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 Department of Surgery at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) is seeking a full-time Orthopaedic Surgeon to provide regional services to Northern BC. UHNBC is designated as a Regional Trauma Centre Level 3 that sees approximately 47,000 emergency room visits per year. The successful applicant will work with six other local Orthopaedic Surgeons in providing comprehensive care to the community, with a referral base within the region. On-call commitment includes extended regional coverage within the region. There is also the opportunity to provide regional care through visiting specialists clinics in other service areas in the Northern Health Authority (currently visiting Quesnel, Vanderhoof and Smithers).

The successful applicant's focus will be providing general orthopaedic call for the health service delivery area region. There is no spine in the call or the general practice, but you can expect hand call as part of the regular call. There is an expectation that the candidate will be involved in teaching. The service typically has junior staff that includes medical students, elective students, family medicine residents and R4 Orthopaedic Residents. The teaching includes scheduled Orthopaedic rounds as well as daily interactions in the ORs and Orthopaedic clinics. Approx.. 120 trauma cases are seen by each Orthopaedic Surgeon per year.

The referral process will be from Family Physicians and will include Foot & Ankle, Sports Injuries, Primary THA, Primary TKA, Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty and Community-Level Trauma.

Applicants are required to be certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and must be licensed (or eligible for licensure) by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Completion of Foot & Ankle Fellowship is desirable.

Qualifications:

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
• Surgical experience
• CPSBC Licensure Full

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: regular
On call requirements: rotation

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.