Job Description

Position Title: Physician

Component/Team: Integrated Health Services

Status: Permanent, 0.5 FTE Part-Time (17.5 hours per week)

Salary Scale: $151.29 - $ 182.28 hourly rate plus benefits (benefits are pro-rated to part-time status)

Work Location: On-Site at 221 Nelson Street

Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy

Start Date: May 2026

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm.

Family Physician Opportunity

We are an established Community Health Centre in downtown Ottawa, providing family medicine to a diverse population. In this dynamic environment, you will work within a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, chiropodists, dietitians, health educators, and other health professionals. Our team is committed to delivering high-quality, comprehensive care to our community.

We are seeking a family physician certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and licensed to practice in Ontario, who is looking to join a collegial and supportive practice.

This newly created position plays a key role in onboarding and rostering new patients to the clinic, directly supporting the government’s priority to improve access to primary care. In its first year, the role will focus on attaching a significant number of patients to care, with the goal of integrating them into an ongoing, team-based model within our interdisciplinary practice.

Position Description:

The Family Physician is a member of the Centre’s Integrated Health Services Team and works closely with team members to provide the highest quality of healthcare services to clients. The role of the Family Physician is to work with clients to help them achieve desired health goals.

Reporting Relationship:

The Family Physician is directly accountable to the Director of Integrated Health Services and through him/her to the Executive Director.

The incumbent is responsible for maintaining the licensing and regulatory requirements of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario as the professional governing body.

Requirements

Skills, Education, and Experience:

Requirements for this position include:

Education and Language

Medical degree and family medicine residency from a recognized university
CCFP Certification from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)
License to practice from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Under the Centre’s designation to provide French Language Services:
- French (oral expression): Advanced +
- French (oral comprehension): Superior
- French (reading comprehension): Advanced +

Fluency in English, both oral and written

Professional Experience

Three to five years’ experience in a community-based primary care setting

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong interpersonal skills
Commitment to and knowledge of community-based healthcare
Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative care model
Sensitive to the healthcare needs of diverse communities
Sound judgment
Membership in the Canadian Medical Protective Association

Benefits

Sandy Hill Community Health Centre Offers employees an excellent benefits package, which includes 4 weeks vacation (Pro-rated to status) in addition to a Pension Plan (Health Care of Ontario Pension Plan - HOOPP) and an excellent Group Insurance Plan.

Conditions of Employment:

Hours of work will be developed in collaboration with the successful candidate to ensure a healthy work-life balance. A schedule of work will be based on the Centre’s hours of operation and program requirements and may include some evenings.

An offer of employment will be conditional upon the candidate completing a criminal reference check, verification of educational requirements for this position, and linguistic profile to the satisfaction of the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.

Accommodation:

SHCHC will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment process.

If at any stage in the selection process, you require accommodation due to disability, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.

Clients of the Centre are welcome to apply. Should a client become a successful candidate, they will no longer be able to continue receiving services at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. Assistance will be made available to find an alternative provider.

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

By applying to the posting I hereby acknowledge that the information I provide will be collected by workable.com under the terms of their privacy policy http://workable.com/privacy Candidates, when hired by SHCHC as employees will provide data in under a separate process and be subject to SHCHC's Privacy and Confidentiality policies and procedures.

Sandy Hill Community Health Centre

Open Positions

Physician