Practice Details:

The Division of Plastic at Royal Inland Hospital is actively seeking an enthusiastic community plastic surgeon to join our expanding group. The ideal applicant will enjoy a broad community practice including hand, breast, skin cancer, and trauma. An interest in breast reconstruction would be an asset. The position is resourced with access to main OR ambulatory care minor surgery and treatment, and a well-established private surgical centre. Although fellowship training is an asset, it is not required. The successful applicant will be joining a collegial, well-functioning group.

Certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia is required.

Apply today to live, work, and play where others only vacation!


Kamloops:

Kamloops is a vibrant city of 100,000, set on a vast and rugged landscape of sandstone canyons, grasslands, and evergreen timberlands. Famous for its hospitality and known as the Tournament Capital of Canada, Kamloops offers all the amenities of a big city; first class accommodations and dining, a lively downtown district, modern shops, full range of businesses, and wonderful recreation facilities. Kamloops also takes pride in its vibrant arts community and its First Nations culture, represented in various cultural sites throughout the city, and in theatre and music festivals held annually.

With eight beautiful provincial parks and more than 100 lakes it is an ideal setting for fishing, kayaking, rafting, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and camping. Or play at round at Tobiano golf course, ranked as one of Canada’s best! In the winter, fun and adventure awaits you with the opportunity for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and ice-skating, or just an easy 45 minute drive away, Sun Peaks Four Season Resort offers the best skiing and snowboarding in the area.

Blue skies, endless sunshine, spectacular landscapes, and friendly, welcoming people make Kamloops the natural place to call home and experience life to the fullest.


Clinic Details — Royal Inland Hospital:

The Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) is a UBC teaching hospital and one of two tertiary hospitals in Interior Health. Our facility serves a catchment of approximately 250,000 and has 273 beds. It is a unique place to work where Medical Staff culture and collegiality in combination with a collaborative relationship with Hospital Administration maximizes opportunities for job satisfaction and quality of care.

Kamloops offers high-level, specialty medical care including Cardiology, Critical Care, Dermatology, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Respirology, and Rheumatology. Diagnostics offered include a Clinical Neurophysiology Lab and Sleep Lab, MRI, two CT scans, and Echocardiography. RIH is the regional base for the High Acuity Response Team (HART) that transports critically ill patients throughout the region. Surgical services include General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Urology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology.

The Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Tower opened at RIH in the summer of 2022. The tower includes new operating rooms and surgical services suite, more beds, respiratory therapy services, mental-health and substance-use inpatient unit, obstetrics services, labour and delivery, and a rooftop helipad.

The Teck Emergency Department renovation and expansion is underway in a new era for RIH, and will take place in phases, Phase 1 is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2024. Phase 2 renovations are scheduled to be complete in 2025. When finished, the department will offer expanded care and enhanced patient outcomes in one of the busiest emergency/trauma centers in British Columbia’s interior region.

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) (Mandatory)