Castlegar

Located in the Selkirk Mountain range, Castlegar has become known as one of the most desirable places to live in the region. A vibrant mix of commerce, recreation, and community makes Castlegar an easy choice for a comfortable and active way of life. Natural beauty and rugged adventure is at your doorstep in Castlegar. Escape to world-class skiing at nearby Red Mountain or experience kayaking adventures the Slocan River. Castlegar’s friendly and culturally rich community paired with its central location makes it ideal for exploring life’s tickle trunk of outdoor activity in the West Kootenays.

Practice Details:

We are looking for a permanent family practice physician. We are a group of 6 physicians working in a fun and functional clinic with a highly skilled RN, social worker and physio. We all have diverse interests and encourage physicians to develop a practice that both does high quality longitudinal care and allows for development of specialty interests. We have a local emergency room which is open 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm and many, but not all of our docs work shifts here. Other physicians work in long term care or are part of a team doing Hospitalist, OB or Pediatric care in our regional hospital 25 minutes away. Doctors from nearby communities support our ER when we need coverage. Trauma and after-hour emergency visits go directly to the regional hospital in nearby Trail. If you prefer to do straight clinic care that is great as well.

Within our clinic, we have the PCN (Primary Care Network) to support us; this includes a full-time Social Worker, a full time RN, and a 0.8 Physio, and together we provide a strong team-based care approach. The clinics are fully EMR supported (Profile) with wonderful admin staff, including a strong biller who catches us when we are undervaluing our work. Peer support and camaraderie makes us a very functional team and it is often repeated as one of the main reasons we stay and continue to enjoy practicing in Castlegar.

For those that enjoy teaching, nearby Trail is a UBC teaching center so we also enjoy the opportunity to teach medical students and to preceptor family practice residents. We appreciate the many opportunities we have and that they are choices and not pressures or obligations.

We pride ourselves on good patient care, but also on our ability to strongly support flexible MD schedules. Most of the MDs drawn to this area love the outdoors and/or want a lovely place to raise their families. To this end most MDs take 8 weeks of vacation per year and work an average of 4 days a week for an estimated $350,000 - $400,000 gross income (including some, but not all, rural incentives). For those that wish to, this means there is still potential to earn more if you choose!

With a vibrant arts and culture town just 40 minutes to the east and our regional medical hospital to the south, we are well placed to be inspired both in life and work. Surrounded by world class skiing at both Red Mountain and Whitewater ski resorts, Castlegar itself boasts of hiking and mountain bike trails, parks, and rivers right out your back door, as well as open spaces for good gardening and small town warmth. We have an appreciative patient population and a great place to call home. If you must leave, we have a regional airport, and are 2.5 hours from a major US city with an international airport, but most of the time you won't find a need.

Apply now! Come live and work where others only vacation!

Qualifications:

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

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: Flexible
On call requirements: Flexible

Compensation:

Castlegar Medical Clinic:

Private general full service clinic.