General Internist - Surrey Memorial Hospital

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; On-site; CAD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority invites applications for 15 full-time General Internists to join the Surrey Memorial Hospital team in Surrey, BC. The role emphasizes inpatient and ambulatory care with opportunities in perioperative medicine and teaching.

Candidates must be licensed or eligible for licensure in British Columbia and eligible for Royal College certification. Prior SMH or locum experience is valued. Competitive compensation includes an Alternative Payment Plan and Fee-for-Service options.

Qualifications

• CPSBC licensing eligible to practice in British Columbia.
• MD qualifications required; Royal College certification or eligibility preferred.
• Advanced methodological training (Master’s/Doctoral) may be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide a mix of inpatient and ambulatory clinical care.
• Participate in teaching for trainees and learners.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives and patient safety efforts.

Skills

Clinical care

Teaching

Quality improvement

Education

CPSBC Eligible for Full License, FRCPC, FRCSC Eligible

Job description

Job Summary

The Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) is seeking 15 full-time General Internists to join their team! Because of Hospital expansion, the General Internal Medicine service is growing and will include the following:

• 24 / 7 Hospital and ER Consultation service
• 70 Inpatient Internal Medicine Beds
• Robust perioperative medicine service
• Clinical teaching for UBC trainees of all levels
• Outpatient Rapid Access Internal Medicine, Hypertension, Pre-operative medicine and Thrombosis Clinics

The successful candidate should have strong interest in Inpatient and Ambulatory Care with an emphasis on perioperative medicine, hypertension, patient safety, quality or medical education. Equal preference will be given to those who have completed either a four-year or five-year residency, and those who have previously worked at SMH in a locum capacity. Responsibilities will include a combination of clinical care, teaching, and quality improvement with the mix of responsibilities depending on the successful candidate’s background and job profile.

Competitive candidates will possess outstanding clinical, communication, teaching, and interpersonal skills that enable them to work collaboratively with other physicians, learners, hospital staff and administrators. Applicants must be certified (or eligible for certification) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and must be licensed (or eligible for licensure) in the Province of British Columbia. The successful candidate must hold MD qualifications. Applicants with advanced methodological training (Master’s Degree, Doctoral Degree or equivalent) may be preferred.

You will be joining a group of collaborative general internists with a variety of interests and expertise, including critical care, hypertension, healthcare administration, thrombosis and teaching. We have a robust schedule of educational rounds and Morbidity and Mortality rounds. We are actively involved in teaching with the UBC undergraduate and postgraduate program. There are separate ICU and Cardiology programs and internists are not expected to care for these patients.

Compensation

Alternative Payment Plan, Fee for Service

Qualifications

• CPSBC Eligible for Full License, FRCPC, FRCSC Eligible

Locations

• Surrey Memorial Hospital

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.