Job Summary

Come work as a Family Physician – Palliative Medicine with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

The North Shore Palliative Care team is a full scope Palliative Care team looking after patients in the communities of North and West Vancouver in association with Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) and Vancouver Coastal Health. We are a rapidly growing team looking after patients on the North Shore and the Sea-to-Sky Corridor. Our focus is to improve quality of life in patients with life-limiting illnesses. We are a teaching hospital in affiliation with the University of British Columbia, Family Medicine and Palliative Care programs.

We provide care in the following venues:

1. Acute/tertiary care (15 bed Palliative Care Unit at LGH) - We have a specialized multidisciplinary team on our Palliative Care Unit. We are integrated with our medical oncological colleagues, internists, subspecialists, surgeons and interventional radiologists to provide robust, evidence-based care. We provide admitting (MRP) and consultative services. We also provide education and advocacy for Palliative Care to our hospital-based colleagues as well as those in the community. The successful candidate will share in consultation and on call coverage for both inpatients and community patients.

2. Ambulatory care clinic – A stand-alone clinic based in hospice focused on palliative care for patient with a wide range of life-limiting illnesses. We provide primary and shared palliative care for ambulant patients. We work in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team in the community.

3. Community care - We work in conjunction with the team of palliative nurse practitioners, palliative care resource nurses, home care nurses, SW, OT, PT and wound care. We provide shared palliative care to help support symptom management and death in the patient home.

4. North Shore Hospice (15 beds) - Admission to hospice is via the palliative care physicians only. We have a multidisciplinary team that supports patients and their loved ones including nurses, social workers, spiritual care, and music therapy. Criteria for admission is prognosis less than 3 months of life, symptom management needs that cannot be met at home, and patient is a North Shore resident. We do make compassionate exemptions on a case-by-case basis.

As a Family Physician – Palliative Medicine with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will:

• Demonstrate a commitment to an inter-professional care model.
• Demonstrate superior patient care, excellent interdisciplinary approach and communication.
• Demonstrate an interest in teaching, quality improvement and program development.

Qualifications

Education, Licensing, & Experience :

• Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC) License - Full
• Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP)
• Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) - Eligible

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills

Closing Statement

Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to Alice Morales, Executive and Medical Staff Talent Acquisition Advisor: medstaffcareers@vch.ca or click “Apply Now.”

Please note that a resume and coverletter are required to apply for this position.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.