Flexible

This position may be based in any location within the Interior Health region. For more information please visit 'Our Communities' pages.

Practice Details:

This position may be based in any location within the Interior Health region. For more information please visit ‘Our Communities’ pages.

Practice Details:
Interior Health is recruiting for an exciting new medical leadership opportunity as the Medical Director for the new Williams Lake Urgent & Primary Care Centre slated to open in February 2025.

The Medical Director, Williams Lake Urgent & Primary Care Centre (Urgent/Episodic) is a physician and leader who works to achieve a collaborative working relationship between physicians and administration based on the “One IH” culture and its objectives. While reporting to the Executive Medical Director, Primary and Community Care the Medical Director will work within a collaborative framework to lead the development of professional standards, protocols and policies for medical care.

Please note to effectively fulfill the duties of the role, the Medical Director, Williams Lake Urgent & Primary Care Centre is expected to actively provide clinical services under the Williams Lake Urgent & Primary Care Centre Group Clinical Service Contract for a minimum average of 4 hours per week during the Term of this Contract, in addition to the 3.75 hours per week as the Medical Director.

For the full list of responsibilities, please reach out to Stephanie Biggar, Medical Staff Recruiter at stephanie.biggar@interiorhealth.ca for the detailed job description.

*** To express interest and apply, please email your Cover Letter and CV to physicianrecruitment@interiorhealth.ca.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Medicine
• Eligible for licensure with CPSBC
• • Appointed as an active or provisionally active member of the Medical Staff of Interior Health. • Medical leadership experience with training in physician leadership or demonstrated willingness to undergo training in the near future.

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: 0.1 FTE
On call requirements: N/A

Compensation:

Williams Lake Urgent and Primary Care Centre:

Our new UPCC will be located on the corner of Mackenzie and Cameron Street and features a large purpose-built design with many exam rooms and an abundance of free parking.

The new Williams Lake UPCC will see patients who might normally go to a family doctor or nurse practitioner for their ailment, if an appointment had been available. Patients will typically be seen by a physician, but they may also be seen by a physiotherapist, a nurse, a social worker or other clinician, depending on the nature of their injury or illness.

There is an increased number of team-based care available by referral at the Urgent Primary Care Centre for non-life threatening illnesses or injuries that need same-day care. With a hybrid walk-in and phone-in access model, patients will have choices and low-barrier access to care.

The team provides care for:
• Less serious injuries
• Lacerations/wounds/skin conditions
• Infections
• Minor pediatric illness/injury
• Women’s health
• Culturally safe care