Fernie

Rooted in the rugged Rocky Mountains, Fernie’s panoramic mountain vistas provide the perfect place to explore. Fernie offers a unique opportunity to enjoy untouched natural beauty with year round adventures. From a world-class ski hill renowned for fluffy winter powder and summer bike trails, to rivers teaming with fish and white water perfect for rafting; outdoor recreation is a lifestyle. Fernie's tree-trimmed avenues, heritage buildings and flower lined patios, lend character and quaintness to the town, creating a storybook downtown core. Fernie’s picturesque scenery, unending avenues for adventure, and annual festivals are only enhanced by the community’s warm hospitality.

Practice Details:

The Elk Valley Hospital is a busy and challenging 20-bed, rural hospital set in the picturesque Elk Valley. The Elk Valley Hospital serves as a hub for the South Country and for the Primary and Community Health Centre’s in the neighboring communities of Sparwood and Elkford, respectively. Elk Valley Hospital services approximately 18,000 people in Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford and the south country.

Practice Details:

This is an exciting opportunity to design your own position! You have the option of a combination of GP Anesthesia and ER work, or you can include a family practice component as well, although it is not required.

The GP anesthesia practice requires that you take a minimum of one fourth of the elective anesthesia slates and the on-call. If you are looking to further diversify in your practice, there is an opportunity to pick up ER shifts but this is not an expectation.

If you would like to include a family practice component at the Sparling East Medical Centre then you will work alongside 9 other physicians on Fernie's iconic main street. The other GPAs are all based at Sparling East simplifying sharing of pre-op anaesthesia consults.

Each physician at Sparling East sets their own clinic schedule balancing it with their hospital work. Our clinic offers friendly helpful MOAs, a chronic disease management nurse, a social worker, an occupational therapist and a social worker. Our patient population is diverse with a mixture of young families, coal industry employees, seniors and seasonal visitors. We value quality patient care as well as quality of life.

You will be expected to participate in the duty doc/ hospitalist program that is equally shared among all the Fernie physicians (average is three weeks per year).

For more information about the community and the medical community, please review these links.
https://fernie.com/ or https://divisionsbc.ca/east-kootenay

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** This job posting is for a position covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order and selected applicant(s) must comply with the requirements of the order.

Qualifications:

• • Eligible for The College of Family Physicians of Canada Cert. (CCFP) •Doctorate in Medicine •Anaesthesia experience •Eligible for licensure with CPSBC •Coverage with the Canadian Medical Protective Association is mandatory.

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: Negotiable
On call requirements: GP Anesthesia 1:4

Compensation:

Elk Valley Hospital:

The Elk Valley Hospital is a busy and challenging 20-bed, rural hospital set in the picturesque Elk Valley. The Elk Valley Hospital serves as a hub for the South Country and for the Primary and Community Health Centre’s in the neighboring communities of Sparwood and Elkford, respectively. Elk Valley Hospital services approximately 18,000 people in Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford and the south country.