Job Description
Overview
Job Title: Primary Care Physician
Work Site: Cool Aid Community Health Centre - 713 Johnson St, Victoria, BC
Status: Permanent 1 FTE
Start Date: To be mutually agreed upon
Compensation Type: Alternative Payment Program
Join an interdisciplinary healthcare team in downtown Victoria, BC, and work between 2-5 days a week with no overhead costs.
Responsibilities
- Assess and diagnose acute and chronic disease/illness and provide treatment and follow-up.
- Prescribe and refill medications, order and interpret diagnostic tests.
- Manage chronic diseases and arrange referrals to specialists as needed.
- Provide client-centered primary health care services to individuals and communities with barriers to access, using harm reduction and culturally competent, trauma-informed approaches.
- Collaborate with clients living in poverty, with chronic mental illness and/or substance use issues.