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Psychiatry

Northern Health16 days ago
Quesnel, BC
CA$500,000 - CA$750,000/annual
Mid Level
full_time

Top Benefits

Competitive salary (~$500k+)
Recruitment incentive $20k
Relocation assistance $9k-15k

About the role

Quesnel

Quesnel is a small city with big opportunity. It boasts a vibrant, creative and family friendly lifestyle, rich with culture and community spirit. The city is nestled on the banks of the Quesnel and Fraser rivers, and has a diverse population of 23,000 people. The major industries include forestry, agriculture, mining and tourism. Quesnel offers affordable housing, twelve public schools, one Christian school, and two post-secondary schools. https://www.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/quesnel

Practice Details:

We are seeking a full-time Psychiatrist to join a collaborative and well-established mental health community in Quesnel, BC. This is an excellent opportunity for a psychiatrist interested in a broad, flexible practice with strong regional support and meaningful interdisciplinary collaboration.

You will work alongside another psychiatrist currently practicing in the community, with close collaboration with University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) in Prince George, the regional tertiary and referring centre.

This position offers a broad scope of practice with flexibility to shape your clinical interests, including:

  • Child & Youth psychiatry, with opportunities for visiting services to Prince George

  • General adult outpatient psychiatry

  • Inpatient psychiatric care

  • Emergency psychiatry

  • Virtual care services

  • Opportunity to establish a private outpatient clinic

Why Join Us?

  • Collaborative and supportive work environment

  • Opportunity to provide meaningful care in a beautiful rural setting

  • Work alongside experienced healthcare professionals dedicated to mental health advocacy

  • Enjoy the natural beauty of Quesnel while making a lasting difference in the lives of patients

Qualifications

  • Strong clinical assessment and treatment planning skills

  • Commitment to patient-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration

  • Experience working with community mental health teams preferred

If you are someone who has a passion for adventure and providing care to Canadians in rural communities, want to spend more time exploring your surroundings, and less time commuting, this opportunity might be for you. Quesnel offers world-class mountain biking, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing and much more. Combine these activities with affordable lake side living and it becomes difficult to beat the opportunity that this community has to offer.

We offer fully funded site visits as well, the support of a recruitment/onboarding coordinator who is solely dedicated to help transition physicians and their families into the community.

Explore Quesnel: http://tourismquesnel.com

GR Baker Memorial Hospital
543 Front Street
Quesnel, BC V2J 2K7 Canada

Qualifications:
  • Eligible for full or provisional specialist license with CPSBC
  • Medical degree
Call Schedule:

Hours of work: regular

On call requirements: tbd

Compensation:
Estimated Gross Income

500,000++

RSA Incentives

Recruitment Incentive: $20,000
Relocation Assistance: $9,000-15,000
Retention Premium: 14.70%
Retention Flat Fee: $22,780.80

Community onboarding support

GR Baker Memorial Hospital:

Quesnel Health Services provides medical services to Quesnel and surrounding areas. Health care facilities include GR Baker Memorial Hospital, Dunrovin Park Lodge, Westside Clinic and the Quesnel Primary Care Clinic. GR Baker Memorial Hospital is a full care hospital with 27 Acute Care beds, 4 ICU beds and 5 crisis stabilization beds.

Some services provided by the hospital:

  • Full Emergency Medical Care
  • Laboratory
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Pharmacy
  • General Surgery
  • Internal Medicine
  • Otolaryngology (ENT)
  • Community Cancer Care
  • Physiotherapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Environmental Health
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Visiting specialists in Cardiology, Pediatrics, Orthopedics,

Plastic Surgery, Urology and Ophthalmology

  • Video conferencing for consultations with specialists or physicians in other areas.

  • Home and Community Care and Home Support

Dunrovin Park Lodge is a 91-bed Intermediate Care residential facility with 19 Special Care beds. It provides respite services and an adult day program. The Quesnel and area palliative care’s hospice care beds are also located in this facility, for a total of 117 beds facility wide.

A new ER/ICU department opened 2023.

Job ID:

Q3 03 99 003A

About Northern Health

Hospitals and Health Care
5001-10,000

Northern Health is the key provider of public health care in Melbourne's northern region.

Established in July 2000, Northern Health provides quality health care services to the expanding communities in Melbourne's northern suburbs. In one of Melbourne's busiest growth corridors, Northern Health offers the community health care services where they are needed - close to where people live.

Northern Health is made up of four campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre and Craigieburn Centre.

Our campuses work together to provide a unique mix of services including medical, surgical, emergency, intensive and coronary care, paediatrics, women's and maternal health, mental health, aged care, palliative care, and rehabilitation programs.

These services are provided through inpatient, ambulatory and community-based programs.

Northern Health's programs and services are split into two different streams - acute and sub-acute. This structure is designed to assist services to be integrated across our campuses and ensure that patients have access to the best healthcare within the most efficient time frame.