Salary
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Job Summary
Job Title :
Family Physician, Health Connection Clinic
Work Site :
148 East 15th Street, North Vancouver
Status : Locum
Locum
Start Date : August 01, 2024
August 01, 2024
Compensation Type :
Clinical Service Contract
Come work as a Family Physician with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking locum family physicians for the North Vancouver Health Connection Primary Care Clinic.
Health Connection Clinic provides primary care services to residents of North Vancouver who are living with complex clinical and psychosocial needs;
are often vulnerable and under-served and require a higher intensity of services to achieve and maintain functional stability.
Clients are approached with a view to support the transition to less intense service settings if stability is gained.
As Family Physician with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will :
- Report 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, candidates interested in joining the Health Connection 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 (., 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 / Provisional
- Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) - Desired
- Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)- Mandatory
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.
- LGBTQ2S healthcare.
- 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.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team setting
Closing Statement
Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to our Medical Staff Talent Acquisition team :
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