Anesthesiology

Health Match BC; Fort St. John; On-site; CAD 450,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation funding

Recruitment incentive

RCME available

Moving allowance (interprovincial)

REAP available

Job summary

Northern Health in Fort St. John, BC is seeking an Anesthesiologist to join our team and lead a developing Pain Clinic in a modern hospital setting.

New grads are welcome; the role supports growth in regional care with a family-friendly community, a wide range of services, and opportunities to impact anesthesia and pain management for a catchment area of Northeastern BC.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run a Pain Clinic within Fort St. John Hospital.
• Provide anesthesia care across surgical services at a state-of-the-art facility.
• Collaborate with local specialists to support regional anaesthesia and pain management.

Job description

Role and Facility Information

New Grads are welcome!

Northern Health is seeking an Anesthesiologist for Fort St John, British Columbia, a vibrant city with a young and growing population! We welcome candidates who are interested in establishing and running a Pain Clinic.

Fort St. John Hospital is a new state-of-the-art 55 bed hospital serving a population of approximately 23,000, and is one of two hospitals serving a catchment area of approximately 70,000. The facility offers services including diagnostics, surgery, acute care, ICU, maternity, a community cancer centre, community hemodialysis, visiting specialists clinic, and a prenatal clinic.

Local specialists include General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiology and Pathology. Visiting specialists include Ophthalmology, ENT, and Neurology.

Fort St. John is known as "The Energetic City" and is located at Mile 47 of the world famous Alaska Highway in Northeastern BC! The city has numerous restaurants, cafés, and a health food store. It is the cultural and commercial hub of the Northeast, with a performing and visual arts centre, library, art gallery and theatre. Large concerts are hosted at the state-of-the-art Ovintiv Events Centre in Dawson Creek, only an hour's drive from Fort St. John.

Recreational opportunities in the Fort St. John area include speed-skating (on one of only four indoor Olympic-sized, long-track speed skating ovals in North America!), indoor walking track, indoor soccer, golf, tennis, yoga, dance, mountain biking, walking trails, hiking, boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, curling, and hockey. Enjoy our weekly downtown Farmer's Market, open from May to October! Fort St. John always has something for you to do whether it's summer or winter!

Our airport offers numerous daily flights to Vancouver and Calgary on Air Canada and WestJet.

Fort St. John has seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one private school (Kindergarten to Grade 12). Northern Lights College and the University of Northern British Columbia provide post-secondary education in Fort St John.

The region's main industries are agriculture, forestry, natural gas, construction, and transportation.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Northeastern British Columbia!

Compensation

Compensation Type Alternative Payment Arrangement Estimated Remuneration $500,000+

Benefits and Incentives

• Vacation Leave Regular/negotiable
• May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:
• Retention Premium 21.70%
• Retention Flat Fee $33,629
• Relocation Funding Available $9,000 - $15,000 (TBD)
• Recruitment Incentive $20,000
• Other Benefits/Incentives: Rural Continuing Medical Education (RCME) available.
• Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) available.
• Moving allowance available (no receipts required): $15,000 if moving from outside of Canada;
• Moving allowance available (no receipts required): $12,000 if moving within Canada but outside of BC;
• Moving allowance available (no receipts required): $9,000 if moving within BC.
• Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) funding is subject to change without notice.