The Alex Community Health Centre: Part-time opportunity

Physician
Community Health Centre
Permanent | Part-Time

What we do and why we do it:

Physicians at The Alex Community Health Centre provide walk-in and appointment-based family practice in a non-judgmental, harm-reduction focused, holistic, and opportunistic manner. Working alongside multidisciplinary team members, physicians are required to understand the social determinants of health as they pertain to marginalized and underserved populations, and to provide full-scope medical care with a trauma-informed and harm reduction perspective.

Reimbursement is via alternative-relationship plan (ARP), with booked appointments typically 30-60 minutes long, with physicians expected to participate in team-based, multidisciplinary care. This is a permanent, 0.6 FTE position.

What you will do:

• Full scope family practice: most clients are between age 24-55, with occasional exceptions for children of clients
• Special skill sets are encouraged and preferred (i.e., opiate agonist therapy, transgender medicine, procedures, IUD insertions, prenatal care, emergency/urgent care, mental health, sports medicine, etc.)
• Work effectively and collaboratively with nurses, mental health providers, social workers, client resource specialists, pharmacy, etc.
• Facilitate and support allied health team members to work to full scope of practice
• Flexibility in regard to patient scheduling for same-day, walk-in appointments
• Respond to acute concerns as appropriate for a family physician in an outpatient setting (i.e., irregular behavior, drug overdoses, active suicidality)
• As appropriate, support Alex-based research and evaluations initiatives to support organizational theory of change and clinical practice
• Feel comfortable in completing a Form 1, as required
• Be accountable to ARP billing processes, including complete shadow billing for direct and indirect client care via EMR processes
• Attend primary care provider meetings and clinic rounds regularly
• Assist with data collection and entry as directed

What you will bring:

• Member in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
• Appropriate medical liability insurance coverage (i.e., CMPA or equivalent)
• Affiliation with a PCN or willingness to join a PCN.
• Prior experience working with vulnerable populations (e.g., homeless serving sector, refugee health, remote outreach medicine, or similar) an asset
• Experience in addiction medicine and supporting patients with addiction, or openness to learning about addiction medicine/treating addiction
• Compassion for clients with challenging socioeconomic and life situations
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage medical IT systems – EMR, Netcare, medical references
• Current First Aid is mandatory
• A satisfactory vulnerable sector criminal record clearance and a child welfare intervention check are required
• Knowledge of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) 94 Calls to Action is an asset
• Willingness to work within anti-racist and anti-oppressive frameworks and actively engage in ongoing learning about these frameworks.

Working Environment:

This position will work 22.5 hours/week at The Alex’s Community Health Centre (open 0900-1630). Physicians at the Alex may expect:

• The ability to practice comprehensive medicine in an ARP-billing environment; appointments are shadow-billed to Alberta Health via a combination of SOMB and ARP-specific codes, however, are generally more in-depth than a comparative fee-for-service medical practice
• Administrative support – patient panel management, management of daily appointment flow through clinic (including bookings, confirmations, rooming, appropriate diagnostics and investigations), facilitation of referrals, and other services
• Integrated medical practice with nursing and other onsite allied health, including pharmacy, optometry, acupuncture, mental health therapy, diabetes educators, dietitian, and others
• Onsite laboratory (phlebotomy)
• Collaborative approach with social resource team to work with clients facing socioeconomic barriers
• Continuous extended periods of sitting, standing, and walking

How to apply:

If you are as passionate as we are about making a difference in people’s lives, please visit our career centre: Jobs at The Alex | The Alex.

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We will make every effort to accommodate candidate’s schedules and needs in all parts of the hiring process.

The Alex is committed to embedding the principles of equity, inclusion, and diversity across the organization. We are committed to removing barriers to employment that are faced by equity-seeking groups and encourage (but not require) members of these groups to self-identify as such in their cover letters.

In accordance with our strategic priorities, we particularly encourage applications from individuals who self-identify as racialized* or Indigenous (First Nation, Metis, or Inuit).

*The term “racialized” is used here instead of the more outdated and inaccurate terms “racial minority, “visible minority”, “person of colour”, or “non-White”.

For further information about The Alex and its programs, we encourage you to visit our website at thealex.ca.