Family Practitioner/General Practitioner

Health Match BC; Port Hardy; On-site; CAD 302,000 - 378,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention premium 22.26%

Relocation funding available

Recruitment incentive

Job summary

The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is seeking a Family Physician to provide culturally-safe, team-based primary care across Kwakwaka’wakw communities on Northern Vancouver Island. The role supports a patient panel with travel between sites and collaboration with an Integrated care team.

A valid CPSBC license is required, and training in Cultural Safety & Humility is preferred. The program offers competitive compensation within a 0.2–1.0 FTE contract and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Active CPSBC license in good standing.
• Training in Cultural Safety & Humility or willing to take it.
• Experience working with First Nations communities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be the most responsible provider for a patient panel and collaborate in team-based care.
• Deliver culturally-safe wrap-around primary care in a collaborative team.
• Travel on a pre-arranged schedule to different sites to provide care.
• Support Western and Traditional Wellness approaches to patient health.

Skills

Willing to travel

Education

Active CPSBC license

Cultural Safety & Humility training

Job description

About Us

The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous communities throughout the Province with a purpose to increase primary care access and attachment to primary care clinicians, with a focus on collaborative, team-based, culturally-safe care.

Role and Facility Information

About Us

The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous communities throughout the Province with a purpose to increase primary care access and attachment to primary care clinicians, with a focus on collaborative, team-based, culturally-safe care.

All FNPCI’s in British Columbia are First Nations-Led. The Pata'yi FNPCI, located on North Vancouver Island is society operated (The North Vancouver Island Primary Care Initiative Health Society) and governed through a Board of Directors from each of the ten Kwakwaka’wakw Nations the FNPCI serves: Kwakiutl, Mamalilikulla First Nation, Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation, Gwawaenuk Tribe, Gwa’sala- ‘Nakwaxda’xw Nations, T'łatłasik'wa̱la’la First Nation, Quatsino First Nation, and Da’naxda’xw First Nation.

The First Nations Nations Health Authority is proud to support the Kwakwaka’wakw FNPCI and its Society with recruitment and contracting of Medical Staff. The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision‑making to improve health outcomes. FNHA has been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-first-nations-health-authority

TITLE: Family Physician - Successful applicants may eligible for a 0.2 FTE medical lead

CONTRACT: Contract from 0.2 FTE up to a 1.0 FTE-typically 1680 hours a year per FTE

LOCATION: Kwakwaka’wakw Communities on Northern Vancouver Island

Physician Master Agreement Full Scope range placement of $302,113 - $377,641 subject to whether scope of services includes facility-based coverage. Additional Rural Retention Program Premium of 22.26%. Compensation is scaled to Full Time Equivalent. Additional incentives may apply subject to eligibility. Family Physicians are not required to contribute to overhead and typically a renewable contract will be negotiated.

Why Work At The Pata'yi Primary Care Centre

The Pata'yi FNPCI is grounded in the following Kwakwaka’wakw values:

• Gilakas’la: Welcome and gratitude
• Ga’walap̓a: To help one another
• Namwayut: We are all one
• Sanala: Holistic living
• Maya’xala: Respect
• Maya’xalap̓a: Respect one another.

We are committed to weaving traditional ways of knowing with a focus on wholistic wellness built on a culturally-safe and two-eyed seeing approach to healthcare. We believe in work-life balance and creating an environment where personal and professional growth are supported and encouraged.

About The Role

Step into a collaborative team where your expertise as a Family Physician is not just needed but celebrated. You'll join a vibrant group of healthcare professionals including Advanced Scope Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Pharmacist, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Clinicians, Medical Office Assistants and Traditional Healers. Through a foundational collaborative-care model, our team seeks to provide seamless and culturally-safe wrap-around care.

The Family Physician will be the most responsible provider for a patient panel and is expected to collaborate in team-based care for patients and support the practice of Western and Traditional Wellness approaches to patient health. A minimum panel size is typically expected to reach 650 per 1.0 FTE by year 3 and will be confirmed in the clinical service contract. The Family Physician will be expected to travel on a pre-arranged schedule to different sites to be available for appointments within the community in keeping with the First Nations value of services closer to home.

The Family Physician (FP) will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility, to provide primary care in a team-based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards.

About You

• You are passionate about supporting First Nations individuals and families on their health and wellness journeys;
• You have an active practicing license in good standing with the College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC);
• You have training in Cultural Safety & Humility or are willing to take this training;
• Ideally you have experience working with First Nations people and communities and providing culturally safe care.
• Current valid driving license and willingness to travel to sites primarily throughout the Northern Vancouver Island region

WHY LIVE ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND

North Vancouver Island is a vast and rugged wilderness ranging from the Broughton Island Archipelago to old growth rainforests in Cape Scott Provincial Park. We are a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts with world-class fishing, hiking, skiing and sea-kayaking. There are three larger communities: Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Port Alice that are adjacent to the culturally-vibrant First Nations communities of Gwa’sala-‘Nakwada’xw, Kwakiutl, Quatsino and ‘Namgis each of which has a Health Centre where our team provides care. We also provide care in the remote communities of Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation that are only accessible by boat or air. Finally, we have clinic-space partnerships with community-based organizations: North Island Building Blocks, Foundry, Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre and FNHA Midwifery Clinic.

ANTICIPATED HIRE DATE: As soon as possible.

The First Nations Health Authority is a first of its kind in Canada and is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.

For information about Cultural Safety and Humility visit (https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/cultural-safety-and-humility) and for information about Land Acknowledgements visit (https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-Territory-Acknowledgements-Information-Booklet.pdf)

Compensation

Compensation Type Clinical Service Contract Estimated Remuneration Varies- see above Physician Overhead n/a

Benefits and Incentives

• Retention Premium 22.26%
• Relocation Funding Available $varies
• Recruitment Incentive $as eligible