Role and Facility Information

We are in urgent need of a new Respirologist to replace our retiring doctor – everything is fully set up and ready to go starting July 2025, with a mix of hospital inpatient consult, level 3 PFT diagnostics, and a fully functional office practice. This is ideal for an experienced respirologist looking for a change in scenery. Located in the beautiful sunny community of White Rock, British Columbia, right next to the beach, with a robust growing community with all the amenities. Peace Arch Hospital is a community hospital in the Fraser Health region.

Services available to support a respirologist include:

- Bronchoscopy suite – no EBUS
- Level 3 pulmonary function lab
- 169 acute care beds
- 8 ICU/CCU beds closed unit cared by Internal medicine
- A fully operational solo-practice outpatient respirology clinic for independent practitioner (taking-over from our retiring respirologist)
- Office space will be available with reasonable rent, mixed complex that is very well maintained.
- Free parking for staff and patients, less than 10 minute drive, door to door, to the hospital
- Thoracic surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital with 5 busy thoracic surgeons.
- BC Cancer Agency site, Fraser Valley Cancer Centre, adjacent to Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Responsibility of the position:

- Provide respiratory consultation to the hospital for in- and outpatients
- No official on-call requirement, no general internal medicine call
- Takes consults from hospitalist and internists (about 1-5 per week) for inpatients during week days 9-5pm excluding holidays
- Outpatient referrals from ER and community

The ideal candidate for the position will have:

- Fellowship in Respirology with the Royal College of Physicians of Canada
- Eligible for Independent license by the College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC (CPSBC)
- Canadian Permanent Residency or a Canadian citizen
- Strong interpersonal & collaborative skills and be dedicated to service excellence

Remuneration:

- Fee for service for clinical work and diagnostics
- Sessional TB clinic work also available at the New Westminster TB clinic, under the auspices of the Division of TB Control, BCCDC.
- Can apply for clinical position with UBC Department of Medicine.

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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