General Practitioner in Oncology

Position Summary

We would like all Family Practitioners to know we are actively recruiting a 0.6 FTE GPO to join Dr. Katie Forman in the GP Oncology Program at KBRH. The selected physician will deliver a range of cancer services to patients with all possible tumor sites. They will help to manage oncology patients primarily in the outpatient setting but also support inpatient, indirect and remote care; this GPO will help care for patients throughout their entire treatment pathway including primary treatment through survivorship. The job would be to work in a rural community oncology clinic in a team based care model with supervision from both medical and radiation oncology in Kelowna or Vancouver area. Clinic currently has 2 GPO’s and we are looking to expand our coverage and provide clinic stability and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of treatment using chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy as well as patient education, supportive care, and end of life / palliative care planning.
• Maintain active communication and participation with various multidisciplinary cancer program oncologist teams to ensure safe and effective care.
• Involvement with managing acute toxicities, dose adjustment and modifying treatment plans, support for infusions and visit summaries.
• Provide ongoing surveillance and monitoring of patients that have completed their treatment to monitor for cancer recurrence or treatment related complications.
• Maintain regular communication with the specialist regarding the plan of care and practice collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team, consulting with members of other health professions, as appropriate.
• Act as a resource to the oncology patient’s primary care provider and other health care providers on issues related to the care of cancer patients (e.g., providing guidance during work-up of suspected cancer patients, addressing questions related to referral process, sharing information related to management of cancer patients, etc.).
• The role is extremely interesting and profoundly meaningful to patients.
• There is no on-call service or evening work associated with this role.
• No previous experience in oncology is required.
• The department will support the successful applicant in developing the requisite expertise for the role.

Qualifications

The mandatory GP oncology training is an 8 week course, including 4 weeks online didactic learning and 6 weeks of practical training with the BC Cancer Agency. The next training session is to be determined. For more information, please visit : General Practitioner in Oncology Education Program (bccancer.bc.ca). We encourage anyone who is interested to start with the 4 week introductory didactic learning module to determine interest in the full program. REAP funding is available for this training.

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