Job Order Detail

Description

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is seeking a Family Physician to provide temporary part time primary care and acute care services in the Spiritwood and District Health Complex located in the Town of Spiritwood.

The Spiritwood and District Health Complex is an integrated health care centre with primary care, long-term care, ambulatory care, home care, public health, mental health, therapies and a variety of other health care services. The long-term care facility has space for 46 residents, with 3 dedicated for respite.

Physicians are largely responsible for Primary Care/Collaborative Emergency Centre, long term care and acute care, and work together with a team of nurse practitioners.

Job Qualifications:
Candidates must be eligible for licensing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.

Spiritwood has a population of about 1,000 and is located 125 kilometers West of Prince Albert and about 110 kilometers northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highways 3, 24, and 378.
As the largest community in the region, the community functions as the major supply, service, and administrative centre for a trading area population of several thousand including four First Nations communities. Mixed farming predominates and consists primarily of grain production. A Spiritwood company that focuses on pig genetics, producing breeding stock and commercial swine, has roughly 50 employees.

There is some forestry in the region north of Spiritwood. The town has a complete range of recreational facilities and additionally, there are six golf courses in the district, six regional parks, and about 35 lakes within an hours drive.