Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking a 0.4-0.6 FTE family physician for the Raven Song Primary Care Clinic for a temporary position with the possibility of becoming permanent after 6 months.
As General Family Physician with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will:
– Report to the reporting to the Medical Director.
– Play a critical role in supporting the ongoing primary care needs and in the development of an inter-professional shared care team.
– Be responsible for providing direct clinical services to patients who present or are referred for their medical care.
– Foster a collaborative inter-professional practice environment that enhances client-centered services within the associated clinics/sites/programs.
– Work within a self-directed team of physicians and other inter-professional colleagues to achieve excellence in client-centered care.
– Be committed to excellence in patient care.
– Demonstrate outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills with the interdisciplinary program team.
– Facilitate a collaborative interprofessional environment to enhance patient/client-focused service and resolve issues in order to meet the needs and mandates of VCH as a whole.
In addition, a candidate interested in joining the Raven Song team will approach care by:
– Providing team-based care along with an interdisciplinary team (NP/MD/RN/SW/allied health).
– Providing substance use services, assessments, supports, and opiate agonist treatment.
– Providing trauma-informed care to clients with multiple complex health care needs (i.e. HIV, Hep C, mental health/substance use) and psychosocial complexity.
– Working a predictable weekday schedule as well as participating in a call schedule which includes evening, weekend and statutory holiday coverage.
– Providing outreach or home visits as needed within the interdisciplinary team.
– Providing learning opportunities and support for students/residents.
– Taking part in quality improvement initiatives to improve client outcomes. This includes projects across acute and community care which support service improvements for clients.
– Providing pro-active chronic disease management by utilizing EMR supports, PSP supports QI initiatives, and maximizing use and scope of interdisciplinary team members.
– Taking part in interdisciplinary team engagement events/opportunities.
– Taking part in educational opportunities to advance practice and client outcomes
Qualifications:
Education, Licensing, & Experience:
– Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC) – Full
– Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) – Mandatory or eligible
– Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) – Mandatory
– Eligibility for a faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia, School of Medicine is required.
– Current Opiate Agonist Treatment prescriber exemption is required or willingness to obtain an exemption.
Knowledge & Abilities:
– Health promotion and prevention strategies.
– Awareness of and sensitivity to patients from diverse ethnic backgrounds and/or with diverse cultural beliefs and practices.
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– Trauma informed practice and culturally safe care for Indigenous peoples
– Familiarity with transgender care is an asset.
– Communicable diseases, including sexually transmitted infections, HIV, Hepatitis C
– A desire to serve complex clients.
– An interest in supporting chronic disease management models of service delivery.
– Comprehensive family practice background; and
– Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team setting
Remuneration: Clinical Service Contract
Start Date: To be mutually agreed upon
Raven Song Community Health Centre, located in the vibrant Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, is looking to grow their team. They are a community health centre that conducts appointments both virtually and in person. The patient population is people who are living with complex clinical and psychosocial needs and are often vulnerable and under-served, and require a higher intensity of services to achieve and maintain functional stability.
Parking/Bike/Transit information: Easily accessible by transit, physician parking is available.
Other relevant information: Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to delivering exceptional care and building a great place to work. At VCH, we value and accommodate unique differences to ensure that our staff and medical staff – both current and prospective – have the opportunity and are supported to thrive. To build a strong and representative workforce, we are seeking candidates who will contribute to a caring and inclusive culture. We encourage applications from members of communities that are disadvantaged on any grounds under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, people of all genders and sexualities and people with disabilities.
