Teladoc Health Canada has exciting opportunities for Canadian licensed physicians across primary care, acute care, and many areas of specialty care, to join a rapidly growing Canadian team of virtual practitioners to help shape the future of healthcare from coast to coast.
Provinces across Canada are engaging in dialogue and asking for support as our health system faces an emergency and primary care crisis.
Teladoc Health is increasingly being asked to support provincially funded care delivery and as such is further building up clinical teams across the country.
Serving over 9 million Canadians for more than 20 years, Teladoc Health is the world leader in virtual care, operating in 175 countries, founded with the vision to create a world where great healthcare is always within reach.
We are dedicated to caring for Canadians and our virtual physicians provide healthcare in several service areas, from general telehealth services and expert medical services to mental health services.
Clinician engagement, clinical quality, patient safety and healthcare innovation are crucial pillars to our overall mission as we seek impactful and connected healthcare across the country.
The Opportunity:
Teladoc Health Canada is looking for Emergency Room Physicians to join our clinical team as we grow rapidly across the country with a special focus on scaling up our Teladoc Acute Care Team (ACT).
This is an opportunity to support patients in their own communities with quality healthcare and to add capacity to existing systems.
Currently, Teladoc partners provincially to offer publicly funded services in an integrated manner, such as our recent work supporting primary and emergency care in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In such settings, we are intent on delivering a first point of contact to comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous patient care, helping provinces integrate and expand their virtual primary care & acute care visions.
The Emergency Room Physician works collaboratively with onsite nurses and other clinicians to treat patients via Teladoc Health remote devices.
The technology features a high-definition camera to recreate a doctor-patient experience when conducting visual examinations, a four-speaker audio system for clear dialogue, and the ability to connect to peripherals which facilitate virtual assessments, such as stethoscopes, otoscopes, and hand-held exam cameras.
The remote device also features a hand-held receiver for private conversations with onsite staff.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Join an emergency medicine team that brings support to emergency departments virtually
- Receive handover from prior medical team
- Work closely with flow coordination team to prioritize patients and patient needs
- Evaluate, diagnose and treat patients according to presentation and needs
- Order/coordinate with nursing team for labs and imaging and review results
- Escalate cases as required to designated shift leader and/or medical leadership team
- Respond to lab and imaging results or other issues that arise through day
- Effective handover to next team
- Collaborate with medical, nursing and management teams on site and remotely
- Advance relationship-based culture across team (physicians, nurses, allied, managers)
- Support team members across programs in other duties, as reasonably requested
Qualifications:
- Ideally +3 years of direct clinical experience as an ER Physician (will consider +1 year of direct clinical experience) with history of strong clinical performance
- Current and unrestricted registration as a Physician in New Brunswick (in good standing)
- Must be registered with CPSBC, and have a FRCPC(Emergency) or CCFP(EM) designation
- Experience and demonstrated success working with diverse clinical care team members
- Experience working in the digital health sector preferred
- Must be fluent in English and French
- A desire to serve as an ambassador regarding the clinical importance of virtual care
- A passion for high-quality and safe medical care
- Proficiency or willingness to learn working electronic medical records and information technology
Why join our Teladoc Health team?
- Impactful, Connected Healthcare:
Support Canadians across the country including within rural regions & provincial health systems, at no cost to patients.
- Focus on Quality & Safety:
A dedicated Quality team to keep abreast with all provincial standards, and maintaining the highest excellence on patient satisfaction.
- Collaborative, Supportive Network:
Be a part of a diverse interdisciplinary team across Canada, that thrives on engagement, learning and growth .
- Flexible Practice:
Working at the comfort of your home, with the flexibility to create your own schedule in advance and maintain the work-life balance you deserve.
- Expand your care coverage:
Opportunity to expand your care coverage across Canada with multiple cross-licensing opportunities.
- Competitive compensation:
We always remain competitive in the market, and payment is simple - no overhead and no invoicing required.
- Full Training provided:
A dedicated Clinical Education & Training team to guide you through full training before taking your first consultation.
- Full administrative support:
A dedicated Provider Liaison team to guide you through all things related to IT, scheduling, payment, and other administrative tasks, so that you can focus on what matters most:
Quality patient care.
Want to learn more? No resume; no problem - Our Medical Leadership team is ready to chat! A dedicated team member will guide you throughout each step of the process.
Let's connect & set up a brief intro chat, please email us at:
canadarecruitment@teladochealth.
com.
At Teladoc Health we thrive on difference and individuality.
Teladoc Health is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported.
We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve.
If you require an accommodation for any stage of the recruitment process / interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please reach out to us at RecruitmentAccessibilityRequestsCanada@telado.