Emergency Medicine - #228214

FHA-6381

Status Open Site Royal Columbian Hospital Site Type Hospital Type of Position Permanent Date Range Hours of Work On Call

Qualifications, Education and Skills

Requisites

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Mandatory Current College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) License Provisional Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) Eligible Mandatory Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) – Emergency Medicine Desired Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) Mandatory Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC) Eligible

Role and Facility Information

The RCH is a Level 1 Trauma centre. The Trauma Service is seeking a Trauma physician/surgeon. Daily in house rounding on all admitted trauma patients, responding to trauma activations and consult request, resident/fellow teaching, and participation in Trauma Clinic/Trauma Service meetings/rounds presentations/trauma committees are some of the expectations of this position.

The Trauma physician/surgeon manages the trauma service for 7 consecutive days for 6 weeks in the year dispersed throughout the year. Night call during these trauma weeks is required. There is an additional night call expectation, minimum 2 per month during the months with no Trauma weeks.

Applicants must have completed a Trauma Fellowship and ATLS.

Applicants must hold an active position in Emergency Medicine, a Surgical Subspecialty or Anesthesia within FHA.

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.

Terms

Compensation

Compensation Type Clinical Service Contract