Primary Care Network Postings

The Victoria Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking applicants for a Physician Lead to explore and develop the implementation of a High Complexity Care Team (HCCT) in Victoria. The HCCT is a physician-lead initiative in collaboration with the Victoria PCN, Ministry of Health, Island Health, Divisions of Family Practice, and Indigenous Health Collaborative. The Victoria HCCT will be modelled after the Eagle Creek HCCT which has been operating since January 2019, serving the medically and socially most complex patients in the Westshore, Sooke and Esquimalt Regions.

The Victoria HCCT will be a multidisciplinary team that will include Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, and a Registered Nurse. The Physician Lead will be compensated hourly at the current physician sessional rate to a maximum of 20 hours per month. We are looking for a physician lead to develop the Victoria HCCT and envision the team to be fully functional in the second quarter of 2022. If you are interested in innovative primary care delivery to our most complex patients, we want to hear from you.

Key Points:

The HCCT will follow the model piloted in Westshore, attaching highly complex, resource intensive patients not otherwise served by the local system. Appointments are available within one business day, virtually and within one week in person when clinically indicated. The services of the clinic will reduce acute care utilization and provide a stable provider/team relationship with these patients.
The successful candidate will need to review the Westshore HCCT model and adapt the model to work within the existing health care structures in Victoria.
Will require strong stakeholder engagement activities, including liaising with Victoria/Saanich Health Unit, Privacy Officers, and Inpatient Leadership at the Royal Jubilee Hospital.
Responsible for creating a base referral process using clear patient profiles.
Responsible for creating a sustainability plan for the Victoria HCCT.
Determines the linkages between Westshore HCCT where appropriate.

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 in a non-hierarchical manner essential.
Open to physicians currently practicing as FPs, ERPs or Hospitalists, but hospital-based applicants must have recent community practice experience per CPSBC guidelines.
Shared philosophy of trauma-informed, culturally safe care essential.
Experience in hospitalist, rural or ER would also be considered assets but not required.
Interest in innovation in primary care highly valued.
Must have license/own vehicle.

Logistics:

Interviews to follow shortly after application.
Position start date immediately.
Up to 20 hours of planning per month until March 31, 2022.
Location will be mobile with meetings online and at various island health clinical sites.

Please contact via email only to Stan Bersenev: sbersenev@victoriadivision.ca including a cover letter and CV.

A PDF version of the EOI can be found here.

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High Complexity Care Team - Physician Group Contract

The Victoria Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking several applicants to join our High Complexity Care Team (HCCT). We seek several experienced Family Practitioners to join a Group Contract (up to 1.5 FTE combined) to explore and develop the implementation of a HCCT in Victoria.

The HCCT is a physician-lead initiative in collaboration with the Victoria PCN, Ministry of Health, Island Health, Divisions of Family Practice, and Indigenous Health Collaborative. The Victoria HCCT will be modelled after the Eagle Creek HCCT which has been operating since January 2019, serving the medically and socially most complex patients in the Westshore, Sooke and Esquimalt Regions.

The Victoria HCCT will be a multidisciplinary team that will include:

Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers, and a Registered Nurse.
The 1.5 FTE Family Practitioner Group Contract will consist of several experienced family practitioners seeking to take on part-time duties to serve vulnerable and underserved populations in Urban Greater Victoria.

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 in a non-hierarchical manner essential.
Open to physicians currently practicing as FPs, ERPs or Hospitalists, but hospital-based applicants must have recent community practice experience per CPSBC guidelines.
Shared philosophy of trauma-informed, culturally safe care essential.
Experience in hospitalist, rural or ER would also be considered assets but not required.
Interest in innovation in primary care highly valued.
Must have license/own vehicle.

Please contact via email to sbersenev@victoriadivision.ca including a cover letter and CV or any questions you may have on the available position.

A PDF version of the above can be found here.

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NTP Family Practitioner Contract or Experienced Practitioner Group Contract working with Refugees/Newcomers to Canada (1.0 FTE) | Downtown Urban Greater Victoria

Available now - please contact for more information

The Victoria Primary Care Network is seeking an applicant(s) to join the region in providing primary care services to underserved populations. We seek New to Practice Family Practitioners and/or several experienced Family Practitioners to help stabilize primary care supports for Newcomers to Canada. The position is 1.0 FTE which can be either one individual or more than one, adding up to 1.0 FTE, who would share the practice.

The Family Practitioner(s) will provide full service primary care for patients coming from the federal newcomers to Canada program who need stabilization prior to transfer to a regular primary care provider, including federally-mandated Health Assessments. The practice will be made up of children, adolescents and adults. The population served includes immigrants and refuges from Syria, Africa, Greece, Lebanon and Egypt. Translation services are available. There is a focus on mental health. Knowledge of trauma informed practice is essential. The Family Practitioner will have support from a Primary Care Network team, including Mental Health Workers and Pharmacists.

