Family Physician - Pata'yi Primary Care Initiative

Position Summary

Title: Family Physician – Successful applicants may be eligible for a 0.2 FTE medical lead. Contract: 0.2 FTE up to 1.0 FTE, typically 1680 hours a year per FTE. Location: Kwakwaka’wakw Communities on Northern Vancouver Island. Physician Master Agreement Full Scope range placement of $302,113‑$377,641 subject to scope of services including facility‑based coverage. Additional Rural Retention Program Premium of 22.26%. Compensation is scaled to Full Time Equivalent. Rural Incentives may apply based on eligibility. Family Physicians are not required to contribute to overhead.

About Us

The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous communities throughout the Province with a purpose to increase primary care access and attachment to primary care clinicians, with a focus on collaborative, team‑based, culturally‑safe care.

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce. Preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations from a Nation located on Vancouver Island or the surrounding areas. All interested First Nations, Inuit or Métis individuals are encouraged to apply. The First Nations Health Authority has a mandate to increase First Nations representation in the workforce. Applicant skills, perspectives and lived experience may be matched for this role, or other opportunities within the FNHA.

Why Work At The Pata'yi Primary Care Initiative

• Gilakas’la: Welcome and gratitude
• Ga’walap?a: To help one another
• Namwayut: We are all one
• Sanala: Holistic living
• Maya’xala: Respect
• Maya’xalap?a: Respect one another

We are committed to weaving traditional ways of knowing with a focus on wholistic wellness built on a culturally‑safe and two‑eyed seeing approach to healthcare. We believe in work‑life balance and creating an environment where personal and professional growth are supported and encouraged.

About The Role

The Family Physician will be the most responsible provider for a patient panel and is expected to collaborate in team‑based care for patients and support the practice of Western and Traditional Wellness approaches to patient health. A minimum panel size is typically expected to reach 650 per 1.0 FTE by year 3 and will be confirmed in the clinical service contract. The Physician will be expected to travel on a pre‑arranged schedule to different sites to be available for appointments within the community in keeping with the First Nations value of services closer to home.

The Family Physician (FP) will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility, to provide primary care in a team‑based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards.

About You

• You are passionate about supporting First Nations individuals and families on their health and wellness journeys.
• You have an active practicing license in good standing with the College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC).
• You have training in Cultural Safety & Humility or are willing to take this training.
• Ideally you have experience working with First Nations people and communities and providing culturally safe care.
• Current valid driving license and willingness to travel to sites primarily throughout the Northern Vancouver Island region.

Why Live on Northern Vancouver Island

North Vancouver Island is a vast and rugged wilderness ranging from the Broughton Island Archipelago to old growth rainforests in Cape Scott Provincial Park. It is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts with world‑class fishing, hiking, skiing and sea‑kayaking. There are three larger communities: Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Port Alice adjacent to culturally‑vibrant First Nations communities of Gwa’sala-‘Nakwada’xw, Kwakiutl, Quatsino and ‘Namgis each of which has a Health Centre where our team provides care. We also provide care in the remote communities of Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation that are only accessible by boat or air. Finally, we have clinic‑space partnerships with community‑based organizations: North Island Building Blocks, Foundry, Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre and FNHA Midwifery Clinic.

How To Apply

If you are looking to join an amazing team passionate about providing compassionate and wholistic primary care to Indigenous people and communities, please email your CV and Cover Letter to Medical.Affairs@fnha.ca. Anticipated hire date: as soon as possible.

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