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:

Northern Health is seeking a Psychiatrist to join the Department of Psychiatry in Prince George at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC).

We welcome all interested candidates, including new in practice physicians and those holding a provisional license!

UHNBC is the Regional Hospital for Northern BC serving both the immediate population of Prince George (approximately 87,000) and is a referral center for outlying communities (total population approximately 400,000). It is the main teaching center for Medical Students in the Northern Medical Program of UBC and provides teaching for UBC Residents in several specialties. A Cancer Centre opened on the hospital site in the fall of 2012 which includes Radiation and Medical Oncology. The ongoing development of UHNBC as a Regional Center and teaching center makes this an exciting time to join the Medical community in Prince George.

The In-Patient Psychiatric Unit has 20 ward beds, six in-patient beds on the Adolescent Unit, and four seclusion rooms. The Emergency Department also has two seclusion rooms.

Department of Psychiatry members provide out-patient services to the community interprofessional teams and specialized mental health and substance use teams. There is also some community contracted services including Intersect, the Foundry, the BC Cancer Center for the North, and a six bed detoxification unit.

The successful applicant will be fully involved in teaching medical students, family practice residents and psychiatry residents from the University of British Columbia Medical Program. The successful applicant can establish their own private practice as consultations are abundant. The annual income is derived from a number of different sources including: fee-for-service (approximately $350,000), sessional contracts ($598.32 per 3-hour session), Medical On-Call Availability Program ($165,000 prorated amongst Department members over the year), rural retention flat fee ($19,121), rural retention premium (12.6%) and teaching. In addition, there is a generous CME allowance over and above that provided by Doctors of BC. On-call coverage is 1:5.

Physicians practicing psychiatry in Prince George are eligible for a retention premium of 12.6% (approximately $44,100 per year), and a yearly rural retention flat fee of $19,121, in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA). In addition, this position is eligible to receive a $15, 000 recruitment incentive and $9,000 - $15,000 relocation package, both in exchange for a 1-year return of service.

Qualifications:

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

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: regular
On call requirements: 1:7

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.