Associate Physician, Pediatric Critical Care (Signing and Relocation Bonus)
Top Benefits
About the role
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but we have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
The Paediatric Critical Care Associate Physician will be responsible for working within the multi-disciplinary PICU team to provide critical care to patients admitted with critical illness to IWK Health. This will include direct patient care in the PICU and in consultation with other areas of Children’s Health, participation in PICU continuous quality improvement initiatives, and support of PICU education and research activities. Clinical care will be supervised daily, directly or indirectly, by the most responsible Pediatric Intensivist.
Hours of Work
TBD
Your Qualifications
- RCPSC Residency training (or equivalent) in General Pediatrics is preferred. Note, that preference will be given to candidates who have completed a sub‑specialization in Pediatric Critical Care.
- Successful completion of licensing exam for pediatrics.
- Ability to obtain a Clinical Assistant License through CPSNS.
- Demonstrated clinical competence and experience in the assessment of clinically deteriorating children
- Current PALS certification
- Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required
- Demonstrated organizational, conceptual, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated advanced practice skills and competence in interpersonal relations, problem‑solving, communication, negotiation, assertiveness and innovation
- Demonstrated ability to perform autonomously
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to constantly changing, unpredictable situations
- Demonstrated flexibility required to work with others and allow the role to evolve continually through time; always looking for ways to improve the delivery of care
- Competencies in other languages an asset
Additional Information
- Work Model: Hybrid (collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home)
- Employment Type: Full‑time
- Location: Halifax, NS
- Country Code: CA
- Seniority Level: Mid‑level
- Salary: $51.66 - $65.81 per hour (CAD)
- Benefits: Signing Bonus, Relocation Assistance, Enhanced benefits and wellness programs
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
Associate Physician, Pediatric Critical Care (Signing and Relocation Bonus)
Top Benefits
About the role
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but we have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
The Paediatric Critical Care Associate Physician will be responsible for working within the multi-disciplinary PICU team to provide critical care to patients admitted with critical illness to IWK Health. This will include direct patient care in the PICU and in consultation with other areas of Children’s Health, participation in PICU continuous quality improvement initiatives, and support of PICU education and research activities. Clinical care will be supervised daily, directly or indirectly, by the most responsible Pediatric Intensivist.
Hours of Work
TBD
Your Qualifications
- RCPSC Residency training (or equivalent) in General Pediatrics is preferred. Note, that preference will be given to candidates who have completed a sub‑specialization in Pediatric Critical Care.
- Successful completion of licensing exam for pediatrics.
- Ability to obtain a Clinical Assistant License through CPSNS.
- Demonstrated clinical competence and experience in the assessment of clinically deteriorating children
- Current PALS certification
- Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required
- Demonstrated organizational, conceptual, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated advanced practice skills and competence in interpersonal relations, problem‑solving, communication, negotiation, assertiveness and innovation
- Demonstrated ability to perform autonomously
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to constantly changing, unpredictable situations
- Demonstrated flexibility required to work with others and allow the role to evolve continually through time; always looking for ways to improve the delivery of care
- Competencies in other languages an asset
Additional Information
- Work Model: Hybrid (collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home)
- Employment Type: Full‑time
- Location: Halifax, NS
- Country Code: CA
- Seniority Level: Mid‑level
- Salary: $51.66 - $65.81 per hour (CAD)
- Benefits: Signing Bonus, Relocation Assistance, Enhanced benefits and wellness programs
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations