LONGITUDINAL FAMILY PRACTICE (LFP) PAYMENT MODEL

Northern Health is seeking a Family Physician with full-scope skills/experience (including ER) to join a well-established, full-scope Family Medicine clinic in Fort St John BC, a young and growing community!

The expected commitment is 4 days/week (32 hours) in the clinic/office as well as hospital inpatient work and Emergency Room coverage (8-hour shifts, up to 6 shifts per month). Our clinic uses the Longitudinal Family Practice (LFP) Payment Model.

In addition to clinic/office, inpatient, and ER work, there may be opportunity for additional Fee-For-Service income opportunities, including:

• Surgical assists
• Maternity
• Primary OB
• Advanced OB with C-section (if qualified)
• Outreach to nearby First Nations communities

Fort St. John Hospital is a new state-of-the art 55 bed hospital and 123 bed residential care facility serving a population of approximately 25,000 and a catchment area of approximately 70,000. The Emergency Room sees 25,000+ visits per year.

If interested, please submit your CV to Health Match BC.

Fort St. John is known as “The Energetic City” and is located at Mile 47 of the world famous Alaska Highway! The city has numerous restaurants, cafés, and a health food store. It is the cultural and commercial hub of the Northeast, with a performing and visual arts centre, library, art gallery and theatre.

Recreational opportunities in the Fort St. John area include speed-skating (on one of only four indoor Olympic-sized, long-track speed skating ovals in North America!), indoor walking track, indoor soccer, golf, tennis, yoga, dance, mountain biking, walking trails, hiking, boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, curling, and hockey. Enjoy our weekly downtown Farmer's Market, open from May to October! Fort St. John always has something for you to do whether it's summer or winter!

Fort St John Regional Airport offers numerous daily flights to Vancouver and Calgary, on Air Canada and WestJet.

Fort St. John has seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one private school (Kindergarten to Grade 12). Northern Lights College provides post-secondary education.

The region's main industries are agriculture, forestry, natural gas, construction, and transportation.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Northeastern British Columbia!

Qualifications:
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (Mandatory); Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) (Mandatory); Current College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) License (Provisional); Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) (Desired); Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) Eligible (Mandatory); Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) (Mandatory); Emergency (Mandatory); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PAL) (Desired)