Tuberculosis Clinical Physician - Clinical Prevention Services

Provincial Health Services Authority; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Provincial Health Services Authority in Vancouver seeks a Medical Doctor to provide expert care in TB services. Responsibilities include direct patient management, clinical administration, and teaching. Candidates should have a strong background in TB, commit to reconciliation, and uphold cultural safety principles.

PHSA invites applications from all individuals, particularly those from marginalized groups. The role promotes equity in hiring practices and engages in meaningful reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples.

Qualifications

• A Medical Doctor degree with current licensure or eligibility for licensure in British Columbia.
• Strong preference for candidates with a background in TB and clinical systems transformation.
• Commitment to reconciliation as per Truth & Reconciliation Commission recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Review and incorporate clinical guidelines into practice.
• Direct and indirect patient care for TB patients.
• Participate in clinical teaching and research.

Skills

Knowledge of social realities of Indigenous Peoples

Clinical knowledge in TB

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Medical Doctor degree

MBA/MHA (asset)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Clinical Services
  • Review, revise and incorporate into practice clinical and administrative guidance provided in the Provincial TB Services Physicians’ Manual and any other clinical or administrative guidelines; assist with activities relating to provincial and clinic TB guidelines and programming.
  • Assist with TB clinic referral triage and physician scheduling support as required by reviewing documents, attending clinic case conferences and meetings/rounds, facilitating discharge planning/prescriptions and consultation with clinic operations, nursing staff and nursing clinical leads.
  • Direct and indirect patient care, day-to-day management of patients as expected of a physician providing TB care including but not limited to assessments, performing relevant procedures, writing physician prescriptions, attending rounds/team meetings, documenting patient care in EMR.
  • Expert provision of care to all patients supported by the TB clinical programs including clinic patients at the Vancouver and New Westminster TB Clinics, TB Virtual Clinic, Satellite Clinics and physician support for the TB Outreach program.
  • Being an expert resource to clinicians across the province for the TB clinical program including review of TB screening forms, and management of pediatric, complex and drug-resistant TB cases.
• Clinical Administration
  • Assume the role of TB Clinic Lead working alongside the Clinic Coordinator, Clinic Nurse Supervisor, Senior Practice Lead, TB Nurse Practitioners, Public Health Manager and Provincial Medical Lead to optimize clinical efficiencies and ensure evidence-based, high-quality care with special attention paid to ensuring anti-racist and culturally competent care.
  • Participation in the evaluation of the efficiency, quality and delivery of the Services that require the professional expertise of a physician, including participation in medical audits, peer and interdisciplinary reviews, chart reviews, scheduling and incident report reviews.
• Teaching & Research
  • Clinical teaching of undergraduate and graduate public health, sessional physicians, core-resident clinical teaching, subspecialty resident/fellows, and physician/health professionals including teaching provided concurrently with patient care.
  • Participate in and deliver education sessions, lectures, rounds and symposia at and on behalf of BCCDC.
  • Participate and facilitate clinical and other research directly related to the needs of clinic-served patients.

Qualifications

• A Medical Doctor degree with current licensure or eligibility for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
• Strong preference for candidates with a background and interest in TB and clinical systems transformation, including subspecialty IM (Respiratory/ID), General IM, Community Medicine, or Global Health. An MBA/MHA would be an asset to this role.
• Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
• Knowledge of the social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous‑specific anti‑racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety, including foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

PHSA is committed to equity in our hiring and employment practices. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code. Reconciliation is an ongoing process and a shared responsibility for all of us. The BC Governments’ unanimous passage of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act was a significant step forward in this journey—one that all health authorities are expected to support as we work in cooperation with Indigenous Peoples to establish a clear and sustainable path to lasting reconciliation.