Home: Southbridge Cornwall

　　Location: Cornwall, Ontario

　　Position: Attending Physician - Permanent, Full-Time

　　Tired of living to work? Work to LIVE in beautiful  Cornwall  at our newly built, Southbridge Cornwall long term care home! The urban hub of Cornwall is an eclectic mix of small-town charm and big city convenience, with plenty of natural beauty and heritage architecture to admire. Offering competitive wages, Southbridge Cornwall is proud of our new state-of-the-art home and welcome you to join our team

　　Reporting to the Executive Director, the Attending Physician will provide high quality resident centered medical care.

　　RESPONSIBILITIES

　　Attends the nursing home on a weekly basis, to provide clinical care to assigned residents;

　　Addresses resident acute and chronic care needs and provides appropriate and timely documentation;

　　Identifies circumstances in which palliative and/or end of life care may benefit the resident and family members and work collaboratively with members of the interdisciplinary team;

　　Works effectively and efficiently with members of the interdisciplinary team including the medical director to ensure the highest level of care is provided to residents;

　　Conducts regular medication drug review and documents/updates resident’s health record;

　　Participates in after hour on-call;

　　Commits to continuing education related to long term care, care of the elderly, palliative care and dementia care.

　　Participates in physician peer review to continually improve resident care.

　　QUALIFICATIONS

　　Medical practitioner license to practice medicine in the Province of Ontario, and at all times be a member in good standing of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario;

　　Experience working in Long Term Care preferred;

　　Knowledge of regulations governing long term care;

　　Ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team;

　　Ability to build trust and interact in a professional manner with staff, residents, families and other community partners.

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