Located one and a half hours west of Ottawa, situated on the shores of the Ottawa River, close to Algonquin Park, Pembroke Regional Hospital (PRH) delivers a broad range of services to a mixed urban and rural population of approximately 100,000 residents in the Upper Ottawa Valley.

Our hospital provides an array of acute, post-acute, outpatient, diagnostic and specialist services including CT, Hospitalist program, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, General Surgery, MRI, Psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Urology as well as an Inpatient Rehabilitation program.

About our ED:

•30K + annual visits

•40 hours of physician coverage per day combined between the main ED and fast track

•Flexible shift rotations available

•Supplementary earning opportunities: additional ER hours, surgical assists

•PRH is designated as underserviced, physicians may qualify for Ministry incentives

With state-of-the-art services and associated technologies in place, PRH has earned a strong reputation as a teaching hospital; currently holding affiliation agreements with the University of Ottawa’s faculties of Medicine and Nursing, Algonquin College and the Department of Defence.  Our hospital is a designated District Stroke Centre with a neurologist on-call 24/7 via telemedicine.  The ED/ICU is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, as well as social services, pastoral care, crisis intervention, speech, occupational and physio therapists.  We have well established referral protocols with local tertiary care centres 1.5 hour away in Ottawa.

Position Requirements

•Fully independent registration (or eligible for) with College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

•Certified with FRCP(C) in Emergency Medicine or CCFP (EM)

(Candidates with similar work experience may be considered on an individual basis)

•Emergency Experience; current ACLS, ATLS and (PALS preferred)

•Experience working with teams and possessing strong interpersonal and collaborative skills

There is the potential to have a robust, full-time, rewarding career working in a collegial environment. Remuneration is based on an alternate funding agreement (AFA) model.

We invite you to join our team of skilled and dedicated healthcare professionals.

For more information about this practice opportunity, please contact the Medical Affairs office at katie.hollahan@prh.ca