Posted 19 months ago
Family Medicine Physician
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Overview
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is hiring a permanent full-time Family Medicine Physician at the Dr. W.H. Newhook Health Centre in Whitbourne, NL. The role covers ambulatory clinics, inpatient coverage, emergency care and shared after-hours on-call, at 75 hours biweekly plus on-call obligations. Pay follows the Memorandum of Agreement, with relocation coverage and provincial incentives possibly available.
Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive primary care in ambulatory clinics, inpatient coverage and emergency care
- Manage chronic disease, palliative care and acute care
- Share after-hours and on-call coverage equitably with the physician group
- Work with an interdisciplinary team of physicians and allied health professionals
Requirements summary:
- Medical Degree (MD) from a recognized institution
- Eligible for licensure as a Family Physician with CPSNL
- Satisfactory criminal record and vulnerable sector checks
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Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-04-01
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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 |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | Licensure as a Family Physician with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of N |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required) |
| Fields of study | Medicine |
| Perks mentioned | Relocation assistance, Performance bonus |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 997 |
Family Medicine Physician Family Medicine Physician Eastern Zone - Physician Permanent Full-time |
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| Hours | 75 Hours Bi-Weekly + On-Call Obligations |
| Salary | As per Memorandum of Agreement |
| Competition Number | VAC0009725 |
| Posted Date | 2025-04-02 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | ABOUT NL HEALTH SERVICES We are a provincial health authority responsible for delivering quality health care to approximately 550,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador. Supported by over 23,000 employees and physicians, our team works together to improve the health and well-being of every person, in every community. Guided by the vision of the Health Accord NL, we offer a range of health-care programs and services through a wide network of facilities, clinics, and community services across five zones: Central, Eastern-Rural, Eastern-Urban, Labrador-Grenfell, and Western. At NL Health Services, we believe that our people — employees, doctors and volunteers — make it a great place to work. Every individual brings valuable knowledge, experience and perspective. It is in this diversity that we find strength. We are committed to embracing the distinct and complementary characteristics of our members, as we seek to eliminate health disparities, and ensuring we provide fair, equitable and quality health care to everyone. If you are passionate about making a difference and providing exceptional health care, we want to hear from you. Join our team and be part of something extraordinary. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY NL Health Services – Eastern Rural Zone invites applications for a permanent full-time salaried Family Medicine Physician at the Dr. W.H. Newhook Health Centre in Whitbourne, NL. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive primary care services to patients and families in Whitbourne and the surrounding area. The position includes a broad scope of practice encompassing ambulatory care, inpatient coverage, emergency care, and after-hours on-call coverage shared equitably among the physician group. NL Health Services is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, and academic interests are encouraged and supported. Work Environment Whitbourne is a welcoming rural community located on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, approximately 90 kilometres west of St. John's. The area offers a relaxed lifestyle, easy access to outdoor recreation, and is surrounded by the natural beauty of the Avalon Peninsula. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUALIFICATIONS
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