Hospitalist - Eagle Ridge Hospital

Hospitalist – Eagle Ridge Hospital

Locum positions

Fraser Health is seeking physicians interested in working in our hospital medicine program at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Applicants should have a strong interest in acute care hospital practice and working collaboratively with all members of the inter-professional team, including other physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, and Allied Health staff.

Primary responsibilities include admissions and management of patients as the Most Responsible Physician (MRP), as well as supportive care for some surgical and specialty medical patients. Applicants should be comfortable working independently with mostly off-site specialty support by phone. Eagle Ridge Hospital is committed to a culture of collaborative, inter-professional, team-based care.

This job requires superior clinical and communication skills, along with exceptional bedside manner and team management abilities. Our team members will be proficient with the range of community resources available, and work collaboratively with community-based physicians to optimize discharge planning processes and patient care planning. Day and evening shifts are 7 days consecutively. Participation in overnight coverage is mandatory, but frequency of coverage is proportional to weeks worked.

Eligibility: 

• Hospitalist experience, fellowship, and/or membership in professional hospital medicine societies. Rural medicine is an asset.
• Experience in rural medicine an asset

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.

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