Emergency Medicine

Health Match BC; Parksville; On-site; CAD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention premium

Retention flat fee

Relocation funding available

Recruitment incentive

Job summary

Oceanside Health Centre Urgent Care in Parksville, BC, operates daily from 07:30 to 21:30, delivering urgent/emergent care with CTAS triage and on-site imaging. Physicians work 8-hour shifts in a multidisciplinary team alongside emergency-trained RNs.

As soon as possible start; positions may be full-time, half-time or casual, with no overnight beds and transfers to hospital for higher acuity as needed.

Qualifications

• Physician with comfort in providing acute emergent care.
• CTAS triage familiarity with RN-led triage.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary urgent care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent and emergent medical care in a community urgent care setting.
• Collaborate with physicians and emergency-trained RNs to triage and treat patients.

Skills

Emergency care

Acute patient management

Team collaboration

Tools

Point-of-care testing

X-ray imaging

Ultrasound

Job description

Role and Facility Information

The Oceanside Health Centre Urgent Care is a multidisciplinary environment with physicians, and emergency-trained RNs that provides urgent and emergent medical care to the Oceanside area on Vancouver Island. The Urgent Care is open from 0730-2130 daily and physicians usually work 8-hour shifts. Emergency certification is not required, but physicians working here should be comfortable providing acute emergent care. Patients are triaged by trained RNs according to the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) and are seen by either a physician. There is onsite medical imaging with x-ray and ultrasound and limited lab services are available via point-of-care testing. There is a large formulary of IV, oral and other medications as well as casting and splinting equipment. There are no overnight beds. Patients requiring a higher level of care are transferred to the regional referral hospital, which is 30 minutes away and has a no-refusal policy.

Start Date

As soon as possible.

Additional Information

Candidates may apply to work full-time, half-time or casually.

Community Information

Parksville has one of the most temperature climates in all of Canada, with sandy beaches and activities galore for everyone from young families up to retirement. Parksville has a slower pace of life, where people take time to enjoy the beauty of the area and the endless outdoor activities. The major centres of Nanaimo and Victoria are readily accessible via the Island Parkway, and regularly scheduled ferry, air and floatplane services from Nanaimo offer easy access to Vancouver. Practice where the living is easy, and still have access to everything a big city has to offer just 2 hours away.

Terms

Compensation Type: Fee-for-Service Physician Overhead 11% of FFS over base compensation

Benefits and Incentives: May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:

• Retention Premium 4.62%
• Retention Flat Fee $71,594
• Relocation Funding Available $Up to $15,000
• Recruitment Incentive $up to 10,000