Alberta Health Services in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, invites applications for a General Internist to be based at the University of Alberta Hospital Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has been internationally recognized as among the world’s top 50 medical schools and as one of Canada’s premier health-education institutions. The University is currently home to 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff. The Division of General Internal Medicine currently has 38 full time Faculty members working in close collaboration with community-based internists. It provides clinical services to all acute care facilities in the Edmonton corridor, with consultative services to Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Responsibilities Key accountabilities of the FFS General Internist consists of the care of acutely ill, adult patients admitted to hospital and the care of outpatients typically seen by internal medicine. This includes attending on the inpatient medicine wards, consulting on non-medical wards, triage of patients referred by the emergency teams, and outpatient clinics. General Internist are also expected to teach trainees (workplace teaching).
Qualifications The successful candidate will have an MD degree, or equivalent. He or she will be eligible to be certified in General Internal Medicine with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. As well, he or she will be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA). Expertise in point-of-care ultrasound would be considered an asset. Interested candidates are asked to submit online letter of intent and curriculum vitae outlining their education, qualifications, experience, research interests along with three letters of reference. Applications will begin being reviewed in 2 weeks after ad is posted; however, the competition will remain open until the position is filled. We thank all the applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
Remuneration will be based on the Fee-for-Service (FFS) schedule. Remuneration can range between $300,000 to $800,000 per year depending on the number of shifts, patients seen, education & experiences. Total compensation for fee-for-service billings varies by individual practitioner, and the compensation shown reflects the average amounts for this specialty as reported by Alberta Health.
