Kamloops
Set amid sandstone canyons, rolling grasslands, and magnificent evergreen woods, Kamloops is a flourishing city of 100,000 with an energetic character set against a stunning natural setting.
With its name stemming from the Secwépemc Tk’emlúps, meaning “where the rivers meet,” Kamloops reflects the land’s geography where the Thompson rivers converge. The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc people have inhabited this region for millennia, nurturing a deep connection to their ancestral territory. Today, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation continues their legacy, shaping Kamloops’ cultural landscape.
Known for our welcoming spirit, our city has earned its moniker as the Tournament Capital of Canada, offering big city amenities including excellent eateries, unique shops and exceptional recreation facilities. We take immense pride in our dynamic arts community, and annual events including the Kamloops Film Festival, Wildlights at the BC Wildlife Park, and Music in the Park.
With eight beautiful provincial parks and over 100 lakes nearby, our city offers fantastic opportunities for outdoor activities like fishing, kayaking, hiking, biking and camping. With mountain, parkland and desert fairways dotting the landscape here, we’re fast becoming Canada’s premier golf destination. Come winter, Sun Peaks Resort transforms into a mecca for skiers and snowboarders, just a quick 45-minute drive out of the city.
With 300 sun-filled days and the warmest people you’ll ever meet, Kamloops is the perfect spot to set down roots and live life with passion.
Practice Details:
Family Physician Posting – Indigenous focus with an awesome team!
Who are we?
We are community led non-profit organizations working together in partnership to care for Indigenous people and our communities.
Q’wemtsin Health Society (QHS) is located on Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc (Kamloops, BC) lands caring for Tk'emlúps, Skeetchestn, and Whispering Pines Band members. The team includes an integrated group of excellent clinical and social care providers utilizing an integrated approach and EMR. The Society listens and actions the needs of our communities with innovative ways to help our people build knowledge, capacity, and resilience taking into consideration the whole person.
“It is an absolute honor and pleasure to create a longitudinal family medicine relationship with these incredible people in pursuit of supporting their best health outcomes. I am grateful for the opportunity and privilege of them sharing and connecting with me that contributes to my understandings and best life as a family physician, mother, and community member.” Dr. Selena Lawrie.
Supporting Team Excellence with Patients (STEP) Society is a non-profit that operates 5 medical clinics serving more than 22,000 patients. STEPS and QHS partner to deliver medical services and find opportunities to make both organizations the best they can possibly be. In addition to sharing physicians, providing back up with locums, and identifying areas to improve workflows, we enable a large group of family physicians to build a cohesive, responsive, collegial team of professionals to help each other.
Who are you?
A family physician that is a team player passionate about indigenous peoples who will provide high quality longitudinal family medicine services while connecting and building relationships with our people! You are kind, humble, courageous, relationship centred, curious and a brilliant family physician in pursuit of continued excellence in all areas of integrated, collaborative, team-based health, and social care. You are committed to the longer haul of 5+ years if it is a good fit after trying us out.
You will also use your physician and personal superpowers to help us collectively push our work and model into being a world class gem modeling solutions to indigenous focused health and social care services and delivery including reconciliation, relationship-patient-community centred, and striving with us for best patient health outcomes for our people.
What you get?
70%+ of the billings, Telus Medccess, parking, indigenous education and sharing, a mecca for outdoor activities and sports, an unreal team and fun, collegial physician support, billing support, quality improvement support, no business or HR related responsibilities, and passionate community members behind us all each step of the way.
If you are ready to join the best ride of your life, send us an email with your resume and why you think you’d be the best fit!
Qualifications:
Call Schedule:
Hours of work:
Flexible
On call requirements:
N/A
Compensation:
Estimated Gross Income
To be discussed
Q’wemtsin Health Society :
Q’wemtsin Health Society (QHS) is located on Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc (Kamloops, BC) lands caring for Tk'emlúps, Skeetchestn, and Whispering Pines Band members. The team includes an integrated group of excellent clinical and social care providers utilizing an integrated approach and EMR. The Society listens and actions the needs of our communities with innovative ways to help our people build knowledge, capacity, and resilience taking into consideration the whole person.