Family Medicine

Dawson Creek

Wide blue skies and the rolling foothills of the Northern Rockies surround Dawson Creek. The city is also known as the Mile Zero City, as it marks the start of the Alaska Highway, a 2,400 km long highway connecting Alaska and the Yukon to Western Canada and the United States. Dawson Creek has a population of approximately 12,500. It provides primary service to a population of approximately 20,000 and helps serve the larger population of the Peace River Region of 60,000. There are eleven elementary schools, one middle school and one secondary school. The Northern Lights College provides adult education. https://www.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/dawson-creek

Practice Details:

Estimated Yearly Remuneration: $350,000+ (Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) payment model).

$35,798.40 Annual Bonus (Flat Fee) + MSP Premium 23.10%.

$20,000 Signing Bonus + Relocation funding $9,000 - $15,000.

REAP and RCME funding available.

Northern Health is seeking a Family Physician to join a well-established Family Medicine/walk-in clinic in Dawson Creek. The community has several clinics that work cooperatively.

This practice would provide clinic-based Primary Care plus at least one of the following:

• Long Term Care (LTC)
• Surgical Assist
• Oncology

Optional (only if desired):

• Maternity
• Primary OB
• Emergency (ED)

Contact: [email protected]

Dawson Creek and District Hospital is a full service community hospital that provides service to Dawson Creek and surrounding communities. It has 31 acute care beds and 15 regional adult psychiatric beds. Services include:

• 24/7 emergency
• HAU
• Medical and surgical in-patient care
• Day surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• General surgery
• Respiratory therapy
• Diabetic education
• Primary care
• Lab
• Medical imaging with CT
• Cancer care

Position location: Dawson Creek & District Hospital, 11100 13 St., Dawson Creek BC, V1G 3W8.

Company: Northern Health Authority, located at 230 9900 - 100 Ave. Fort St John BC, V1J 5S7.

If interested, please contact [email protected]

Come and enjoy our wide blue skies and northern hospitality!

Dawson Creek is known as "Mile Zero", where the world-famous Alaska Highway begins!

The city has a population of approximately 12,500, provides primary service to a population of 20,000 and helps serve the larger population of the Peace River Region, approximately 60,000.

The city offers shopping, services, restaurants, cafés, a health food store, art gallery, live theatre, and the state-of-the-art Ovintiv Events Centre that hosts major music concerts. Our indoor Farmer's Market is open every Saturday, year-round!

Recreation opportunities include a state-of-the-art indoor Aquatic Centre, indoor walking track, gyms, yoga, Pilates, and dance studios, biking trails, golfing, swimming, boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, hiking, camping, bird watching, and visiting our numerous parks. In the wintertime, enjoy our indoor curling rink, two indoor skating rinks, a full-size outdoor speed skating oval, 25 kilometres of groomed trails for cross-country (Nordic) skiing, Bear Mountain Ski Hill (downhill skiing and snowboarding), back-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.

The city has a wide variety of authentic cuisines including Chinese, Japanese, and Italian (to name a few), and also a wide variety of dining atmospheres: choose from high end restaurants, hotel buffets, familiar franchises, and local coffee shops.

Dawson Creek has eleven elementary schools, one middle school, one secondary school, and one private school (kindergarten to grade 12). Northern Lights College provides post-secondary education.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Northeastern British Columbia!

Qualifications:

• Eligible for full or provisional family medicine license with CPSBC
• Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) Eligible - Mandatory. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Desired. Emergency - Desired. Obstetric - Desired.

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: Regular/Negotiable
On call requirements: MOCAP Level 1 for Emergency

Compensation:

Estimated Gross Income

$350,000+

RSA Incentives

$35,798.40 Annual Flat Fee.
23.10% Retention Premium.
$20,000 Signing Bonus.
$9,000 to $15,000 Relocation funding.
REAP and RCME funding available.

MOCAP (Medical On Call Availability Program) available on top of MSP billings. Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) available. Rural Continuing Medical Education (RCME) available. Relocation funding available: $15,000 if relocating from outside of Canada; $12,000 if relocating within Canada but outside of BC; $9,000 if relocating within BC. Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) funding is subject to change without notice.

Dawson Creek and District Hospital:

Dawson Creek and District Hospital is a full service community hospital that provides service to Dawson Creek and surrounding communities.
It has 31 Acute Care beds and 15 regional adult psychiatric beds. Dawson Creek is the Orthopaedic Trauma and Surgical centre for the Northeast Region of BC. Services include:

• Emergency
• ICU
• Day Surgery
• Respiratory Therapy
• Primary Care
• Acute Care
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Laboratory

Visiting specialists including:

• Urology
• Dermatology
• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Other facilities in Dawson Creek include:

• Dawson Creek Health Unit
• Northview Assisted Living Centre
• Rotary Manor

Job ID:

D1_00_99_009A