Full or Part Time Emergency Medicine Opportunity

Stratford General Hospital (SGH) is recruiting a Full and/or Part Time Emergency Physician to join the team!

Shifts:

• 8 hour shifts, with 16 hours of double coverage daily (solo from 0100-0700).
• 24/7 on call support for volume and transfers.
• Comprehensive AFA and shadow billing remuneration.
• Scheduling through PetalMD software, with equitable scheduling among all members, and easy shift trades.
• Tight-knit and supportive physician group, with a combination of new-to-practice, mid-career, and seasoned physicians.

Education:

• Popular teaching site for medical students and residents, with opportunity for mentoring and faculty appointment.
• Opportunities for research and quality improvement projects, if interested.
• Robust education program, including quarterly simulation sessions, guest speakers, M&M Rounds & Annual Retreat.
• Skills days, including chest tubes and cric, POCUS refresher.
• Group ACLS recertification, and plans to start PALS/NRP.

Services:

• SGH is a 130 bed hospital and the specialist referral centre for the region. The site bed mix includes an adult ICU, general medicine & surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics and step-down neonatal unit, adult inpatient mental health, rehabilitation services, outpatient dialysis and chemo units.
• Busy ED with ~100 visits daily, and one of the highest acuity sites in the province. (~30% CTAS 1 & 2)
• Excellent consultant support including Internal Medicine/ICU, Pediatrics, General Surgery, OB/GYN, Urology, Orthopedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Plastics, Psychiatry & Hospitalist.
• 24/7 Respiratory Therapy coverage.
• 24/7 access to CT without having to call a radiologist first. MRI on-site.
• Social Work/Crisis services for mental health assessments in the ED.
• Provincially recognized Regional Stroke Program, led by our Internal Medicine group.

Community:

• We are a small city with ~35,000 residents, and growing!
• SGH's catchment area includes Huron & Perth Counties, with a population of ~150,000.
• Located less than 1 hr from Kitchener and London, 1.5 hrs from Toronto, and 1 hr from the shores of Lake Huron.
• Cultural city, boasting world class theatre (Stratford Festival), a thriving downtown, excellent shopping & culinary options.
• An active community, with a variety of sports, clubs and facilities available.
• A great place to raise a family, with numerous schools in the public, Catholic and private systems, including French Immersion options.