Our team is looking for a full-time (1.0 FTE) palliative care physician locum to support a 12-month parental leave starting in August 2026. This is an exciting opportunity, where you will work alongside other palliative care physicians and our multidisciplinary team to provide Most Responsible Provider (MRP) coverage at St. Michael’s Hospice and the Palliative Complex Care Unit; and consultation services to acute care and community-based patients.

Throughout the Fraser Health Authority we provide integrated, regional, comprehensive palliative care services in a number of settings including 30 Palliative Complex Care Unit (PCCU) beds; consult services in 12 acute care sites as well as in the community and other settings; and support to 126 hospice beds. Additionally, we provide under-graduate and post-graduate teaching in affiliation with the Division of Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia.

Qualifications:

-Eligibility for medical licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia is required.
-Certification from either the College of Family Physicians of Canada or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Preference will be provided to individuals who have completed additional training in Palliative Medicine, from either stream outlined below:
-One-year enhanced skills residency and acquired the Certificate of Added Competence (CAC) through the College of Family Physicians of Canada. 
-Two-year Royal College subspecialty in Palliative Medicine.

Remuneration: by service contract at a rate set provincially by the Ministry of Health.

Alternative Payment Plan
MOCAP - On Call Payments
May be eligible for up to $10,000 relocation reimbursement.

Full Time/Part Time/Locum/Temporary: Part Time

Facility: Burnaby Hospital

Burnaby Hospital is a community hospital with a bed capacity of 259 acute care. As a large community hospital, Burnaby Hospital provides a full range of primary and secondary acute care and a number of specialized services such as 24/7 emergency care, general and internal medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, urology, level one and two obstetrics, neonatal intensive care and tertiary palliative care, adult psychiatry, ambulatory care and other outpatient clinics.

In keeping with the vision of an integrated network of care and given its size, location and mix of specialty services, Burnaby Hospital is a designated receiving hospital for higher level of care cases.

Burnaby Hospital redevelopment is a multi-year project occurring in two phases that will transform almost every area of the hospital. Phase one estimated date of completion in 2025 which include a mental health and substance use unit, maternity unit, neonatal ICU and new medicine unit.

To apply: Interested candidates may submit a letter of interest, CV and three reference letters or contact referee names.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

Qualifications:
Current College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) License (Full); Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) (Mandatory); Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) (Mandatory); Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) (Mandatory)