Cardiologist with Advanced Heart Failure Training-Royal Columbian Hospital
About the role
Job Description
Job Summary
Based in New Westminster and part of the Fraser Health Authority, Royal Columbian Hospital is a tertiary cardiac hospital and academic centre, and the regional hub for cardiac catheterization, structural interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, and mechanical circulatory support. The 21-member Division of Cardiology is a collegial division that continues to grow. The new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower, slated to open in 2026, will enhance our inpatient cardiology footprint, provide a new Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), and continue our position as a leading cardiac centre in British Columbia. Further, division members are eligible for academic appointment to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Division of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, to a level commensurate with academic position requirements. Division members are fortunate to work resident doctors from various programs, including UBC Cardiology, and are supported by Nurse Practitioners, Associate Physicians, and other allied health clinicians.
We are seeking applicants with Royal College-accredited (or equivalent) training in cardiology, as well as additional fellowship training in advanced heart failure. Specific expertise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the impact of valvular disease on heart failure, or experience as a clinical trial investigator or in medical education is encouraged.
The successful applicant will be afforded opportunities to work in our Heart Function Clinic; join our MitraClip and Transcatheter Heart Valve teams; provide consultative services to patients in cardiogenic shock or requiring mechanical circulatory support for consideration of advanced cardiac therapies; and attend on the cardiology inpatient/CICU and consult services. Applicants will also be encouraged to develop and maintain a robust outpatient cardiology practice.
To Apply
Candidates who are interested in this opportunity are encouraged to upload their application including cover letter and CV.
Compensation
Fee for Service
Qualifications
CPSBC Eligible for Full License, CPSBC Full, FRCPC
Locations
Royal Columbian Hospital
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 48,000+ 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.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.
Cardiologist with Advanced Heart Failure Training-Royal Columbian Hospital
About the role
Job Description
Job Summary
Based in New Westminster and part of the Fraser Health Authority, Royal Columbian Hospital is a tertiary cardiac hospital and academic centre, and the regional hub for cardiac catheterization, structural interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, and mechanical circulatory support. The 21-member Division of Cardiology is a collegial division that continues to grow. The new Jim Pattison Acute Care Tower, slated to open in 2026, will enhance our inpatient cardiology footprint, provide a new Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), and continue our position as a leading cardiac centre in British Columbia. Further, division members are eligible for academic appointment to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Division of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, to a level commensurate with academic position requirements. Division members are fortunate to work resident doctors from various programs, including UBC Cardiology, and are supported by Nurse Practitioners, Associate Physicians, and other allied health clinicians.
We are seeking applicants with Royal College-accredited (or equivalent) training in cardiology, as well as additional fellowship training in advanced heart failure. Specific expertise in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the impact of valvular disease on heart failure, or experience as a clinical trial investigator or in medical education is encouraged.
The successful applicant will be afforded opportunities to work in our Heart Function Clinic; join our MitraClip and Transcatheter Heart Valve teams; provide consultative services to patients in cardiogenic shock or requiring mechanical circulatory support for consideration of advanced cardiac therapies; and attend on the cardiology inpatient/CICU and consult services. Applicants will also be encouraged to develop and maintain a robust outpatient cardiology practice.
To Apply
Candidates who are interested in this opportunity are encouraged to upload their application including cover letter and CV.
Compensation
Fee for Service
Qualifications
CPSBC Eligible for Full License, CPSBC Full, FRCPC
Locations
Royal Columbian Hospital
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 48,000+ 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.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.