Physician – Seniors Care – Garrison Green

Description:

 The positions are at the Care West Garrison Green Long Term Care Centre in Calgary, Alberta. These are permanent locum positions with a flexible FTE range where in very rare instances may reach an FTE of 1.0

Physician will be responsible for a panel of residents in Long Term Care as assigned by the medical site lead. They will be designated as the attending physician for this group of residents. The role of the attending physician is to provide access to quality medical and end of life care through strong physician and interdisciplinary support. They will be expected to work closely with a site RN and LPN staff and facility managers.

Duties will include the following: 
Provide complete comprehensive medical assessment at the time of admission.
Provide close monitoring and management of health issues through regular weekday visits according to a schedule agreed upon by the medical site lead and participating physicians.
Complete comprehensive annual physicals and a review of Goals of Care. 
Perform thorough quarterly and as needed medication review and documentation.
Participate in an interdisciplinary meeting at the start of regular visits to review patients and develop a shared care plan.
Provide legible documentation in the progress notes of all encounters and provide written and verbal orders.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to perform medication reconciliation, family care conferences and end of life care for clients. 
Respond to concerns from the interdisciplinary team during regular working hours. 
Provide after hour coverage through a call schedule created by medical site lead and participating physicians. 
When present at the facility the physician will provide care for additional residents identified by the interdisciplinary or participating physicians as required. If there is need for transfer of a resident into Hospital the attending or on call physician will be involved in facilitating.  

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