Job Overview
- Practice or Institution Name Royal Columbian Hospitalist Program
- City New Westminter
- Specialty FAMILY MEDICINE
- Other Details What We’re Looking For: Clinical Excellence: Proficiency in managing complex medical cases and patients requiring specialized care. Collaboration: Work seamlessly with our inter-professional team Teaching and Leadership: A passion for education, committee involvement, and/or leadership development.
Are you seeking a delightful career opportunity in hospitalist medicine in Metro Vancouver? We invite you to explore the Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) hospitalist program, a place where innovation, collaboration, and work-life balance converge. We are grateful to serve in the Fraser Salish region, encompassing the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations.
Why Choose RCH? You will join a well-established program, yet one that has been rejuvenated. In the last year, we have co-created an innovative workload model at our site that ensures our hospitalist physicians have consistently safe and manageable physician-to-patient ratios. This has transformed hospitalist satisfaction for our team members, where they can provide the best care with ample time to do so while restoring work-life balance and a sense of satisfaction in our patient care. This positive attribute has facilitated our hospitalist program being fully staffed despite physician shortages in adjacent facilities. Our patient case selection is interesting and often complex. We benefit from robust consultative support from a full complement of medical and surgical specialists. Situated in the heart of Metro Vancouver, RCH offers convenience and accessibility by car or public SkyTrain.
We empower our team members to thrive through leadership roles, quality improvement initiatives, teaching, and physician wellness.
Join Us Today!
Full or half time lines available. Discover why Royal Columbian Hospital is the ideal place to practice hospitalist medicine in BC. Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.
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- Street address 330 E Columbia St
- Country Canada
- Province/State British Columbia
- Map 330 E Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3L 3W7, Canada
- Start Date December 1, 2024
- Schedule Description We have a 24-week schedule. Shifts are nicely spaced out and easy to trade. A reasonable amount of time off is built in, allowing you the flexibility to trade shifts or enjoy the time off. If you would like more shifts, there is often a wide assortment of optional shifts to pick up.
- Location class Urban
- On-Call/After Hour Requirements When your shift is over, you sign off on to the next physician coming on shift, so there is no ongoing after-shift responsibility.
- Qualifications We are looking for keen and qualified physicians to join our team. An ideal candidate is comfortable with hospital medicine and demonstrates competency in managing acute care inpatients. Candidates must be licensed ( or eligible for licensure) with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) and have either CCFP (or equivalent) or FRCPC credentials. Certification in ACLS is strongly suggested. Hospitalist experience and membership in professional Hospital Medicine societies are assets
- Perks We have great relationships with our ER, ICU, and specialist colleagues. You will find our program well organized. The daytime hospitalists arm the evening and overnight shifts with anticipatory guidance for any medical issues that are reasonably expected to arise. Our ward patients are thoroughly managed during daytime hours for medical care and anticipatory communication with specialist colleagues and/or with family where needed. Charts are standardized with high quality notes and summaries on all of our patients. We also value clarifying goals of care on most all of our patients well in advance. All of this will enhance your ability to provide great patient care.
- Work Environment We are a fully staffed hospitalist program. We have a community feel with all the support of a tertiary site. Our workload model ensures consistently safe and manageable physician-to-patient ratios. This has transformed hospitalist satisfaction for our team members and made RCH a great workplace. Facilities are being updated with a new state-of-the-art hospital tower, opening in late 2025, providing a modern and healing environment for patients and staff. Our patient case selection is interesting and often complex. We benefit from robust consultative support from a full complement of medical and surgical specialists. Situated in the heart of Metro Vancouver, RCH offers convenience and accessibility by car or public SkyTrain. We empower our team members to thrive through leadership roles, quality improvement initiatives, teaching, and physician wellness
- EMR Meditech Expanse
- Community / Neighbourhood In Metro Vancouver, we are specifically in New Westminster. Our neighbourhood, the old Brewery District has been delightfully revitalized. On your shifts, you cant help but notice the gorgeous views of the Fraser River and SFU mountain. The hospital is on the skytrain line, and just off Hwy 1. If you come from Vancouver, you are against traffic, so commuting is easy!
- Compensation Combined or Other Payment Models
- Estimated Remuneration $2500 night shift. $1700 7h evening shift, $1700 8.5h day shift. $2200 weekend day shift. Per the physician master's agreement, the rate is $200.10/hr. Full-time work is considered 1680 hours of clinical work annually, while part-time work is regarded as 840 hours, respectively.
- Payment Terms We are paid by service contract with Fraser Health. All Fraser Health hospitalists have the same hourly rate.
- Incentives & Guaranteed Minimums We are paid an hourly rate. Evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays have wage premium top-ups. Fraser Health offers a generous quarterly bonus for fully staffed programs like ours that meet a reasonable quality metric.
