DOCTOR JOBS IN ALBERTA

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Alberta is one of the largest and most beautiful provinces in Canada, which maintains economic growth, protects its natural resources, and attracts professionals from across the country and all over the world. In just 2023, the Alberta population growth topped 200,000 residents.

One of the key industries, in which the provincial government invests is healthcare. Based on provincial government statistics, an estimated 700,000 Albertans aren’t listed as having a dedicated family physician, while there are 180 hospitals, according to Statista. These facts make Alberta an attractive career growth destination for medical talents who strive to improve their income, achieve professional realization, and find a great work-life balance for themselves and their families. The employment outlook for general practitioners and family physicians in Alberta for 2023-2025 and beyond looks very promising.

Featured Physician Jobs in Alberta

Currently Available Doctors Positions in Alberta

Didsbury, Alberta
Long Term
Oct 8, 2024
FULLY LICENCED ONLY / Job ID: 2290 $50k Signing Bonus with High Earning Potential   Job Details: Our client in Didsbury, Alberta is looking for a full-time and/or part-time Family Physician to join their Family Practice. This is a clinic network that has developed a true medical home model consisting of 2 components: in-clinic primary and specialty clinics, and a virtual collaborative health program. The innovative model used by this network prioritizes the well-being of both patients and physicians. They believe that healthier practitioners create healthier patients, better outcomes and improve entire communities through the outward ripple effect of good care. Working for this network, you can expect:   •  High levels of administrative support so you can focus on patients, including centralized billing and referral teams.   •  The opportunity to easily build your panel.   •  Support from a collaborative team of practitioners, including a panel of over 50 specialists.   •  Encouragement and resources to grow your expertise in specialized focus areas. This network wants to utilize their physicians time and expertise as best they can by removing as much administration as possible and providing support through a team-based approach. Physicians maintain a work/life balance and can focus on what they were trained to do which is simply to care for their patients. The emphasis is on treating patients and not admin work! Hours of work are weekday shifts for in-clinic practice and virtual collaborative work can be done remotely whenever the physician chooses. In-clinic physicians are supported by teams that handle all billing, referrals and administration while being paired with their own LPN that drives the collaborative health program on their behalf, creating additional revenue with little to no additional workload. The clinic uses Accuro EMR, and offers billing support. Payment structure is fee-for-service, split arrangement is negotiable, and the range of potential full-time annual earnings is $400,000-$600,000.   Incentives Available to the Physician: Relocation/signing bonuses provided. Up to $50k signing bonus for this location. Clinic Details: With 7 clinics in Calgary, and 3 in rural communities, the clinic network currently has over 40 in-clinic family physicians, 13 in-clinic Nurse practitioners and over 50 specialists on their collaborative health (virtual) platform. There are 2.5 full-time family physicians currently working at the Didsbury practice. Most clinics operate Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm with extended, after hours and weekend options available at request.  The charming town of Didsbury is in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, only 1 hour's drive from Calgary, 1 hour 30 minutes from Banff's breathtaking Lake Louise Resort, and 2hrs 30 minutes from Edmonton. Requirements:  •  College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) Certified  •  College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) Full Licence   
FULLY LICENCED ONLY / Job ID: 2287   Brand New Calgary Clinic with $10K Relocation Allowance & Excellent Earning Potential   Job Details: Our client in Calgary, Alberta is looking for a full-time Family Physician to join their Family Practice/Walk-in clinic. This is a brand new clinic opening in September 2024. The incoming physician will be responsible for taking medical history, physical examinations, referrals, providing overall primary patient care and other patient services at their own preference. Gynaecological skills or surgical skills is an asset but not essential. Hours of work are 7-8 hours a day, 5 days a week.  The clinic uses Accuro EMR, and offers billing support. Payment structure is fee-for-service, split arrangement is 75/25, and the range of potential full-time annual earnings is $500,000-$600,000.   Incentives Available to the Physician: Relocation allowance: $10,000 and work permit support  Clinic Details: This is a brand new clinic with 8 consulting rooms. The clinic is due to open in September 2024, with 2 family physicians already in place. The clinic is in SW of Calgary in the densely populated area of woodbine, servicing woodbine, Cedarbrae, Braeside, Alpine Park and Canyon Meadows. The area is home to the best private schools in Calgary.  Requirements:  •    College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) Certified  •    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) Full Licence        
Edmonton, Alberta
Long Term
Sep 11, 2024
FULLY LICENCED ONLY / Job ID: 0013 Fantastic Earning Potential and $20K Relocation Incentive Job Details: Our client in Edmonton, Alberta has 3 locations in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region and is looking for Family Physicians for each location. The clinics are in busy locations, seeing 200-300 patients a day. The shifts are 8 hours daily, either 9am-5pm , 12-8pm or 10-6pm. Mix of Walk-in and Family practice. Very flexible with vacation time, up to 8 weeks per year with advanced notice. Current split is 75/25 but client is looking at a bracket system allowing them to go lower than 25%, allowing the Physician more earning potential. Current Physicians are making $550,000+ a year and a $20,000 relocation is also provided.  Clinic Details: Locations are all close to amenities and public transportation routes.    Requirements:  •    College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) Certified •    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) Full Licence   
FULLY LICENCED ONLY / Job ID: 2285  Excellent Earning Potential with $11K Relocation Allowance and LMIA Ready - Available Feb 2025  Job Details: Our client in Calgary, Alberta is looking for a full-time Family Physician to join their Family Practice. Position available from February 2025. The incoming physician should have good communication skills as they will be working in collaboration with a team of physicians, pharmacists and other support staff. The physician will see preferably 60-70 patients a day. Experience in minor procedures, Intra-articular injections and IUD insertions would be preferred but not mandatory. An LMIA is available for candidates requiring a work permit. Hours of work are Monday-Friday, with at least 1 or 2 Saturdays per month. Closed on Sundays and holidays.  The clinic uses Accuro EMR, a complete EMR one time training will be arranged and paid for by the clinic. The clinic offers billing support and payment structure is fee-for-service, split arrangement is 75/25 for the first 2 years, and 80/20 from 3 years onwards. Client is open to discuss a fixed salary per hour. The range of potential full-time annual earnings is $500,000-$600,000. Incentives Available to the Physician: $11,000 Relocation allowance available if candidate is moving from a different country.  Clinic Details: This new clinic is a combined integrated medical unit and pharmacy with a clinic manager and other support staff. All patients are seen on site with no home visits available. Phone consults may be arranged at the cost of the clinic, allowing the physician to work from home. There are 2 family physicians currently working at the clinic.  The surrounding communities include Redstone, Skyview, Cornerstone and Cityscape.  Requirements: •    College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) Certified •    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) Full Licence   
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Living in Alberta

