Hospitalist

Health Match BC; Port Moody; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fraser Health is seeking physicians for Hospitalist roles at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody, BC. The positions include both full and part-time opportunities and focus on acute care hospital practice within a collaborative team. Applicants should be licensed or eligible for CPSBC licensure, with CCFP or FRCPC credentials.

ACLS is strongly recommended and rural medicine experience is an asset. The role emphasizes discharge planning and patient care planning within a supportive hospital

Qualifications

• FRCPC or CCFP mandatory credentials for hospitalist.
• CPSBC full or provisional licensure required or eligible.
• ACLS certification strongly suggested.
• CMPA membership.
• US CPSBC registration recognition acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Admissions and management of patients as the Most Responsible Physician (MRP).
• Provide supportive care for some surgical and specialty medical patients.
• Collaborate with inter-professional team and community physicians for discharge planning.
• Provide bedside rounds, and participate in overnight coverage as needed.

Education

FRCPC or CCFP

CPSBC Full or Provisional

ACLS recommended

CMPA

CPSBC US certified class of registration acceptable

Tools

CCFP/FRCP credentials

Job description

Role and Facility Information

Hospitalist – Eagle Ridge Hospital: Full and Part-time positions

Fraser Health is seeking physicians interested in working in our hospital medicine program at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Applicants should have a strong interest in acute care hospital practice and working collaboratively with all members of the inter-professional team, including other physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, and Allied Health staff.

Primary responsibilities include admissions and management of patients as the Most Responsible Physician (MRP), as well as supportive care for some surgical and specialty medical patients. Applicants should be comfortable working independently with mostly off‑site specialty support by phone. Eagle Ridge Hospital is committed to a culture of collaborative, inter-professional, team‑based care.

This job requires superior clinical and communication skills, along with exceptional bedside manner and team management abilities. Our team members will be proficient with the range of community resources available, and work collaboratively with community‑based physicians to optimize discharge planning processes and patient care planning. Day and evening shifts are 7 days consecutively. Participation in overnight coverage is mandatory, but frequency of coverage is proportional to weeks worked.

Eligibility: Candidates must be licensed or (eligible for licensure) with College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) and have either CCFP (or equivalent) or FRCP credentials. Certification in ACLS is strongly suggested. Hospitalist experience, fellowship, and/or membership in professional hospital medicine societies. Rural medicine is an asset.

Compensation: per physician master agreement

Qualifications

• FRCPC or CCFP
• Experience in rural medicine an asset
• ACLS strongly recommended
• CPSBC Full or Provisional
• CMPA
• CPSBC US certified class of registration acceptable

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 48,000+ 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.

Compensation Type Alternative Payment Arrangement