Position Description: The Department of Pediatrics (DoP), invite applicants to apply to a 1.0 FTE Locum AMHSP Pediatric Neurologist position, with subspecialty interest and training in epilepsy. The position is part of the Section of Pediatric Neurology at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, within Alberta Health Services, Calgary Corridor. This position involves a primary commitment of 70% to clinical activity with expectations that the successful candidate will also contribute broadly to the academic and educational activities of the Section. The relative contributions to academics and education that comprise the remaining 30% of the position will be allocated based on the successful candidate’s goals and interests in alignment with opportunities and needs within the Section. This position involves a commitment to clinical activity comprised of general neurology in-patient coverage (Monday-Friday, 08:00-17:00 daily), as well as staffing out-patient clinics (new referrals and follow-ups from service with a variety of neurological conditions). As the priority for this position is to focus in epilepsy, the position will also entail contribution to the long-term monitoring (LTM) service, which includes admission of patients for event clarification and epilepsy surgery work-up, as well as reading routine, and ambulatory EEGs. As such, the ability to read and report EEGs (routine, ambulatory, and LTM for surgical evaluations) is a high requirement. The position also comes with a concomitant and expectation to contribute to on-call services provided by the Section of Pediatric Neurology to ensure 24/7 access to qualified expertise. This will be part of an equivalent share with the rest of the Section's full-time members. The successful candidate will join an existing group of 11 full-time Pediatric Neurologists and 6 part-time/adjunct faculty. Within the Section of Pediatric Neurology there is a wide breadth of subspecialty expertise and interests such as: epilepsy, sleep, neuromuscular disorders, stroke, neurocritical care, neurotrauma, neuroinflammation, headache, neonatal neurology, as well as fetal neurology and neurodevelopment. In terms of Pediatric Epilepsy, the applicant would join 4 full-time pediatric neurologists-epileptologists, and one adjunct epileptologist, as part of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Childhood Epilepsy Program. Activities in this program are inclusive of epilepsy monitoring and surgical evaluation of infants and children, inpatient and outpatient routine EEG services, PICU & NICU continuous EEG monitoring, ambulatory EEG evaluation, a ketogenic diet program, vagus-nerve stimulation assessment and monitoring, clinical neuropharmacology, and translational laboratory research. Our epilepsy program also runs in conjunction with the adult epilepsy program at the University of Calgary as part of the broader Calgary Epilepsy Program. The Section of Pediatric Neurology is based at Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) an
Qualifications: Qualifications include an MD, with certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in Pediatric Neurology. Additional recognized training, and/or certification in EEG interpretation, from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA), is desired and is a requirement for any candidate intending to participate in the interpretation of EEGs. The candidate must be eligible for Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Must read, write, and speak English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and Permanent Residents will be given priority.
This position is in agreement with AHS contractor agreements. The Practitioner is responsible for purchasing health and insurance benefits. For complete details on the AMA benefits, please see www.albertadoctors.org.
