About the Role
The Cape Breton Medical Campus (CBMC) and Rising Tide Collaborative Health Home are seeking Family Physician Clinician Scientist-Practitioners. This role involves developing and sustaining an impactful research program aligned with the CBMC Research Mandate, while also practicing Family Medicine and contributing to the education of residents and students.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the education of residents and students through preceptorship, mentorship, and role modeling in a supportive clinical learning environment.
- Work with family physicians, medical learners, nurses, and allied health professionals to deliver quality, coordinated care.
- Receive support from the CBU Office of Research and Graduate Studies for grant development, trainee supervision, research compliance, and program growth.
- Hold academic appointments at both Cape Breton University (CBU) and Dalhousie University through the Cape Breton Medical Campus (CBMC).
- Report to the Senior Associate Dean at the CBMC.
- Collaborate with the Associate Vice President Research & Innovation at Cape Breton University (CBU) to support health research growth.
- Collaborate with the Head of the Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University.
- Develop and sustain an impactful research program that advances the CBMC Research Mandate.
- Practice Family Medicine in the clinic.
- Contribute to the education of residents and students through preceptorship, mentorship, and role modeling.
- Collaborate with CBU, Dalhousie University, and Nova Scotia Health colleagues to advance research initiatives.
- Support and mentor medical students, residents, graduate students, and non-research faculty to undertake research.
- Foster a culture of research excellence, collaboration, and learner engagement.
- Obtain local, national, and international research funding.
- Publish in academic peer-reviewed journals.
- Present at local, national, and international conferences.
- Pursue leadership and academic career development opportunities.
Requirements
- Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS).
- Eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC).
- Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA).
- Eligible for appointment to the Active Staff, NSH, Eastern Zone.
Skills
- Family Medicine
- Rural Health
- Research
- Preceptorship
- Mentorship
- Role modeling
- Collaborative care
- Grant development
- Trainee supervision
- Research compliance
- Program growth
- Medical education
- Academic appointments
- Research initiatives
- Peer-reviewed publishing
- Conference presentation
- Leadership
- Academic career development
Location
- Sydney, Nova Scotia
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Clinician Scientist-Practitioner
Education Level
- MSc/MA or PhD in a related health research discipline preferred
Salary/Compensations
- 375,000 - 400,000 CAD
Benefits
- Health and dental
- EMR grants
- Funded locum coverage
- CME funding
- Parental leave
- Physician advisors
About the Company
- The Cape Breton Medical Campus (CBMC) is a regional medical campus of Dalhousie University in partnership with Cape Breton University (CBU), focusing on family medicine and rural health.
- The CBMC supports a research program focused on family medicine, aiming to improve health outcomes in rural communities through applied research in healthy aging, chronic disease prevention, and equitable, accessible models of care.
- The Rising Tide Collaborative Health Home is a teaching clinic providing accessible, comprehensive, team-based primary health care in partnership with Nova Scotia Health.
- Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, committed to excellence in health, healing, and learning.
- Nova Scotia Health operates hospitals, health centers, and community-based programs across the province, offering a variety of inpatient and outpatient services.
Equal Opportunity
- The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
- We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation.
- We are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia.
- We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.
