Physician – Obstetrics & Gynecology

Salary: $502,965 – $549,605 Plus $25,000-$100,000 Recruitment bonus
Locum Increased Daily Rates not specified to PracticeNWT
Employment Type: Permanent & Locum
Closing Date: Open Until Filled

As an Obstetrician & Gynecologist Physician Specialist in Yellowknife, you’ll play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive women’s healthcare. OBGYNs in Yellowknife, NT will discover the surprisingly urban amenities amongst the quaint small-town charm! A balanced lifestyle, recruitment bonuses, hassle-free contracts, and the unique opportunity to provide remote care.

Our physicians enjoy a 40-hour work week with a mix of inpatient consultations, outpatient clinic, operating room surgeries, and on-call duties. The OBGYN team is assigned 2 operating room days per week for booked surgeries and the on-call requirement is 1 in 4, typically completed in blocks of approximately one week at a time.

Our OBGYN team provides 24/7 gynecology and obstetrics coverage to the hospital and provides telephone support to family physicians, midwives, and community health nurses throughout the catchment area. Our inpatient Obstetrics unit consists of 3 modern labour and delivery rooms and 9 post-partum rooms. The delivery model of care is a primary care led model, with the OBGYN team only involved on a consultative basis for high risk or surgical deliveries. Our highest risk obstetrical patients are transferred pre-delivery to Edmonton.

The OBGYNs provide remote support and management advice to the 3 other hospitals in the NWT doing deliveries. Two of the hospitals have midwives only, and a 3rd has a GP team including GP Surgeons and GP Anesthesia. Stanton does around 700 deliveries each year, and the other 3 NWT hospitals account for another 120-150 deliveries per year.

The outpatient clinic, located at STH, provides consultation for a wide variety of interesting obstetric and gynecologic presentations, including some that would be seen in subspecialty clinics elsewhere. The outpatient clinic also includes a Nurse Practitioner and Family Medicine led Northern women’s health program, providing fetal surveillance, along with a full scope of family planning services.

Our setting offers a diverse and varied clinical practice scope, coupled with a balanced work-life mix. I hope that you come and see how much Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories have to offer physicians and their families. We would love to welcome you to our team!

Salaries range from $502,965 – $549,605 including benefits plus additional bonuses of $25,000 – $100,000. Comprehensive health and dental coverage, outstanding leave benefits, relocation assistance, and professional development opportunities and education support is also provided. Our graduate physicians are also typically eligible for student loan forgiveness through Canada’s Loan Forgiveness program.

Typically, these positions require FRCSC designation and must be eligible for licensure to practice in the Northwest Territories.

Contact us today! Email practicenwt@gov.nt.ca.