GP (general practitioner)

Job Title: General Practitioner

Education: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work Setting:

• Urban area
• Private practice

Tasks:

• Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
• Examine patients’ health condition to identify diseases and injuries
• Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients’ physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Perform and assist in routine surgery
• Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
• Advise patients on health care
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
• Be the patient advocate
• 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

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses:

• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
• Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)

Security and Safety:

• Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Personal Suitability:

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics
• As per collective agreement

Long Term Benefits:

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other Benefits:

• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Variable or compressed work week

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