Details:

1.0 FTE coverage (either one individual or more than one, adding up to 1.0 FTE, who would share the practice)
Compensation | New to Practice service contract, with low attachment number
Required | federally-mandated Health Assessments, knowledge of trauma-informed practice
Location | In the Victoria Cultural Association offices (Nootka Court, Downtown Victoria - Douglas St.).
Work collaboratively with the Island Health Refugee/Newcomer NP at the Health Care on Yates Clinic.

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 new to practice physicians and/or physicians currently practicing as FPs, ERPs or Hospitalists.
Shared philosophy of trauma-informed, culturally-safe care essential.
Experience in hospitalist, rural or ER would also be considered assets but not required.
Interest in innovation in primary care and working part-time/shared position.

If you would like more information or are interested in applying, please contact:

PCN Manager, Stan Bersenev | sbersenev@victoriadivision.ca

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NTP FP Contract | Oak Bay Medical clinic

Busy family practice clinic with associated walk-in clinic looking for a family physician to sign a new-to-practice contract. Patients range from infants to the elderly. Office is spacious and well run. Clinic physicians are longstanding well-regarded members of the Victoria medical community. We are a collegial group who enjoy practicing good medicine and are looking for a like minded physician.

Details (other details TBC):

EMR | Med Access
Experienced and efficient Office Manager and excellent MOA staff
Well run efficient clinic.
Experienced physicians willing to mentor a new to practice doctor.
Two exam rooms for your family practice patients
Your own personal office
Free parking
Low overhead

If you would like more information or are interested in applying, please contact:

Division Project Manager, Helen Welch | hwelch@victoriadivision.ca

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BC Service Contract | Island Sexual Health Community Health Center

Available now

Island Sexual Health Community Health Centre (ISH) is seeking Family Practitioners to work collectively with an interdisciplinary health care team at Island Sexual Health to provide a blend of longitudinal primary care services and focused sexual health services, along with services that address the social determinants of health to populations residing in Greater Victoria, Saanich, and the Western Communities.

ISH is a Community Health Centre (CHC) that provides wrap-around sexual health care, longitudinal care for priority populations, and allied health care.

The Family Practitioner is a contracted provider (rate based on current service contract) with ISH and will fulfill the obligations as outlined in the service contract including supporting patient attachment for primary care in accordance with Ministry of Health requirements for panel size and composition. The Family Practitioner will also provide episodic care for sexual health for both attached and unattached patients.

Shifts rage from Monday to Saturday and two evenings (variations of shifts)
After hours care for patients attached to the practitioner is inherent in the services
Member of on-call group; expected call rotation

View the full posting and details here.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact:

Bobbi Turner (Executive Director) | bturner@islandsexualhealth.org or t: 250-592-3479

Division Project Manager, Helen Welch | hwelch@victoriadivision.ca

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NTP NP Contract | womenMD

Available now

Are you open to innovation and the changing landscape of primary care? womenMD, located in the community of Fairfield in Victoria British Columbia, provides primary-care family medicine and comprehensive women’s health management.

We specialize in integrative Lifestyle Medicine for our patients and are committed to providing optimal care.

In addition to offering Sexual Medicine, IUD clinics, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, Menopause Consultations and an eight-week menopause educational program, we provide Mental Health and Resilience programs and wellness initiatives that are available throughout the Life Span.

womenMD offers Victoria’s first Primary Care team-based lifestyle intervention in patients with metabolic syndrome.

The foundation of Lifestyle Medicine is holistic nutrition, exercise, mental wellness and resilience and a sense of community. These pillars of health keep patients out of the primary practitioner’s office and assist patients to connect to their health at a ground level.

womenMD provides an integrative and collaborative approach to care with our multidisciplinary team. We have a beautiful and bright office space and look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Details:

Work hours and days |
- Expected number of dates of work per year | 187-210
- Expected number of days o work in a week | 3-5
- Expected number of hours of work in a day | 6-8
- Expected to work statutory holidays | No
- Practitioner may take up to 6 weeks' vacation per calendar year. The practitioner will provide advance notice of at least 2 months of absences due to vacations
After hours and on-call expectations | optional based on the applicant
FTE | 1.0
Patient population | This clinic focuses on women's health and incorporates the concept of Integrative Lifestyle Medicine into patient care
Attachment | The practitioner will be the most responsible primary care provider for a minimum patient panel as described in the NTP NP contract template
Additional sites for contract services | based on practitioner preference
Qualifications and privileging | Member of Nursing Professionals
Preferred experience and skills | fully licensed NP with an interest in women's health
Clinic supplied technology | the clinic will provide EMR environment, office space, office staff and office equipment
Overhead arrangements or office agreements | The Practice Agreement in the NP Primary Care Service Contract template
Compensation per Ministry's designated NP Primary Care Service Contract rates

For more information about the clinic, please visit: www.womenmd.ca

If you would like more information or are interested in applying, please contact:

Division Project Manager, Helen Welch | hwelch@victoriadivision.ca

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NTP NP Contract | Uptown Medical clinic

Available now

Multi-physician family practice clinic with traditional booked FP, open access FP, and urgent care.

