Physician Youth Clinic

Salary Hourly rate with supervision bonuses, no overhead (see remuneration note)

Commitment

• 1-2 clinics/month – 4 hours each – max 6 patients per clinic
• 1 team meeting/month – 45 minutes each
• Correspondence with clinic staff as needed

Our mission is to work with youth to promote their physical and mental well being. Our approach is preventative, non-judgmental, and holistic, with a fundamental commitment to providing an environment that welcomes youth without discrimination. We facilitate social change and the empowerment of youth based on their current needs within our community and society at large.

Since 1970, Head & Hands has been helping youth harness their potential to create healthy, vibrant, and caring communities. We envision a society in which all young people are full participants, inspired by the endless possibilities available to them.

The Head & Hands Youth Clinic works with youth aged 12-25 years old. The clinic provides access to free, non-judgemental, harm reductive, trauma-informed, and holistic healthcare for youth, with a focus on sexual health empowerment including access to contraception, STBBI testing, and hormone therapy. In addition to doctors’ clinics, we offer bi-weekly nurses’ clinics that focus on STBBI testing and contraception.

We offer emergency prescription coverage, health counseling, information, referral, and sustained medical care whenever possible and are housed within a vibrant multi-service organization catering to youth needs. We are a 2

SLGBTQI+ and migrant-friendly clinic.

We are currently recruiting one (1) physician to join our youth clinic team. The physician will work closely with the Health Services Director to see clients during our medical clinics. The role of the physician is to provide high quality, non-judgemental, holistic and harm reductive care to our service users.

The clinic team is composed of a coordinator, medical assistant/health navigator, three physicians, 2 nurse clinicians, and one nurse practitioner; counselors and other professionals also work on site and collaborate regularly with the medical program. The clinic coordinator and medical assistant / health navigator are on-site for all physician clinics and provide strong administrative support. The clinic is a designated McGill Family Medicine teaching site and we occasionally supervise residents and students rotating through social pediatrics electives.

Note on remuneration:

This position is fully remunerated. As a member of the H&H physician team, the candidate will gain access to hourly billing permissions with RAMQ (regardless of the insurance status of our client base).

Other benefits:

• On-site blood tests
• Collegial team with lots of knowledge exchange
• MYLE EMR
• Handheld ultrasound

Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine degree with a permit to practice in Quebec.
• Experience working with at least one of the following populations AND respect/understanding of: youth, migrants, 2
  
  SLGBTQ+ youth, sex workers, street-involved youth, marginalized youth, people who use drugs, BIPOC youth, neuroatypical clients, and/or people struggling with mental health.
• Knowledgeable in sexual health, STI and safer sex practices, pregnancy and abortion, contraception, IUD insertions, and the particularities of applying this knowledge to youth.
• Available for at least 2 clinics/month.
• Experience working in a collaborative team setting.

Assets:

• Experience in working with youth.
• Experience in working in the non-profit sector and/or in a community organization.
• Knowledge of Hormone Replacement Therapy & PrEP protocols or willing to learn and apply them.
• Knowledge or experience with drug use, sexual assault, addictions, and/or mental health.
• Connections to or background with NDG and is communities
• Special knowledge of and/or experience with the following areas: sexual assault, trans health, sex work, health advocacy, drug-use, mental health, hormones, and reproductive justice.
• Experience in training of medical students and/or residents.
• Spanish – Conversational.

Please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter to , and…