Family Physician
Location: Carefirst Family Health Team, 300 Silver Star Blvd., Scarborough, Ontario Canada, M1V 0G2
Closing date: Open until filled
Preferred start date: June 2025
Description of Organization & Job:
Working with an inter-disciplinary team of nurses, social workers, dieticians, physiotherapist and medical receptionists, the Carefirst FHT delivers exceptional comprehensive care to our communities. We have a robust, Chronic Disease Management and Prevention program, including a Diabetes Education Program, and are actively involved in many of the Ontario Health Team’s primary care initiatives. Our partnerships across the community ensures our patients receive coordinated and high quality of care. Some on-site examples include: Home and Community Support Care Services, MINT Memory Clinic and Ontario Structured Psychotherapy. As a community FHT we collaborate closely with the Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association and also have unique access to a team of on site specialists including psychiatry, cardiology, endocrinology, optometry, geriatrics medicine, gynaecology, chiropody and audiology.
Job Description:
We are looking for physicians who are team players, compassionate, driven to excel and understand the value of integrated care.
The Carefirst FHT currently has two locations. Our clinic at 300 Silver Star Blvd is located within a state-of-the-art, newly built “Carefirst One-Stop Multi-Services Centre”. Our other clinic is located at 420 Highway 7 in Richmond Hill and is a well-established and respected practise in this community since 2007. There is an existing wait list of patients so a wonderful opportunity to build up a practise rapidly. New and international graduates (with return of service requirement) are welcome!
Carefirst FHT is also planning expansion opportunities into other communities in Thornhill and Markham. One expansion opportunity will focus on providing comprehensive primary care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), physical disabilities and neurodiverse needs.
Some unique benefits to joining Carefirst include:
- Turn key set up with administrative and multi-disciplinary health professionals support
- Income stabilization program option, fully funded by MOHLTC
- Blended salary model position with benefits
- Flexible work schedule
- No on-call but 1 day of after-hours work required per week
- Fully EMR (Practice Solutions) equipped with training provided
- Knowledgeable nursing team
- Full administrative and leadership support (medical secretaries and executive director)
- Patients’ full access to Carefirst’s comprehensive social/healthcare programs
- Patients’ access to Specialist Clinics operated by Carefirst
- Patient appointments are booked for 15 minutes; 30 minutes for physicals to allow ample time for assessment
- Online Appointment Booking and eReferrals are well integrated into the digitally enabled practice
- AI Scribe available
Carefirst is an equal opportunity employer. We are also committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance to arrange a reasonable and appropriate accommodation. While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Required qualifications:
- Family Physician, licensed to practise in Ontario and in good standing
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, time management and work ethic
- Ability to work effectively in a health care team
- Compassionate and approachable
- Fluency in second language relevant to the community served (large population of recent immigrants) is an asset
To apply:
Please reach out to hr@carefirstontario.ca