Psychiatrist - General Adult

Interior Health Authority; Penticton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in British Columbia is seeking qualified practitioners to join the Penticton Regional Hospital. The role involves providing essential medical and surgical services to a large community, contributing to both emergency and ICU services. Candidates must hold the appropriate licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. This position offers an opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility catering to various medical needs.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC).
• US-trained physicians with ABMS certification in psychiatry may be eligible to practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide core medical and surgical specialty services.
• Join a team of medical and surgical specialists.
• Contribute to the operations of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Job description

Position Summary

The Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) is a 158-bed Acute Care facility in the Interior Health Authority responsible for providing core medical and surgical specialty services to surrounding population of approximately 90,000 people.

PRH offers 24-hour Emergency and Trauma Services, Acute Services, Ambulatory and Out-patient Clinics, and Diagnostic/Paramedical Services. As a regional facility and secondary referral centre for the South Okanagan and Similkameen Valley, you will be joining a complement of excellent medical and surgical specialists with available on site Computed Tomography (CT), Nuclear Medicine and Medical Resonance Imaging (MRI). PRH has a seven-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

PRH also serves as the referral base for hematology/transfusion medicine for the smaller local hospitals in Oliver and Princeton.

In April 2019, PRH opened phase one of the David E. Kampe Tower (DKT), a new, state of the art Patient Care Tower. DKT includes a brand new ambulatory care centre, surgical services center, 84 medical/surgical inpatients beds in single patient rooms, a new medical device reprocessing unit and space for the UBC Faculty of Medicine Program. Phase Two, completed in Dec 2021, includes the full renovation and expansion of the PRH Emergency Department.

Qualfications

You’ll hold, or be eligible for, licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC).

• If you’re a US-trained physician with ABMS certification in psychiatry, you may be eligible to practice under the USA certified class.
• To practice medicine here, you’ll have coverage with the Canadian Medical Protective Association.