Family Medicine Physician – Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

• 0.8 FTE permanent, position available, commencing immediately. 
• Typical business hours Monday–Friday with occasional after-hours work required. 

• Full-time hours for a salaried physician is defined as 37.5 hours/week (based on 1,950 hours per year); or  
• Full-time contract-for-service hours are based on a maximum of 1,725 hours per year. 

NOTE: A new Physician Services Agreement was recently ratified providing substantial improvements to benefits and a competitive increase to remuneration beginning in April 2025. Physician Services Agreement 2024-2029  

CURRENT until April 1, 2025
Health PEI offers multiple payment modality options:  

• Salary — Salaried physicians enter an employee/employer relationship with Health PEI. In this model, Health PEI hires a physician under a contract of employment which assigns the hours worked, duties, and responsibilities. As an employee you have access to a suite of benefits, including health and dental, paid vacation and sick days, life insurance, RRSP matching, and more. 
    

• Contract for Service — The less common modality, but preferred by some, is the Contract for Service where physicians are compensated on an hourly basis, as per the Physician Services Agreement. Contract for Service physicians can access benefits through the Physician Services Agreement (i.e. parental leave) but do not have paid benefits like vacation, health and dental, or RRSP matching. The hourly rate is higher than the salary hourly rate to account for these benefits (in lieu of benefits). Income earned on a contract basis may be claimed through a professional corporation, this modality may provide tax advantages.  

Facility-based inpatient oncology care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on weekends and holidays as part of physician shared call schedule. This is considered outside regular salaried or contract-for-service hours and is paid on a fee-for-service basis. Additional information related to blended payments (shadow billings); on-call payments; salary benefits including paid vacation entitlements, CME funding, RRSP program can be provided. 

• Eligible return in service incentive and moving expense reimbursement is available 
• Opportunity to teach Medical Learners and Residents with faculty appointment at affiliated universities; 
• Access to hospital-based electronic patient record system with lab and x-ray reports from office 
• Other incentives may be applicable, ask for additional details. 

• A medical degree from a recognized med school is required.  
• Eligible for registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Prince Edward Island; 
• Eligible for certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada; 
• Hold MCCQE Part I or Licentiate of Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) equivalent; 
• Membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA); 
• Eligible for appointment to the Health PEI Medical Staff with appropriate privileging; 
• Work experience preferable with at least 1- 2 years of clinical experience working in Canada. 
• Experience and/or training in the general care of Oncology patients. 

Atlantic Registry 

Physicians whose primary practice is in Atlantic Canada (and hold a general registration in either PEI, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia or Newfoundland and Labrador) may be eligible to obtain registration to practice in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces via the Atlantic Registry. For more information or to opt-in to the  Atlantic Registry, contact the  College of Physicians and Surgeons of Prince Edward Island today!  

Health Care Workers are required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination as per Health PEI’s Covid-19 Immunization and Management Policy. If a new hire is unable to be vaccinated as a result of a medical exemption, they will be required to submit supporting documentation to Employee Health / Wellness and Safety. 

• Open until filled.