Role and Facility Information

Foundry is removing barriers and increasing access to health and wellness services for young
people ages 12–24 and their caregivers through a network of innovative youth-friendly centres
across British Columbia and online. By offering integrated mental health care, substance use
services, primary and sexual health care, youth and family peer support and social services,
Foundry makes it easier for young people to find support in their communities. Online resources
and first-of-its-kind virtual care further broaden Foundry's reach.

SHARE Family & Community Services (SHARE) is the lead agency for Foundry Tri-Cities and is
focused on integrating health care into a community-based social service setting. This approach
allows us to be flexible and creative in our ability to meet multiple needs of youth in one location.
Fraser Health Authority’s Mental Health and Substance Use Services are co-located with us in the
centre and will be integrated into the Tri-Cities Foundy centre model which includes Youth
Concurrent Disorders, Early Psychosis, and START. The model also includes Youth Outreach
Workers and Peer Support Workers employed by SHARE, as well as an integrated youth drop-in
providing social and recreational programming.

Contribution:
Under the oversight of the Foundry Tri-Cities’ Medical Director, the family physician provides
episodic, enhanced/specialized, and longitudinal care (up until age 25) within the interdisciplinary
team, through a combination of walk-in and scheduled appointments. Physicians are actively
involved in case consultation with the Foundry Tri-CIties team and have the support of Medical
Office Assistants in the Centre.
We are currently recruiting multiple family physicians with 0.2FTE and up to 0.5FTE
positions available.
• Remuneration will be in accordance with the Doctors of BC Physician Master Agreement
and the negotiated clinical service contract.
• The estimated clinic opening timeline is Jan 2026.
Qualifications:
1. Registered (Full) in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.
2. Certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
3. Medical indemnity coverage with Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA).
4. Eligibility for a faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia Faculty of
Medicine is an asset.

Job skills and abilities:
1. Enthusiasm for and experience working with adolescents and young adults:
a. Demonstrates a high level of clinical skill and competence with knowledge in the
following areas: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) physical, psychological, and
social development.
b. Mental health and substance use in the AYA population, including comfort with
collaborative treatment planning and prescription of common medications.
c. Opioid Agonist therapy (OAT) and/or willingness to learn to prescribe OAT.
d. Harm reduction strategies.
e. Reproductive health, including sexual health and STI prevention and treatment.
f. Gender-affirming care, including the ability to provide and/or willingness to learn
how to provide hormone and surgical care planning.
g. Health promotion and prevention strategies.
h. A commitment to cultural safety and humility.
i. Awareness of Indigenous health practices and Indigenous health supports.
j. The unique ethical, legal, and confidentiality issues in caring for young people.
k. Effectively engaging family, caregivers, and other supports in the care of AYA.
l. Trauma-informed and strengths-based care.
2. interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively in an
interdisciplinary team.
3. Ability to learn and utilize the multiple records management platforms required for wrap
around care.
4. Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to help others to use the same analytical
thought processes.
5. Ability to deal with a host of interdisciplinary issues involving professional and resource
allocation challenges.
6. Ability to maximize use and scope of interdisciplinary team members.
7. Willingness and ability to contribute to educational activities in the clinic for the benefit of
their colleagues and health professionals in training.
8. Willingness to take part in educational opportunities to advance practice and client
outcomes.

Requirements:
1. Criminal Record Review.
2. Signed confidentiality form.
3. Approved reference check.
4. Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19.

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