Kelowna
Glistening water and lush mountains, dotted with parks, frame the Okanagan's largest and liveliest population centre: Kelowna. Okanagan Lake is the perfect place to sail, kayak, or relax on the beach. Rolling greens offer world-class golfing just minutes from spectacular hiking and biking trails. In the winter, enjoy ski resorts and skating rinks right at your fingertips. Decorated with heritage buildings and modern architecture, Kelowna offers something for everyone, with orchards, vineyards, and all the amenities of a major centre. From restaurants and shops to art galleries, live music, and theatre, this city has it all. Come experience our four-season playground and see why life is better here.
Practice Details:
The Kelowna General Hospital is recruiting within the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology with a focus on Movement Disorders.
The health region area includes roughly 2600 people living with Parkinson's disease, in a mixed urban and rural population setting. Our hospital based clinic program is a multidisciplinary clinic that offers speech therapy, physical therapy, social work, and nursing support. Our clinic provides access to advanced therapies for Parkinson disease including infusion therapies and an outreach program for programming of Deep Brain Stimulation devices in partnership with the Vancouver Coastal Health Deep Brain Stimulation nursing team.
The successful candidate will participate in the clinical care of movement disorders patients within the hospital-based clinic approximately 4 half days per week.
The candidate will be a member of the Kelowna General Hospital Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, and participate in our hospital's neurology acute care on call service. Our Division provides this service and a stroke neurology service; the successful candidate for this award will be a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada but does not require subspecialty expertise in stroke neurology. The expected frequency of acute care on-call coverage is 1:5 or less.
Our hospital is a teaching site in the UBC Faculty of Medicine Southern Medical Program, and our Division members teach medical trainees at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate is encouraged to apply for a Clinical Faculty Appointment in the University of British Columbia Department of Medicine and to participate in clinical teaching of medical students, residents and other trainees.
EVOLVE Award in Parkinson Disease
Through a generous grant from the Humphreys Family Foundation facilitated by the KGH Foundation, this position includes financial support for the successful candidate at a sessional rate of $150/hr for the equivalent of 0.2-0.4 FTE. This award supports the candidate in their first year of practice, renewable for a further year, to contribute time to improving care of people with PD, including practice development work, quality improvement and research project work, relationship building, mentorship activities, and meetings with clinic team members and health authority partners.
Further funding opportunities are available beyond the period of this award to support ongoing Parkinson Disease project work including QI projects, clinical research, clinical trials and other endeavors.
Qualifications:
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Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC)
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Eligible for licensure with CPSBC
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Coverage with the Canadian Medical Protective Association is mandatory
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Doctorate in Medicine
Call Schedule:
Hours of work:
Full Time
On call requirements:
1:5-1:7
Compensation:
Estimated Gross Income
$250,000 - $350,000, plus MOCAP level 1
Additional Incentives
For a full-time position, we offer up to $9,000 in assistance if moving within BC, up to $12,000 within Canada, and up to $15,000 from outside Canada. Please note incentives are subject to change and current rates are confirmed at the time of offer.
Kelowna General Hospital:
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH), one of BC's leading healthcare centres, is one of two tertiary hospitals within Interior Health. We offer a full range of services with approximately 400 beds and over 84,000 emergency department visits a year.
Home to the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre (IHSC), KGH houses BC’s only cardiac critical care centre outside of Victoria and the Lower Mainland, as well as its principal surgical site. The IHSC features 12 specialized operating rooms designed for thoracic, urology, neurosurgery, vascular, plastic, obstetric/gynecologic, ear, nose, and throat, orthopedic, general, and trauma surgeries. Of these, two operating rooms are dedicated to cardiac surgery. Within the IHSC, KGH also has a modern maternity ward and an adjacent neonatal intensive care unit.
Our state-of-the-art Centennial Building boasts 360,000 square feet and includes an expanded emergency and ambulatory care department, new medical inpatient units, modern operating rooms, and a rooftop helipad. Additional facilities include a dedicated pediatric ward, as well as adolescent and adult psychiatry units. The Dr. Walter Anderson Building houses enhanced laboratory and clinical departments, supporting advanced diagnostic and treatment capabilities.
KGH is also a teaching centre for the Southern Medical Program, affiliated with the University of British Columbia (UBC), and has an academic campus that serves as a satellite for the UBC Faculty of Medicine.