Infectious Disease Specialist - Burnaby Hospital

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon 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.

Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities.

Burnaby Hospital is seeking a full time Infectious Diseases Specialist to provided consultative inpatient and Home IV/OPAT care. The successful candidate will join our team of two other ID specialists, working in collaboration with the regional infectious diseases network. The candidate will also collaborate with hospitalists, internal medicine specialists and other specialties.

Qualifications:

• FRCPC Infectious Diseases
• CPSBC Full (Eligible for Full License)

Compensation:

• Fee-for-service MOCAP - on call payments.
• Sessional - for non-billable Home IV services.

Burnaby Hospital is a 279 bed community hospital offering medical, surgical, obstetrical, psychiatric and tertiary palliative care. There are 24/7 ER services provided with 79 500 annual visits. Burnaby Hospital is undergoing a multi-year redevelopment project occurring in two phases that will transform almost every area of the hospital. Phase one estimated date of completion in 2025 which includes a mental health and substance use unit, maternity unit, neonatal ICU and new medicine unit. By the time the expansion is projected to complete in 2028, there will be an additional 243 beds.

Burnaby is the third largest municipality in BC with a population of 205 000. It is the most ethnically diverse community in Canada according to Maclean’s magazine in 2016. Burnaby is renowned for beautiful parks, world class shopping, excellent schools and community centers. It is a 30-40 minute drive to downtown Vancouver and a 30 minute commute to the communities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

Applicants should submit a CV, cover letter and a list of references.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

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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