###FHA-7919

New

Status

Open

Site

Eagle Ridge Hospital

Site Type

Hospital

Type of Position

Locum

Locum Date Range

Mar 19 2026 to Sep 18 2026

Date Range

Hours of Work

On Call

#####Qualifications, Education and Skills

####Requisites

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

##Role and Facility Information

Fraser Health is looking for a compassionate part-time (0.8 FTE) palliative care physician to support a 9-month Medical Leave located in Tri Cities, BC. This position is available from February 2026 and could be commenced at a later date. An option exists to extend the duration of this locum as well. 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 in hospice; and consultation services to acute care and community-based patients.

Throughout Fraser Health 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

Facility: Eagle Ridge Hospital

Eagle Ridge Hospital has 168 acute care beds. As a community hospital, it provides primary and secondary acute care and some specialty services that can be accessed with or without referrals, such as 24/7 emergency, diagnostics, inpatient and outpatient care in general medicine, rehabilitation, surgery and other specialty services such as urology, plastics, and orthopaedics.

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.

##Terms

####Compensation

Compensation Type

Alternative Payment Arrangement