Palliative Medicine Physician

Salary

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Job Summary

Job Title :

Palliative Medicine Physician

Work Site :

Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver

Status : Permanent

Permanent

Start Date : Compensation Type :

Compensation Type :

Clinical Service Contract

Come work as a Palliative Medicine Physician with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

The North Shore Palliative Care team is a rapidly growing, full scope Palliative Care team looking after patients in the communities of North and West Vancouver, as well as the Sea to Sky Corridor, in association with Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Our focus is to improve quality of life in patients with life-limiting illnesses. We are a teaching hospital in affiliation with the University of British Columbia, Family Medicine and Palliative Care programs.

We provide care in the following venues :

Acute / tertiary care (15 bed Palliative Care Unit at LGH) - We have a specialized multidisciplinary team on our Palliative Care Unit.

We are integrated with our medical oncological colleagues, internists, subspecialists, surgeons and interventional radiologists to provide robust, evidence-based care.

We provide admitting (MRP) and consultative services. We also provide education and advocacy for Palliative Care to our hospital-based colleagues as well as those in the community.

The successful candidate will share in consultation and on call coverage for both inpatients and community patients.

Ambulatory care clinic A stand-alone clinic based in hospice focused on palliative care for patients with a wide range of life-limiting illnesses.

We provide primary and shared palliative care for ambulant patients. We work in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team in the community.

Community care - We work in conjunction with the team of palliative nurse practitioners, palliative care resource nurses, home care nurses, SW, OT, PT and wound care.

We provide shared palliative care to help support symptom management and death in the patient home.

North Shore Hospice (15 beds) - Admission to hospice is via the palliative care physicians only. We have a multidisciplinary team that supports patients and their loved ones including nurses, social workers, spiritual care, and music therapy.

Criteria for admission is prognosis less than 3 months of life, symptom management needs that cannot be met at home, and patient is a North Shore resident.

We do make compassionate exemptions on a case-by-case basis.

Excellent communication skills and a commitment to an inter-professional care model are mandatory.

Applicants will demonstrate superior patient care, excellent interdisciplinary approach and communication as well demonstrate an interest in teaching, quality improvement and program development.

You must have qualifications that include CCFP with Palliative competency (either YAC, CAC, or equivalent experience) or FRCPC with Palliative care subspecialty.

Qualifications

Education, Licensing, & Experience :

• Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC)- Full
• Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) - Mandatory
• Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) - Mandatory
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) - Mandatory

Closing Statement

Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to Ben Murphy, Executive and Medical Staff Talent Acquisition Advisor :