Details:

Work hours and days |
- Expected number of dates of work per year | 220-231
- Expected number of days o work in a week | 4-5
- Expected number of hours of work in a day | 4-9
- expected to work statutory holidays | Yes
- Practitioner may take up to 6 weeks' vacation per calendar year. The practitioner will provide advance notice of at least 1 months of absences due to vacations
- Other details, Per Week:
  - 2 4-hr shifts in Open Access FP and Urgent Care
  - 5 5-hr sessions of booked FP with advanced Access
  - 3 hrs CME/ Admin
  - Telemed from home or office, and face to face in office.
After-hours and on-call expectations | Member of on-call group, expected call rotation (to be established)
Patient population | General patient population, consisting of all ages and complexities
Attachment | The practitioner will be the most responsible primary care provider for a minimum patient panel as described in the NTP NP contract template
Additional sites for contract services | Optional - long term care facility and patient's home
Additional service options| Clinically related teaching and research, and support for long-term care facilities (both optional)
Qualifications and privileging |
- Member of Nursing Professionals
- Will accept provisional licenses through the BC College of Nurses and midwives
Preferred experience | Family practice experience, or experience dealing with complex patients is desirable, but we have a supportive collegial setting with mentors to help facilitate learning on the job
Clinic supplied technology |
- Oscar EMR with CareConnect and Cortico patient online appointment booking and virtual health platform
- turn-key operation fully equipped for modern Family Practice with minor operating suite and equipment, IUD insertion equipment
Overhead arrangements or office agreements | The Practice Agreement in the NTP NP Primary Care Service Contract template
Compensation per Ministry's designated NP Primary Care Service Contract rates

If you would like more information or are interested in applying, please contact:

Division Project Manager, Helen Welch | hwelch@victoriadivision.ca

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NTP FP/NP Contract | Ross Bay Health Centre

Available now

The Ross Bay Health Centre is looking to add another Family Physician or Nurse Practitioner to our growing private medical clinic.

This is a 1.0 FTE position. You will be the most responsible primary care provider to your own panel of patients as laid out in the New to Practice Family Physician/Nurse Practitioner contract. The Nurse Practitioner must be a member of the Nursing Professionals; we will accept provisional licenses from the BC College of Nurses and Midwives. We are a PCN clinic with three family Physicians and four Nurse Practitioners.

Details:

EMR | Oscar/Juno
Secure internet provided by the Telus Private Physician Network
Required | on-call obligations, telephone on-call
Payment under Island Health NP Contract
Five fully equipped exam rooms with computers, printers and phones in a newly updated office in the Fairfield Plaza
Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00am – 4:00pm (hours are flexible)
Dedicated computer for physician use with wireless, high-speed internet
Free parking on Fairfield Road.

If you would like more information or are interested in applying, please contact:

Kristen Pearce, Office Manager | admin@rossbayhealthcentre.com | 250-477-5433

Division Project Manager, Helen Welch | hwelch@victoriadivision.ca

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Mental Health Substance Use Worker (1.0 FTE) | Luther Court Society Community Health Centre

The Mental Health Worker (MHW) utilizes advanced clinical knowledge to provide clinical practice and interventions relating to intake, assessment, crisis intervention, education, treatment, harm reduction, counselling, and referral for clients experiencing mental health, substance use, and/or concurrent disorder problems, and their caregivers/families. The MHW works collaboratively with the PHC team to plan and deliver mental health / substance use (MHSU) individual and group programs and services to meet the needs of the community, for the catchment areas of Gordon Head/Shelbourne and Oak Bay.

Details:

Wage range: $75,000 - $82,000
Schedule | Mon-Thurs:8:00-20:00; Fri: 8:00-16:00; Sat: 8:00-12:00 (days off are fixed or rotating)

Required Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Counselling or Social Work or health-related discipline from an approved postsecondary institution. Three years experience, with significant understanding of mental health and substance use issues. Knowledge of applicable legislation, such as the Mental Health Act and the Guardianship Act. Additional clinical competency courses in mental health and/or substance use conditions are an asset.

View the website and full posting here.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact:

Karen Lefsrud-Johnson, CEO | 250-477-7241 ext. 26 | KJohnson@luthercourt.org or

Dr. Judith Burgess, LCS Health Consultant | 778-678-8340 | JBurgess@uvic.ca

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