Posted 21 months ago
Family Medicine Program
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Overview
NL Health Services Western Zone is hiring 2 permanent full-time salaried Family Medicine Physicians at the Rufus Guinchard Health Centre in Port Saunders. The work covers clinic, Emergency Room and Outreach Clinic coverage Monday to Friday, plus shared after-hours, weekend and holiday on-call. Pay follows the Memorandum of Agreement with step placement and yearly progression.
Responsibilities:
- Clinic coverage Monday to Friday at Rufus Guinchard Health Centre
- Emergency Room coverage
- Outreach Clinic coverage
- After-hours, weekend and statutory holiday on-call rotation
- Collaborative care with interdisciplinary team
Requirements summary:
- MD from a recognized institution
- Eligible for licensure as Family Physician with CPSNL
- Current ACLS certification
- Satisfactory criminal record and vulnerable sector checks
- Emergency Room experience an asset
Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-02-17
- 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, evening, holidays, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | Family Physician licensure, CPSNL, ACLS |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 983 |
Family Medicine Physician |
|---|
| Hours | 75 hours biweekly |
| Salary | As per Memorandum of Agreement |
| Competition Number | VAC0007757 |
| Posted Date | 2025-02-18 |
| 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 – Western Zone is seeking 2 permanent full-time salaried Family Medicine Physicians to provide primary care services at the Rufus Guinchard Health Centre in Port Saunders, NL. The successful candidates will provide clinic coverage at the Rufus Guinchard Health Centre, Emergency Room coverage, and Outreach Clinic coverage from Monday to Friday, divided equally among the salaried Family Physicians at this site. After-hours, weekend, and statutory holiday on-call assignments are shared on an equitable basis with the Family Physicians serving the community. The regional referral centre for Western Zone is Western Memorial Regional Hospital, a 164-bed facility serving a population of approximately 80,000 people. 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 Port Saunders is a welcoming community on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, offering access to stunning natural landscapes and a relaxed quality of life. For more information visit: www.townofportsaunders.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUALIFICATIONS
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