Physician for Youth Clinic

Salary: Tarif Horaire 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

Mission

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.

About Head & Hands and the Youth Clinic

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-judgmental, 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 2SLGBTQI+ and migrant-friendly clinic.

About the Physician Position

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-judgmental, holistic, and harm reductive care to our service users.

The clinic team is composed of a coordinator, medical assistant/health navigator, three physicians, two 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 & Assets

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, 2SLGBTQ+ 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.
• Must be willing to volunteer some of the time, as a portion of our clients do not have healthcare.
• 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 its 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.

Application Process

Please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter to health@headandhands.ca, and including “Attn: Clinic recruitment committee” in the subject line. Applications can also be submitted by fax at 514-481-2336, or in person at 3465 Benny Ave. Guidelines for preparing your CV and cover letter are available on our website.

As an organization that works to facilitate social change and the empowerment of diverse communities of youth, Head & Hands recognizes that experiencing marginalization and oppression often brings both challenges and valuable skills and perspectives.

We recognize that these skills are often undervalued and unacknowledged in professional settings, despite being highly transferable to the work we do. If you have questions about representing non-traditional skills and experience within your application, please get in touch for support in framing what you have to offer in a way that’s identifiable within the Requirements and Assets described above.

People of colour, people with disabilities, women, two-spirited and queer people, trans people, and other candidates who experience marginalization are strongly encouraged to apply and to self-identify in your cover letter. We are committed to creating a workplace as diverse as the communities we serve, and to supporting our staff with ongoing career development opportunities.

All candidates will be sent a confirmation that their application was received, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted further.