Rural General / Family Practitioner - Bow Island

Alberta Health Services, South Zone is currently seeking a full time Rural Family Physician for the Bow Island Health Centre to begin practice in 2021.

The scope of practice would include:

- Inpatient, Outpatient, Acute and Long Term Care. 1:4 call support as per AHS call schedules and expectations including Emergency Room and Hospitalist on call rotation for Rural Medicine practices in the South Zone at Bow Island. Friday-Sunday the physician group takes rotating call days. Local 20 bed long term care centre and 30 bed Alfred Egan Home.

-Establish and maintain a full time Rural Medicine (Family Practice with Admitting privileges) clinic in the community of Bow Island. A full time practice is generally accepted as engagement in clinical duties a minimum of 40 hours per week, and/or providing commensurate shifts in keeping with other full time practice FTEs as assigned by the medical leader responsible for the area of clinical service.

-Participate in quality improvement programs and initiatives undertaken within the Zone Clinical Department of Rural Medicine.

-Reside in and have as primary and family residence, the community of Bow Island.

*Radiology (PACS) and Lab services provided by Medicine Hat Regional Hospital.