Salary
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Job Summary
Job Title :
Primary Care Physician for Vancouver Acute Home-Based Treatment (AHBT)
Work Site :
600-111 West Hastings Street
Status : Permanent
Start Date :
Feb 12, 2024 - End Date TBC
Compensation Type :
Come work as a Primary Care Physician with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
The Primary Care Physician for Vancouver Community Mental Health and Substance Use Acute Home Based Treatment (AHBT) is accountable to the program medical director Vancouver Community Mental Health and Substance Use Services. AHBT is an exciting new city-wide program for clients with acute mental health needs who can safely be managed in their home or housing site with intensive outreach and active medical management. The AHBT Primary Care Physician will be part of an inter-disciplinary team including psychiatrists, nursing, and care coordinators.
The Primary Care Provider is responsible and accountable for the comprehensive assessment of patients including diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions including substance use disorders. Treatment planning should include health care management, therapeutic interventions and prescribing medications in accordance with statutory and regulatory standards, limits and conditions, and employer policies and procedures. The physician will provide professional guidance to other health professionals and participate autonomously as a member of the interdisciplinary health teams. An emphasis will be on the needs of clients and their families in the service continuum and ensuring a smooth transition from and to appropriate community health services. This entails engagement with referring clinicians and enabling efficient and safe transfers of care.
Qualifications
Education, Licensing, & Experience :
A medical degree and eligibility for or licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia supplemented by experience within a health care organization and a two or more years in independent clinical practice. All VCH physicians must be appointed as medical staff of Vancouver Coastal Health. A clinical faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine is highly encouraged given likely involvement with health profession.
Knowledge & Abilities :
Closing Statement
Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to Ben Murphy, Executive and Medical Staff Talent Acquisition Advisor :