Hospitalist

HealthMatch BC; Port Alberni; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking dedicated physicians to join their Community Hospital Inpatient Physician team. This role offers the opportunity to provide essential care to patients in a collaborative environment, focusing on culturally safe practices and trauma-informed care. Physicians will engage in a variety of responsibilities, including evaluating and treating patients, participating in team meetings, and delivering consult services to rural communities. Located in the beautiful Port Alberni, this position not only offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care but also allows for a fulfilling lifestyle in a family-friendly community with access to outdoor activities and breathtaking scenery.

Benefits

Relocation Funding up to $15,000

Recruitment Incentive up to $10,000

Retention Premium 7.98%

Rural CME starting at $2,200/annum

Potential additional remuneration

Qualifications

• Must have a current CPSBC license and be eligible for CCFP.
• Experience in providing patient care and consultation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients of all ages with various conditions.
• Participate in daily structured team reports and support allied teams.

Skills

Patient Care

Consultation Skills

Team Collaboration

Culturally Safe Patient Care

Education

Current CPSBC License

Provisional CCFP Eligibility

CMPA Membership

Job description

Subspecialty Family Practice or Internal Medicine

Status: Open

Site Type: Hospital

Type of Position: Permanent

Date Range: Hours of Work Service hours of 0700-2200 (7 days per week)

On Call

Qualifications, Education and Skills

Requisites

Current College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) License

Provisional Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) Eligible

Mandatory Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Role and Facility Information

The West Coast General Hospital (WCGH) is seeking physicians to join our ‘Community Hospital Inpatient Physician’ (CHIP) team. Full-time or part-time positions are available.

The West Coast General Hospital fosters a collaborative team-based environment with a focus on maximizing patient safety, championing culturally safe patient care, and practicing trauma-informed care.

In this role, CHIP team members will act as MRP care for unattached & unassigned inpatients to the Family Practice service at WCGH. This includes rounding on inpatients, arranging service transfers and inter-facility repatriations, discharge planning, and responding to urgent calls for admitted patients under this service.

To ensure adequate flow of admissions and discharges, attendance and participation at the daily structured team report, supporting the allied teams in the hospital and in the community is required, as well as in-person (virtual or telephone) patient handover at discharge to patients' primary community practitioners.

Physicians in this role also provide consult services to on-site ambulatory clinics, including Medical Day care, and provide virtual outreach consult service to rural health sites and rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Participating physicians collectively provide on-site MRP services every day between the hours of 0700-2200, 52 weeks of the year, including statutory holidays. The scheduled afternoon/evening physician will provide coverage, focusing on new unassigned and unattached patient admissions through the ED, completion of patient rounding and end-of-day patient stabilization, and responding to urgent, non-code calls for patients admitted to the site. Weekdays between 1700-2200, the physician covers all inpatients with FPs as MRP, excluding patients with specialists as MRP. Weekdays/weekends/holidays between 1700-2200, the physician will respond to NH calls if the Primary Care Physician cannot be reached.

CHIP team members will evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to patients of all ages, with a wide variety of illnesses, diseases, injuries, and functional disorders, providing both direct and indirect patient care.

Dependent on successful completion of relevant training and/or privileging criteria, there may also be opportunities to provide:

1. First call for After-hours OR Assist

Community Information

Port Alberni, a coastal city with a population of 18,000, is situated in the majestic Alberni Valley surrounded by breathtaking scenery. This temperate valley climate offers an array of year-round outdoor activities. The gateway to the Pacific Rim communities of Tofino & Ucluelet, and Long Beach, the top Canadian surfing destination, Port Alberni enjoys easy access to the best recreational opportunities on Vancouver Island. Port Alberni is now the official “Ultimate Fishing Town” in Canada. All this and world-class skiing on Mt. Washington is only a short drive away!

Port Alberni is a family-friendly community with affordable housing and strong public schools. Community spirit abounds and is evident by the abundance of activities for children, including programs in music, dance, gymnastics, and all team sports: soccer, baseball, hockey, lacrosse, etc. Sproat Lake, located just outside of the city, is the ideal location to base your family home.

Located within a 60-minute drive from Nanaimo and offering easy access to Vancouver and Victoria, Port Alberni provides access to big-city amenities with all the charm and character of a rural community.

Alberni-Clayoquot region is the perfect place to bring your life's work to our piece of paradise.

For more information, watch this Alberni Valley video.

May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including: Retention Premium 7.98%, Retention Flat Fee $12,367, Relocation Funding Available up to $15,000, Recruitment Incentive up to $10,000, Other Benefits/Incentives Rural CME starting at $2,200/annum in year 3&4 in community, increasing to a maximum of $4,400/annum after 4 years. The above amounts are current as of August 2024 and may be subject to change.

Situated in the central interior of Vancouver Island at the end of a long narrow inlet, Port Alberni is one of the few ports on the west coast that provides shelter against some of the powerful Pacific weather systems. Blessed with a moderate climate, it harbors both commercial fishing vessels and pleasure craft. Recreational activities in the area include fishing, hiking, scuba diving, golfing, kayaking, and windsurfing.