Physicians: Positions & Primary Health Care

The Sun Country Health Region has made a move to Primary Health Care. To view available positions in the MMHCR area click on the link(s) below.

General Practitioner -- Carlyle area

Saskatchewan's plan for Primary Health Care is based on a set of defined characteristics:

Accessibility: Access to responsive, coordinated primary health care teams and networks province-wide, offering a full range of everyday health services.

Public Participation: The development of partnerships between consumers and providers will facilitate community participation in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the Primary Health Care delivery system.

Effective Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Focus on health promotion, proactive approach of promoting a healthy lifestyle, working towards preventing disease and injury.

Proactive and Collaborative Approach to Management of Chronic Disease: Interdisciplinary teams will be engaged in all the elements of the prevention and management of chronic diseases.

Appropriate Technology: The use of technology to support the delivery of quality health services.

Intersectoral Cooperation: collaboration with other community services to address the "determinants of health" that impact a person's health and dependance on the health care system.

Patient/Client Centered Care: Patients/clients participate in decisions regarding their care and their care providers.

Community Development: This approach involves consumers and providers working together to enhance the community's overall capacity to address issues and needs affecting the health of the community.

Human Resources Continuum: The Continuum a) uses the most effective and economically efficient health services providers, b) ensures training/education of health services providers consistent with the principles of Primary Health Care, and c) incorporates the appropriate use of and support for self-care, and informal and formal service providers.

Integration and Coordination of Services: A compreshensive range of coordinated health promotion, prevention, primary curative care, rehabilitative, supportive and palliative services will be provided by integrated, interdisciplinary multi-service networks of providers.