Academic Family Physician Locum, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Location: St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto
Closing date: July 31, 2024
Preferred Start date: Flexible start: anytime until end of 2024 or early 2025
Duration of opportunity: 3 months
Description of organization
St. Joseph’s Health Centre (SJHC) academic Urban Family Health Team is inviting applications from qualified family physicians for a LOCUM position for 0.4FTE (2 days per week) starting any time until end of 2024 or early 2025.
SJHC academic Urban Family Health Team is a dynamic and diverse group strongly committed to the care of marginalized and disadvantaged populations, with expertise in addiction medicine, palliative care, low-risk obstetrics and care of the elderly.
SJHC is a fully accredited community teaching hospital within the Unity Health Toronto network, serving Toronto’s west-end. SJHC provides care to a culturally and economically diverse population of about 530,000. Our hospital is a 400-bed facility that employs approximately 2,500 staff, along with 400 credentialed staff physicians. Unity Health Toronto’s values center around Inclusivity, Community, Excellence, Compassion and Human Dignity.
Job description:
The successful candidate must ideally be an experienced family physician and hold an MD degree and certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Successful candidates should have a demonstrated interest in working with vulnerable populations and have experience working with complex patients. In order to better serve the needs of our patient population, we are also looking for candidates who are also committed to providing comprehensive primary care to gender diverse and transgender populations.
The responsibilities of the successful candidate will include provision of excellent clinical care and clinical teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate learners. Knowledge of and interest in practicing inpatient palliative care is an asset.
Remuneration is between $450-500/half day
To apply:
Qualified candidates are invited to forward a letter of interest including curriculum vitae via e-mail, no later than July 31, 2024 to: Dr. Daphne Williams, Chief & Medical Director, Department of Family & Community Medicine, SJHC, Unity Health Centre, c/o Wendy Murphy, Administrative Assistant @ wendy.murphy@unityhealth.to
*SJHC academic Urban Family Health Team, based within the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Primary and Community Care Program at Unity Health Toronto, is strongly committed to diversity and intentional inclusion within its community and particularly encourages applications from racialized persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
