Nipawin Community Practice Profile

Clinics, Hospitals and Services

NIPAWIN MEDICAL GROUP (11 physicians, 1 general surgeon)
EMR: Med Access
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday

A select number of physicians from the Nipawin Medical Group provide services to remote clinics.

REMOTE CLINICS

• CUMBERLAND HOUSE CREE NATION
  Clinic operates 3 days per week
• SHOAL LAKE CREE NATION & RED EARTH FIRST NATION
  Clinic operates 1 day per week
• SMEATON
  Clinic operates 3 times per month

NIPAWIN HOSPITAL
Services Available:
• 24-Hour Emergency
• Inpatient Acute Care
• Palliative Care
• High Acuity Beds
• Laboratory services
• General Surgery
• Radiology services
• Chemotherapy
• Ultra Violet Treatments
• Exercise Tolerance testing
• Telehealth
• Endoscopy
• Pediatrician
• Labour & Delivery
• Primary Health Care Team

Visiting Services:
• Gynecology
• Rheumatology
• Asthma/Allergy
• Dental
• Respiratory Medicine
• Urology
• Orthopedics
• ENT
• Pediatrics
• Internal Medicine
• General Surgery

Primary Health Care Team:
• Mental Health & Addiction Services
• Medical Social Worker
• Community Wellness Coordinator
• Diabetes & Heart Health Centre
• Chronic Disease Management
• Therapy Services
• Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner

Home Care Services

Long Term Care (Pineview Lodge):
• 95 Long term care beds (includes 10 bed Demential Care Unit)
• 1 respite beds
• Day care services

CONTACT INFORMATION
Brett Matisz
Recruitment and Retention Coordinator
510 Broadway Ave N (P.O. Box 1480)
Melfort, SK S0E 1A0
brett.matisz@saskhealthauthority.ca

Practice Profile

Must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan.

If you are interested in exploring upcoming opportunities in the community of Nipawin you may do so by submitting an "Expression of Interest". Thank you for your interest!

Benefits

Housing and a vehicle provided for the first 6 months of employment
Forgivable loan

Additional Information

Nipawin is on two beautiful lakes in the parkland of Saskatchewan, there is ample employment and business opportunities that exist, along with a strong retail and service sector (distance from closest airport is 2.5 hours- Saskatoon, SK). This coupled with Nipawins excellent transportation connections and the optimism for the future combined with the drive to embrace the technology available, makes it hard for you to not come see what Nipawin has to offer for yourself.

Nipawin is entering into a further era of growth, opportunity, and prosperity thanks to a number of exciting new enterprises in the area. Nipawin is the closest major community to the Fort à la Corne kimberlite field, one of the largest diamond-producing geological bodies in the world. It has the prospect of becoming the hub of activity in the new diamond industry in northeast Saskatchewan. It is also becoming a center for technology and innovation. The Nipawin Biomass Ethanol Project has been gaining international attention as a promising new enterprise in the alternative fuel industry. This project is leading the way in a cluster of bio-related industries in the Nipawin area.

Nipawin is a full service community with a top education system and growing post-secondary facilities. Its recreational programming embraces young and old alike, thus adding to the community’s quality of life.

Schools:
L.P. Miller Comprehensive School - http://www.nesd.ca/School/lpmiller/Pages/
Wagner Elementary School - http://www.nesd.ca/school/wagner/Pages/
Central Park Elementary School - http://www.nesd.ca/School/cpes/Pages/
North East School Division - http://www.nesd.ca/Pages/