Internal medicine specialist
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Clinic
Tasks
- Diagnose diseases and physiological disorders
- May conduct medical research on human disorders, illnesses, preventive or curative methods
- Prescribe medication and treatment
- Refer patients for surgery
- Treat diseases and physiological disorders
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Advise patients on health care
- Supervise staff
- Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
- Be the patient advocate
- Participate in health care policy and planning
- Hire and train staff
- Perform human resources related duties such as personnel selection
- Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Perform and assist in routine surgery
- Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
- Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues
- Provide emergency care
- Provide acute care management
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
- Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
- Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
- Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
Supervision
- Working groups
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Specialization in family practice
- Family counselling
Specialization in clinical medicine
- Internal medicine
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Repetitive tasks
- Large workload
- Large caseload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Commission
Other benefits
- Free parking available