Family Physician

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Skills and Abilities

Work setting
- Private practice
- Clinic
Tasks
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
- Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
- Advise patients on health care
- Supervise staff
- Be the patient advocate
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide acute care management
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
Supervision
- Staff in various areas of responsibility
Certificates, licences, memberships, and coursesﾠ
- College of Family Physicians Certification (CCFP)
- Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
- Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)
Type of treatment experience
- Pain management
Specialization in family practice
- Family counselling
- Geriatrics
- Gynecology
- Nutritional counselling
- Pediatrics
- Palliative care
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Own tools/equipment
- Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Financial benefits
- Bonus
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Parking available