Primary Care Physician

Job Title : Primary Care Physician

Work Site : Cool Aid Community

Health Centre- 713 Johnson St

Status : Permanent 1 FTE

Start Date : To be mutually agreed

upon

Compensation Type : Alternative

Payment Program

Join an interdisciplinary healthcare team in downtown

Victoria, BC, and work between 2-5 days a week with no overhead costs!

Cool Aid Community Health Centre is seeking a full or

part time Primary Care Physician. The

physician provides client centered primary health care services to individuals

and communities who face structural barriers to accessing health services and

who experience a wide range of acute and chronic health challenges. The

physician will use a harm reduction approach while collaborating with clients

living in poverty, with chronic mental illness and / or substance use issues. The

successful applicant must have an understanding of the principles of culturally

competent and trauma informed care.

The physician’s primary role is to assess and diagnose

acute and chronic disease / illness and to provide treatment and follow-up. Related responsibilities include prescribing

and refilling medications, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests,

providing management of chronic disease and referrals to specialists.

The patient panel for a full time (1680 hours per

year) physician within a CHC providing primary and addictions care, is 650

patients. Patients are rostered to the

CHC, and the physicians are named as MRPs (Most Responsible Providers).

As a Physician on the CHC team, you will work within

an innovative not-for-profit, in an environment that is committed to promoting

continuous learning, creativity and collaboration. There will be opportunities

to work at the main health centre, clinics embedded in supportive housing

sites, and in the two mobile outreach vans. In mid-2025 Cool Aid will be

opening a second health centre in Victoria where patients will transition from

the embedded clinics to the new health centre.

The Cool Aid CHC team includes, at present, a

Director / Manager, a health services coordinator, 5 MOAs (Medical Office

Assistants), a medical Director, 18 physicians, 17 registered nurses, 2 mental

health outreach clinicians, 4 counsellors, and a pharmacy team (embedded in the

main downtown site). This team provides

in-clinic and outreach care to over 7,000 patients in Greater Victoria. The

medical team has expertise in Hepatitis C, PrEP to prevent HIV, opioid agonist

therapy, and support groups for chronic conditions such as pain management and

Hep C. Our doctors and nurses are world leaders in Hep C and HIV research.

Qualifications

Education, Licensing, & Experience :

Canadian

College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) – Mandatory

Canadian

Medical Protective Association (CMPA) – Mandatory

Physicians must have completed the

BCCSU Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (POATSP) training.

Physicians

only bill for data / statistic collection purposes which is a requirement of our

funders.

Please send cover letter and CV to the Director of

Health and Support Services Mary Chudley mchudley@coolaid.org

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for

this posting.