Position Description

Pediatrician

The NBRHC Service of Pediatrics is recruiting! North Bay has competitive earning opportunities, a progressive and collegial team and a state-of-the art community hospital. If you’re ready to spend less time commuting, more time enjoying the beautiful outdoors and you like the good life, this opportunity is for you.

Job Description:
The NBRHC Service of Pediatrics is a collegial and innovative service looking for a full or part time Community Consultant Pediatrician to join its team of 5 dedicated Pediatricians. As a designated Level IIC community based hospital, the service manages an 8 bed NICU, 6 bed Pediatrics ward and 6 bed Regional Child and Adolescent Psychiatry service. NICU responsibilities include attendance at high risk deliveries, care of unwell term newborns and care of preterm babies of 30 weeks gestation and higher. Pediatric responsibilities include inpatient care of medically unwell children and urgent consultation to the Emergency Departments and Family Physicians in the region. Child and Adolescent Mental Health responsibilities include consultation, assessment and admission and care of medical issues in children/youth admitted to the mental health service. The successful candidate will participate equitably in the Pediatric on-call roster.

The successful candidate will also be invited to join the North Bay Pediatric Group outpatient Consultant Pediatric Practice located minutes from the hospital, fully operational with PS Suite EMR and co-located with the community children’s treatment center.

Applicants are required to be certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and must be licensed (or eligible for licensure) in the Province of Ontario. The organization is an affiliated academic teaching centre with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM). The preferred candidate would be expected to participate in teaching undergraduates and postgraduate medical learners.

Organization & Community Info:
North Bay Regional Health Centre is a unique 419 bed health care organization with three primary roles: providing acute care services to North Bay and its surrounding communities, functioning as the district referral center providing specialist services for smaller communities in the area, and it’s the specialized mental health service provider serving all of northeast Ontario. NBRHC is a state-of-the-art regional health centre newly built in 2011. For further information about the NBRHC please view www.nbrhc.on.ca and https://vimeo.com/106279645

North Bay is located 3.5 hours north of Toronto, just down the four-lane highway from the Muskokas, and 3.5 hours west of Ottawa. With a population of 54,000 and a catchment area of 180,000, it is a safe and welcoming community that offers a healthy and balanced environment for working, living and raising a family. North Bay is situated on the banks of two large lakes and boasts beautiful scenery and four distinct seasons. Whatever your interests are, you will have access to numerous activities and amenities within minutes from your home – reclaim your work-life balance and join us! To view beautiful North Bay and our lifestyle please visit www.northbay.ca

Remuneration:
The successful candidate will be remunerated as a part of the Northern Pediatric AFP which includes a base salary and a percentage of billings top up, Hospital On-Call stipends, teaching funds, pediatric stabilization funds and payment for CAMHU coverage. Our organization has a competitive Incentive Package which includes a $25,000 non-repayable and interest free loan, assistance with moving expenses and up to $83,000 through the Northern Rural Recruitment & Retention Initiative (NRRRI).

Contact:
For additional information on practice at NBRHC, please contact Chastity Saudino, Medical Affairs Manager at physicianrecruitment@nbrhc.on.ca.

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