Woodstock Hospital is a full service 178 bed Community Hospital and Schedule 1 facility. We are located at 310 Juliana Drive, Woodstock, ON N4V 0A4. Woodstock Hospital offers a wide range of pediatric services to residents in Oxford County, total catchment population of over 100,000, which include Tillsonburg, Ingersoll and surrounding area.

We are currently seeking a Full-Time Pediatrician to join our Department of Pediatrics, including specialized Physicians and skilled Nurses who diagnose and treat conditions of newborn through adolescence, as well as young adults, and treat illnesses, care for minor injuries, and treat infectious disease.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
As a Pediatrician, you will strive to ensure that each patient has a caring and compassionate experience. You will be required to keep track of the physical, behavioral, and mental health in young patients, and address concerns and issues they experience. As a provider of general medical care, you will monitor patients’ growth and developmental milestones. You are responsible for examining young patients and for creating and tracking their medical history. You will also be required to diagnose and treat illness, medical conditions, and injuries in patients and work to ease the lives of children living with chronic conditions.

Other duties include advising parents and guardians on their children’s health, safety, and nutritional needs, as well as fitness goals, in addition to performing and interpreting diagnostic tests for patients, and administering vaccines.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for participating in the call schedule to provide inpatient coverage for a level 2a nursery and pediatrics; attending high risk deliveries; offering consultation to the emergency department; oversee the out-patient pediatric acute referral clinic; and oversee the community pediatric practice in Woodstock.

The successful candidate may also be required to accept medical students and pediatric residents from Western University, and will be eligible to apply for an affiliated academic title.

Skills & Qualifications
If you possess the following skills and qualifications, you will be a great fit as a Pediatrician at Woodstock Hospital. Notably, you have:
• A license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or eligible to obtain license.
• A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with specialty certification or eligible to become a Fellow and obtain certification.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program qualifications.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or willingness to obtain the certification.
• Evidence of on-going continued medical education to satisfy the requirements of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
• Commitment to a multidisciplinary team approach to pediatric care.
• A special interest or focus of care in neonatology is beneficial.
• Effective English communication skills.
• Effective organizational skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work effectively with patients, colleagues, staff and management, and function well in a high-volume environment with a commitment to provision of high-quality patient and family centered care.

Wages
Wages as a Pediatrician are $260,287 plus 51.21% of the fees for service pursuant to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan Schedule of Benefits and Fees
(https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/ohip/sob/physserv/sob_master.pdf)
for 37.5 hours per week. Pediatrician are entitled to 4 weeks’ vacation.

How to Apply
If you possess the skills above, please apply by email at hscherer@woodstockhospital.ca