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NHA-4914

Status
Open
Site Type
Hospital
Type of Position
Permanent
Locum Date Range
—- to —-
Date Range
Hours of Work
Mon-Fri, 9-5
On Call
1:5 OB (MOCAP Level 1 for OB)
On Call
Comments
Dawson Creek is a MOCAP Level 1 community.

Current College of Physicians of BC License can be Full or Provisional. Start date is negotiable.

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND SKILLS
REQUISITES
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Desired
Anesthesia
Desired
Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC) License
Provisional
Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) Eligible
Mandatory
Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
Mandatory
Emergency
Desired
Obstetric
Mandatory
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PAL)
Desired
Surgical
Mandatory
ROLE AND FACILITY INFORMATION
Northern Health is seeking one Family Physician with C-section and Advanced Operative Delivery skills, to join a well-established Family Medicine Clinic in Dawson Creek. Surgery would be limited to C-sections only. Join a dynamic group of three FP-OSS providers who are supported by an OB/GYN and FP-OBs. Call coverage for C/S & FP-OB is 1:5 and functions within a shared on-call model.

Anaesthesia and Emergency Room shifts also available if qualified.

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

• 24/7 emergency
• ICU
• Medical and surgical in-patient care
• Day surgery
• Respiratory therapy
• Diabetic education
• Primary care
• General surgery
• Lab
• Medical imaging with CT
• Cancer care
• Orthopaedic Trauma and Surgical Centre for the Northeast region of British Columbia

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 submit your CV to Health Match BC who will refer you to Physician Recruitment at Northern Health Authority.

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 EnCana 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.

Dawson Creek Regional Airport offers FREE parking. Central Mountain Air provides regular scheduled service to Vancouver, Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Edmonton and Calgary.

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

REQUEST INFO
TERMS
COMPENSATION
Compensation Type
Fee-for-Service
Estimated Remuneration
$350,000+ if maternity care augmented by clinical work, emergency work etc. All of which are available.
BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES
Vacation Leave
Regular
May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:
Retention Premium
23.10%
Retention Flat Fee
$26,591
Relocation Funding Available
$9,000 – $15,000 (TBD)
Recruitment Incentive
$20,000
Other Benefits/Incentives
REEF (Rural Emergency Enhancement Funding) and 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.

Last Mirrored
This vacancy was mirrored to GlobalCareWork.com from MDWork.com on April 19, 2024.

Application Process
Please visit the original posting on MDWork.com, the Canadian physician job registry, to apply for this vacancy.