Prince George

Prince George is the centre of business, education, health and culture for northern British Columbia and services a rural population of about 300,000. The region’s economic growth and diversification strategies are creating outstanding opportunities for investors, employers and employees. Affordable housing, land prices and transportation costs, due to short and quick commutes; result in one of the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province. Additionally, wage rates fall above provincial averages, providing residents of Prince George with a high standard of living in one of BC’s most beautiful regions. The city itself is the 4th largest in British Columbia and has a population of approximately 82,300 local residents and a service centre for nearly 320,000. It is built on the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. Prince George is the home of the University of Northern British Columbia – Canada’s Green university. The warm, friendly and diverse population attests to a strong and dynamic community spirit. https://www.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/prince-george

Practice Details:

The University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) is seeking a qualified General Internal Medicine (GIM) specialist to join our department of Internal Medicine. With the recent redesign of its service delivery model, the department of internal medicine established a division of GIM, with a total of five positions including the opportunity to serve as Division Lead (0.2 FTE). The department of Internal Medicine at UHNBC currently has over 20 members including subspecialty divisions which all participate in shared internal medicine call and the inpatient Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU).

The position of GIM specialist will involve 30-32 weeks of scheduled clinical work per year involving the following duties:

1. Provision of 16 weeks per year of inpatient services as MRP for patients
2. Participation in the inpatient daytime consult service for GIM on a rotating basis (1 week in 5)
3. Participation in GIM rapid access clinics, peri-operative assessment clinic and other clinics designated as part of the GIM service
4. Participation in clinical teaching with a clinical faculty appointment
5. Participation in the general medicine shared call schedule (approx. 1 in 7)
6. Responsibility to deliver high quality service GIM unit and review the medical care and documentations provided by the clinical associate as often as needed to provide the optimal medical care

Those providing the above services will have access to the following resources:

1. Access to onsite shared GIM clinic space without overhead fees, including EMR access
2. Access to the cardiac lab with the ability to provide exercise stress testing, Holter monitor interpretation and MIBI stress testing
3. Participation in the ECG reading rota
4. Support on CTU with house staff including a GP clinical associate, senior medicine resident, family practice resident(s) and medical students
5. Support on the GIM inpatient unit with two GP clinical associates
6. The GIM clinic space is supported by a booking clerk

There is also an opportunity to apply for the GIM division Lead position. The GIM Division Lead will be a paid administrative role (0.2 FTE) for one of the four members of the division. The Division Lead will work collaboratively with the operational manager for medicine to ensure smooth co-operation with other departments and divisions and will play a critical role in the future development of GIM services at UHNBC.

Qualifications:

• Eligible for Fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC)

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: 0.5 FTE
On call requirements: 1:7 (2 different types of call Wards/ER)

Compensation:

University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC):

The University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) is the largest Acute Care facility within the Northern Health region, and a hub for specialized health services. It’s also a teaching hospital:
• Provides undergraduate physician training through the Northern Medical Program, run by the University of British Columbia and University of Northern British Columbia
• Hosts residents in UBC’s Family Practice Residency Program
• Is a key clinical education site for nursing and many health sciences students at UNBC, the College of New Caledonia,
BCIT and other institutions. UHNBC has benefited from nearly $100 million in expansions, renovations and new equipment since 2001:
• Patient care addition with an expanded emergency room
and updated ICU
• State-of-the-art maternal-child care centre (including a single room neonatal ICU)
• Facilities to accommodate undergraduate physician training
• MRI unit

UHNBC is also home to a cancer centre for Northern BC, featuring a wide range of cancer treatments including radiation therapy.