Whitehorse, Yukon Hospitalist Locum

The Hospitalist service provides 24/7 coverage of inpatient care at Whitehorse General Hospital, serving adult patients who require admission for acute medical needs.  In-patient coverage provided by the service includes approximately 60 general hospital beds in the Medical/Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit, and Mental Wellness Unit.  Five Hospitalist physicians are scheduled per day, with a target load of 14 patients and maximum load of 18 patients.  Physicians working within the Hospitalist service work on a seven-day schedule with the last 1-2 days (pending your line) of your scheduled week working the evening/on-call shifts.

The hospitalist physician works within their privileged scope of practice for ‘GP with ICU’. For circumstances that are beyond scope, the hospitalist will transfer care or consult, as appropriate.

Rostered physicians work together within their defined commitment to ensure the service deliverables are met including the services listed below. Rostered physicians are considered voting members of the service and contribute to decisions related to quality improvement and the operation of the service.

The following are the direct patient care and clinical administrative services provided by the physicians in the Hospitalist service:

• Admissions (within guidelines from 8:00am-11:00pm) and discharges
• Daily visits (with exception of ALC patients)
• Documentation
• Procedures within scope of practice
• Family meetings and coordination of care
• Inter-facility transfer and handover
• Multi-disciplinary rounding and discharge planning
• Consult with physicians and other care providers
• Collaboration on facility access and flow
• Collaboration to appropriate schedule coverage and staffing procedures

For more information about the Whitehorse General Hospital check out the facilities page.

**Additional opportunities are available to augment work in addition to Hospitalist work.

Contract Details

Remuneration – A Minimum of $14,490 per week

• Hospitalists work a 9-hour shift providing inpatient care for 7 consecutive days in a mix of day and evening shifts.
• The rate for hospitalists is $230/hr through an alternate payment arrangement (contract) which is equivalent to $2,070 per shift.
• On-Call Hospitalist services are provided from 2300-0800 by the physician covering the evening shift and is billed as follows:
  • All services will be remunerated through the fee-for-system model
  • On-Call hospitalist is eligible to bill Level 1 On Call stipend (currently $32.70 per unit) for these hours.

Time Commitment

• Regular day shift – 9 hours per day; 0800-1700;
• Regular evening shift – 9 hours per day; 1400-2300;
• On-Call – 9 hours per call day; 2300-0800;
• Hospitalists are scheduled for 7 consecutive shifts, with their on-call/evening shifts scheduled the last two days of their workweek.

Shadow Billing

• All contracted physicians are required to shadow bill for services provided, either by paper claim or an electronic format that can be consumed by the claims processing system for Insured Health Services.
• Billing support service are available from YHC

Contract conditions

• Ability to meet the following conditions are contractual requirements and are required in advance of the contract start date.
• Licensure with the Yukon Medical Council
• More information about licensing in Yukon is available here
• Privileging from Yukon Hospital Corporation.
• More information about privileging is available here