The Kiwanis Pavilion is actively seeking a dedicated, hard-working physician interested in working in a collaborative interdisciplinary team. Physicians currently practicing as FPs, ERPs or Hospitalists able to attend on a weekly basis are welcome to apply.

Key Points

The Kiwanis Pavillion, a 122 bed Island Health affiliate site located in the Oaklands neighbourhood of Victoria has a TORCH medical practice model with 4 dedicated MRPs attending weekly and providing cross-coverage.  Remuneration is fee-for-service and the LTCI per resident stipend of $225/resident/year, with additional remuneration for call group participation. After-hours, weekend, and stat coverage is provided by a dedicated LTC call group that the successful person is welcome to join.

Requirements of the site

The site has a TORCH medical practice model in place, whereby each family physician accepts MRP status for 15-30 residents and agrees to:

• Attend the home once per week, during a morning or afternoon timeslot, at a complementary time to other MRPs, aiming for full coverage Mon-Fri
• Participate in resident care conferences and medication reviews
• Participate in daytime cross-coverage, responding to urgent requests for all residents when on site
• Document in The Kiwanis Pavilion’s Point Click Care electronic health record
• Collaborate with TORCH colleagues to ensure coverage for absences
• Attend periodic TORCH team meetings

Resources Available to LTCI Physicians

• Annual stipend
• After-hours coverage provided by a dedicated call group
• Assistance, tools, and resources
• Peer mentorship program
• LTCI Clinical Learning Series
• LTCI Scholarship Fund
• Parking passes
• Fax-to-email service
• Billing optimization support

Do you enjoy working in team-based environments? The Victoria and South Island Long-term Care Initiative (LTCI) is seeking family physicians interested in working in collaborative practice models to provide medical care to residents in our region’s 37 long-term care homes. LTCI supports its physician members by providing services and resources to enhance and streamline long-term care practice:

• Annual stipend – receive quarterly payments to meet our 6 Best Practice Expectations.
• After-hours coverage - for all residents in long-term care.
• Assistance, tools, and resources - to focus your long-term care practice with LTCI program team support.
• LTCI Clinical Learning Series - provides opportunities for ongoing education.
• LTCI Scholarship Fund - annual funding for CME accredited conferences.
• Parking passes - for Island Health sites, and assured parking at other long-term care sites.
• Fax-to-email services - for timely communications.
• Billing optimization support - through the LTCI billing guide and access to our billing consultant.

Key Points:

• Current opening at The Priory Long-Term Care Home (Hiscock and Heritage Woods) in Colwood.
• Available panel size of 20-30 residents with a CORE practice model.
• Island Health owned and operated location.
• Start date of approximately October 2022
• Room for growth-additional established resident panels available at sites across the region.
• CORE, TORCH, and informally organized care homes.
• Flexible arrangements to accommodate existing commitments.

What we are looking for:

• Dedicated, hard-working and collaborative physicians.
• Ability to work as a team with Nursing, Nurse Practitioners, and Allied Health Professionals.
• Open to physicians currently practicing as FPs, ERPs or Hospitalists.
• Ideal for a new grad or a family physician nearing retirement and looking to scale back their practice.

More information about the LTCI can be found here: https://vicsi-ltci.ca/

To set up an initial call with a coordinator to learn more please contact  victoriasouthisland.ltci@victoriadivision.ca