverbank. Excellent educational facilities such as the University of Saskatchewan, home of the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, draw the best minds from around the world creating a youthful vitality and cultural richness evident in every neighbourhood.

The SHA - It is the largest organization in Saskatchewan employing over 44,000 employees and physicians responsible for the delivery of high quality and timely health care for the entire province. We are driven by the commitment to improve front line patient care for Saskatchewan people, and we are working together to better coordinate health services across the province to ensure that patients receive high quality, timely health care, wherever they live in Saskatchewan.

To Apply: The SHA supports a shared commitment to a representative workforce that is respectful and inclusive of all staff and clients and welcomes applications from those who will contribute to the diversity of our community. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

Interested candidates, please submit your curriculum vitae in confidence to:
Amanda Lee, Specialist Recruitment and Retention
Practitioner Staff Affairs-Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Email: amanda.lee@saskhealthauthority.ca