Role and Facility Information

Fraser Health (FH) is the heart of health care for nearly two million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 45,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities.

Burnaby Hospital is seeking a locum 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.

Dates: ASAP – April 2025

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 contact Laurenna Peters at laurenna.peters@fraserhealth.ca for any questions.

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