Job Description
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The Fraser Health Authority (FHA), British Columbia's and Canada’s largest and fastest growing health authority, is seeking two qualified 1.0 FTE pediatricians to join the medical staff at the Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) providing urgent pediatric services.
We are a collegial group who work closely with our Obstetricians, Emergency personnel. There are approximately 3,100 births /year at RCH, and we have a Level 3 nursery. Our pediatrician group works 08:00 – 17:00.
The successful applicant will be expected to establish a practice in the area, and there is also the opportunity to participate in FHA subspeciality clinics. We work closely with surrounding hospitals, ensuring that children and youth living in the nearby areas have access to pediatric inpatient services. We have worked diligently to develop seamless local and provincial partnerships with the pediatric tertiary referral centre at BC Children’s Hospital and other local hospitals. Rapid population growth with family housing requires ongoing recruitment and service expansions to our program.
Additionally, as a member of the Fraser Health medical staff, the successful applicant will participate in the University of British Columbia (UBC) medical education program and are expected to apply for a clinical faculty appointment in the Division of Pediatrics, UBC.
Qualifications: CMPA | CPSBC eligible | FRCPC eligible, NRP, PALS
Please submit a CV, letter of interest, and three letters of reference or contact referees’ names.
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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