Community Hospital Inpatient Physician on Vancouver Island (multiple opportunities)

Find Your Place as a Community Hospital Inpatient Physician on Vancouver Island
Reference Number: 200-1092

The West Coast General Hospital (WCGH) in Port Alberni is seeking physicians to join the Community Hospital Inpatient Physician team. Full time and part time positions are available.

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, team members will act as MRP care for unattached and unassigned inpatients to the Family Practice service at WCGH. This includes rounding on inpatients to the service, 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 community is required, as well in- person (virtual or telephone) patient hand over 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 the above physician coverage, with a focus 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. This does not apply to patients with specialists as MRP. Weekdays/ weekends / holidays between 1700-2200, the physician will respond to NH calls if Primary Care Physician cannot be reached.

Community Hospital Inpatient Physician 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:

• First call for After-hours OR Assist
• Providing MAID physician services
• NTP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) services

Benefits
May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:

• Recruitment Incentive: $10,000 (full-time)
• Relocation Costs Reimbursement: up to $15,000 (amount based on location relocating from)
• Fee Premium: 7.98%
• Annual Flat Fee: $12,366.72
• Rural CME: starting at $2,200.00/annum in year 3 & 4 to a maximum of $4,400.00/annum after 4 years

The above amounts are current as of August 2024 and may be subject to change.

For more information, please visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/practitioner-professional-resources/physician-compensation/rural-practice-programs/rural-practice-subsidiary-agreement

Start Date
As soon as possible

Community Information
Port Alberni – located on the unceded and traditional territories of the Hupačasath First Nations is Vancouver Island’s central community carved by glaciers, sheltered by mountains and surrounded by a beautiful ecosystem. The community features a temperate climate and is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, with year-round opportunities for hiking, kayaking, fishing, mountain biking and ecotourism. The city of Port Alberni includes local talents, private galleries and Indigenous art to create a vibrant art scene. For children entering elementary and secondary school, education options are available through School District 70 or other private alternatives. This community has a perfect blend of natural living and communal support.

Vancouver Island – Renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty, Vancouver Island is the true west coast, located offshore from the city of Vancouver in British Columbia. Boasting the mildest climate in Canada, few areas in the world can match this island’s scope of outdoor activities. Between hiking, golfing, fishing and cycling, adventure outside and enjoy your experience minutes from home. For your children, choose between public or private schools for grade school and post secondary options are available throughout the island with options at Vancouver Island University, the University of Victoria, Camosun College, Royal Roads University or North Island College. With its diversity of landscapes, rich heritage and robust cultural scene, the Island Health region offers an opportunity to combine a rewarding career with an enviable quality of life.

Island Health – Island Health has over 3000 medical staff who provide comprehensive health care services to a population of over 930,000 residents. Two tertiary facilities in Victoria are complemented by regional, community and rural health services across the region. The UBC Island Medical Program and UBC Post Graduate Family Practice Program offer opportunity for academic affiliation and participation in teaching of medical students and residents in all Vancouver Island communities. Our teams are responsible for quality improvement, teaching, continuing professional development, research and human resource planning. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout. At Island Health, we recognize, gain knowledge and respect the differences in each individual we serve. The right to feel culturally safe is for everyone.

Island Health occupies the traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Kwakwaka’wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations who have lived here since time immemorial and who continue to hold rights and titles on these lands. Island Health acknowledges and recognizes these homelands and the stewardship of Indigenous peoples of this land.

Interested candidates, please attach your CV and letter of interests to: Harjinder Conway, Medical Staff Recruiter, Island Health.

Email: [email protected]

To learn more about current vacancies, please visit https://medicalstaff.islandhealth.ca/careers/opportunities/4085/community-hospital-inpatient-physician-hospitalist-200-1092