Posted 2 months ago
Emergency Medicine - Truro
@ Nova Scotia Healthcare System
Truro, Nova Scotia
Overview
Nova Scotia Healthcare System is hiring full-time, part-time and locum emergency physicians for the Colchester East Hants Health Centre in Truro. The work is full scope emergency medicine for a Level 2 emergency department serving about 32,000 patients a year, on shifts of 6 to 12 hours. Candidates must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and hold ATLS, ACLS, PALS and advanced airway training.
Responsibilities:
- Full scope emergency physician practice
- Care for patients in the northern zone
- Shifts of 6 to 12 hours, full-time, part-time or locum
- Operate within NSHA medical staff bylaws
Requirements summary:
- Eligible for CPSNS licensure
- RCPSC certification eligibility for specialists
- CFPC membership for family physicians
- CMPA membership
- ATLS, ACLS, PALS and advanced airway training
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · smartrecruiters
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-21
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Schedule | day, evening, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | CPSNS licensure, CMPA membership, ATLS, ACLS, PALS, Advanced airway training |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, People with disabilities, Newcomers to Canada |
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Nova Scotia Healthcare System
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|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 175 |
Company Description
The Colchester East Hants Health Centre (CEHHC) is seeking full and part-time Emergency Physicians to join their team. Locum opportunities are also immediately available. CEHHC is a beautiful modern facility with ample natural light and friendly staff. This Level 2 emergency department serves approximately 32,000 patients annually, across the life spectrum. Emergency practice is supported by a variety of specialties including internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, urology, and anesthesia. CT scanning is available 24/7 as is 24/7 in house respiratory therapy. CEHHC boasts the latest in bedside technology including bedside ultrasound, video laryngoscopy, and a newly completed simulation lab. Opportunities for mixed practice (ie hospitalist/EM, family practice /EM) are also available.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- duties include full scope of practice as an emergency physician providing care to patients within the northern zone
- the physician will be responsible to the zone department head for emergency medicine for their professional responsibilities and quality of practice, and will operate within the Medical Staff Bylaws of the Nova Scotia Health Authority
Expected Hours
- full-time
- part-time
- locum
- shift lengths vary from 6-12 hours
Applications accepted until all positions are filled.
Qualifications
- all applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS)
- all family physicians must have membership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
- all specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
- membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
- ATLS, ACLS, PALS and advanced Airway training are required.
Additional Information
Community Details
Truro is 45 minutes from the Halifax Stanfield international Airport, and one hour from Halifax. It hosts one of the largest civic parks in Canada featuring extensive trails for skiing, hiking and mountain biking.
Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.
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