Reporting to the Regional Medical Director, Long-Term Care & Assisted Living, the Convalescent Care Physician is a full-service family practice physician who has a passion for caring for the elderly and has the following relationships: 

-member of the local Division of Family Practice Long-Term Care Initiative (LTCI).
-collaborates with the local LTCI. 
-collaborates with the Regional Medical Director, Long-Term Care & Assisted Living (LTCAL) and members of the Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Physician Leadership Team.
-collaborates with the local long-term care community leadership.

 The Physician will adopt, exemplify and promote the Fraser Health Values of Clear, Caring, Courageous with respect to those we serve. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

A dedicated Most Responsible Physician (MRP) or MRPs is contracted to cover the unit and manage all patients during their stay. The MRP is: 

-Responsible for all admissions to, and discharges from the CVC unit.
-Provides an admission history and physical on all patients on the CVC unit.
-Provides a discharge summary, with a copy to the family physician, on all patients on the CVC unit. 
-Visits the CVC unit not less than three times per week. 
-Visits individual patients on the CVC unit not less than once per week.
-Ensures patients have Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment that are complete and up-to-date.
-Promotes meaningful reviews of medical conditions and medications, including recommendations to family physicians for changes in medications and other orders.
-Ensures adequate coverage during absences. 

After-Hours Coverage:  After-hours coverage (evenings and weekends) to be provided by the Long-Term Care Initiative/existing call groups at the Divisions of Family Practice. 

Compensation: Compensation will be provided through a Clinical Service Contract, at the rate set out by the Ministry of Health (APSA GPDSCA rate @ 100% (currently $333,438/FTE) and at an FTE definition of 1680 hours annually). 

The rate will be pro-rated as a partial FTE based on the number of beds at each site: 

Menno Hospital = 0.20 FTE (16 CVC beds) 
Laurel Place = 0.44 FTE (35 CVC beds) 
Morgan Creek = 0.25 FTE (20 CVC beds)

Qualifications:

-Licensed to practice medicine in the Province of British Columbia through CPSBC.
-Maintain professional liability insurance with the Canadian Medical Protective Association or a comparable plan.

Positions are available at the following long-term care communities: 

Menno Hospital, Abbotsford, BC 
Laurel Place, Surrey, BC 
Morgan Creek, Surrey, BC

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 Medical Protective Association (CMPA) (Mandatory); Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC) (Eligible)