GP (general practitioner)

Work setting

• Urban area
• Private practice

Tasks

• Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals
• Examine patients' health condition to identify diseases and injuries
• Help patients develop healthy habits, break old habits and reshape their approach to wellness
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures to determine the most appropriate medical treatment
• Consult with other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
• Prescribe and administer medications and treatments
• Perform and assist in routine surgery
• Deliver babies and provide pre-natal and post-natal care
• Advise patients on health care
• Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases to government authorities
• Be the patient advocate
• Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care
• Provide acute care management
• Provide counselling and support to patients and their families on a wide range of health and lifestyle issues

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
• Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination (MCCQE I and MCCQE II)

Security and safety

• Eligible for professional liability insurance

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Standing for extended periods
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Organized
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week