Alberta is a province full of beautiful and breathtaking scenery from rivers, lakes, prairies, and mountains, giving residents and visitors plenty of various sports, outdoor activities, and nature to explore such as the Albertian Calgary Stampede, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, and the Aurora Borealis. Alberta is an important skiing destination for many tourists with several World- Class Ski Resort’s including the well known Lake Louise & Banff Ski Area. Canada Olympic Park, which was built for the 1988 Winter Olympic games, with its downhill ski terrain and ski jumping facilities is located in the city of Calgary.

Alberta offers the highest average wages in Canada, has the lowest income brackets, and has moderate housing prices even in its two major cities, Edmonton, and Calgary. With highways linking the north and south of the province, it makes travelling to cities and towns more accessible, whether you enjoy the hustle and bustle of cosmopolitan living or the quieter rural communities, this province offers many lifestyle options.

Key facts about Alberta to consider your relocation:

  • Alberta has 3 international airports: YYC Calgary International Airport, Edmonton International Airport (YEG) and McMurray International Airport (YMM) which offers direct and convenient flights to other provinces, daily flights to Ireland, UK, Europe, US, and other international destinations.

  • The population of Alberta is 4,800,768 by January 2024, and it will increase by 1-3% annually.

  • GST tax in Alberta is 5%

  • Excellent Quality of Education with 6 Big Universities in the province

  • One of the best investment climates and income-cost-of-living balances in Canada

  • Access Healthcare with no premiums

Alberta Fun Facts & Interesting Features

Alberta Location

Located in the Western part of the country. It shares boundaries with several other provinces with British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, Northwest Territories to the North, and the US State of Montana to the South.

Royal Namesake

The province and Lake Louise were named in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's fourth daughter Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. 

Canada’s Fourth Largest Province

The province is 661,848 kms and spans across The Rockies and great plains. Alberta is 1.56 times larger than California in America. 

3 International Airports

Alberta has 20 regional airports and 3 International Airports across the province. Fort Mc Murray in the north of the province offers flights to other provinces and US. Calgary and Edmonton international airports run daily flights to the US, Europe, and other overseas destinations. 

Indigenous Lands and People

The province has 45 first nations with a population of 258,640 Indigenous people, including Metis and Inuit, which forms 6.5% of the population. Blackfoot, Cree, Chipewyan, Dene, Sarcee, Stoney Nakoda Sioux and Métis are the first nation languages mostly spoken amongst the indigenous communities in the province. 

Many Indigenous communities have lived along rivers for generations. The river was a major source of their livelihoods for years; it was used for transportation purposes where goods were ferried up and down the province alongside hunting as well as fishing. 

You will find the town of Banff along the Bow River. The river was named by the locals who used the Dougals Fir trees that grew along the bank to make bows. n the Blackfoot language the river is called Makhabn which means ‘river where the bow reeds grow’ The bow and arrows were used by many First Nations groups for hunting and protection and were often made with other materials (bone, antler, sinew, intestine) giving the bow more strength and flexibility. 

National & Provincial Parks & UNESCO Sites

In Alberta you will find 5 national and 75 provincial parks. 

Banff National Park was the first national park in Canada and was established in 1885. It is well known for the Fairmount Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. It is 2,564 square miles and it is one of 7 protected areas that make up the UNESCO World Heritage sites. Surrounded by mountains and glaciers, the park draws over 3 million visitors a year.

Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park is further north in the Canadian Rockies. A UNESCO World Hertiage site it has the world's second largest dark sky preserve. The Athabasca at 1,538Km's is the longest river and runs from the Columbia Icefields in the mountains, through the park and into Lake Athabasca.

The Icefields Parkway

The Columbia Icefields can be found along the 232km's Icefields Parkway on highway 93, that links Banff Lake Louise to the Town of Jasper. This is popular and is one of the top scenic drives in the world. The drive takes you through the Icefields, surrounded by the mountains, glaciers, waterfalls and often opportunities to view mountain wildlife.

Canadian Badlands

The Canadian Badlands stretch from the east to Saskatchewan and south to the US. This area has dinosaur fossil beds, rock formations and canyons. 

Dinosaur Capital of the World!

In the Badlands of Alberta is the old wild west coal mining town of Drumheller, known as the Dinosaur Captial of the world. Here you can explore mining caves, dinosaur fossils and unusual rock formations called the Hoodoos - sand pillars created by land and river erosion. The Sand pillars spread across the east of the province, down to the south.

Dinosaur Provincial Park has the richest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. Only a 2 hour drive east of Calgary it is definitely worth a drive.

The Áísínai'pi Provincial Park (also referred to as Writing - on - Stone) was awarded as a World Heritage Site in 2019. Here you will find the largest collection or rock art in the north American plains. ‘Áísínai’pi’ in the Blackfoot language translates to it is pictured/written. The park is in southern Alberta. 

Wood Buffalo Provincial Park is the largest in Canada. It is home to half of the world's remaining endangered wood bison. You will also find the darkest preserved sky where the Aurora Borealis can be seen in its true light.

Home to Two National Hockey League Teams

Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary flames both are play in the National Hockey League (NHL). There is also several Alberta teams who play in The Western Hockey League the Calgary Hitmen, Red Deer Rebels, Medicine Hat Tigers and The Edmonton Oil Kings, (who share the Rogers Hockey Arena with the NHL Edmonton Oilers).

Famous Outdoor Events

In the year 1988, Calgary City hosted the Canadian winter Olympics games. Construction of the Olympic Park was done to host most of events including the ski jumping, ski racing and bobsleighing. The park is used today to host events, winter, and summer activities for all ages. 

The Canadian Winter Olympics in 1988 was also where the famous British Ski jumper Michael Edwards who made his Heroic failure attempt better known as Eddie the Eagle and the national Jamaican bobsleigh team both made their first appearance. Both went on to have Movies made about their experience.

Calgary Stampede the biggest outdoor rodeo in the world is held in the city each summer and draws over 1 million visitors from all parts of the world. The event features a festival of arts, music, food and local heritage and culture.

Climates by Region

The city of Calgary experiences more hours of sunshine than any other major city in Canada with Alberta getting roughly 321 days of sunshine a year. There is an average temperature of 20-25 degrees in the summer. The temperatures in the winter months are usually an average high of -4 and an average low of -13. In fall and spring the average can be a high of 10 and low of 13. According to Environment Canada, Alberta's climate is the best in the country.

Famous Connections

Actor Michael J. Fox grew up in Edmonton until age 10, when his parents moved to Vancouver in the neighboring province of British Columbia. He was best known for playing Marty in ‘Back to the Future’

Edmonton, Calgary and the Rockies have been used for filming. The film "The Revenant" a story based on the real story of the survival of a fur trader in the wilderness, starred Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed in Kananaskis Country in the local indigenous community northeast of Calgary. Leo won best actor at the Golden Globes for the film and during his acceptance speech he focused on indigenous communities around the world. "It is time we recognize your history"

Calgary World Ranking

One of the top 10 cities in the world to live due to high quality of living, education, their healthcare system and job opportunities. In 2023 the city welcomed 100,000 newcomers.

Learn More About Major Alberta Cities and Townships

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Airdrie is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada with a population of around 70,000 and is municipality of the Calgary Metropolitan Area.  It is situated along the Calgary-Edmonton corridor, located 30 minutes from downtown Calgary. The city of Airdrie is what is called a bedroom community outside of Calgary, and has attracted young families due to its thriving economic opportunities, excellent schools, innovative appeal and technologies, and proximity to the bigger city with a small town charm. Located 20 minutes from Calgary International Airport, and 1.5 hours from Edmonton, it is an idyllic location with the opportunity to have the best of city and rural life.

For further information please check the following links:

Top 10 Reasons to love living in Airdrie

Wiki Information Airdrie

Okotoks is a town located just outside the city of Calgary, approximately 18kms south. It is home to almost 30,000 residents, and has experienced a 30% population increase since 2008. It is known as a progressive and business friendly community with an entrepreneurial spirit. It is situated on the Sheep river, with beautiful Rocky Mountain views.

For further information please check the following links:

Wiki Information Okotoks

Around Okotoks

The Town of Okotoks

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