Role and Facility Information

Kelowna:

Kelowna is the Okanagan's largest and liveliest population centre and one of Canada's most popular vacation destinations; and this is your opportunity to call Kelowna home. With such a perfect lakeshore community, it is easy to believe that Kelowna is Canada’s playground but could also be your home. Fresh air, mountain landscapes and glistening water year round will entice you to explore this amazing community. If you enjoy outdoor adventures - sailing, house boating, kayaking, windsurfing, fishing, golfing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing - you may never want to leave Kelowna. Downtown Kelowna offers a spectacular landscape of lake, mountains and parks, with all the amenities of a major centre including a wide range of cafés, restaurants and patios to choose from as well as unique shops and boutiques, heritage buildings and modern architecture, art galleries and museums, music and live theatre, and even a symphony and ballet. Come and experience our four seasons playground and see why life is better here.


Practice Details:

Kelowna is seeking a Head & Neck Surgical Oncologist to join our group of six members at Kelowna General Hospital and be the second full-time Head & Neck Oncology position. You would be joining a division that currently has subspecialties in Head & Neck Oncology, Laryngology, Facial Plastics, Allergy and Otology, as well as a highly collaborative Plastic Surgery Division. The Interior Health Cancer Centre is located at KGH, with team of Head & Neck Radiation Oncologists locally, as well as weekly H&N tumour boards provincially.

Surgical resources are shared equally and include weekly minor surgery time (1/2 day) and at minimum one dedicated OR day per week, plus additional OR time weekly (including pick up time, extra oncology allocation time and collaborative OR time with plastics). Average of 2+ days per week.

Due to the nature of the region, each division member will be expected to participate in adult and pediatric general ENT coverage for Central Okanagan and beyond. The ideal candidate is to be comfortable with both adult and pediatric ENT in the OR and on call. Call is also equally shared, including 1:6 weekends and equal division of stat holiday weekends. As is typical of community practices, this job is fee-for-service, and all division members have clinic space outside of the hospital.

Our team is a great group, supportive of each other, and focused on a healthy work-life balance, while providing modern patient care. There is still plenty of time for enjoying skiing, biking, watersports, wine and a relaxed way of life in our four-season playground.
Start date as soon as possible. We welcome 2025 fellowship graduates as well as the seasoned surgeon looking for a change of pace. Although our intention is to hire for 2025, we welcome candidates with start date availability of up to July 2026. Candidates must be Canadian Royal College qualified at the time of job start date and have permission to work in Canada at the time of application. Anyone interested, is encouraged to contact Dr. Bakala at doctorcam@shawcable.com or IH Recruitment at physicianrecruitment@interiorhealth.ca.


Kelowna General Hospital:

Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) is one of two tertiary hospitals within Interior Health and is the region’s main referral centre offering a full range of services with approximately 464 beds and over 84,000 ED visits yearly. Kelowna General Hospital is home to the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre (IHSC) and is BC’s only cardiac critical care centre outside of Victoria and the Lower Mainland. Kelowna General Hospital’s campus features; 16 specialized Operating Rooms servicing Thoracic, Urology, Neurosurgery, Vascular, Plastics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, General and Trauma surgeries including 2 ORs dedicated to Cardiac Surgery and a hybrid operating suite. Our state of the art Centennial Building boasts an expanded emergency and ambulatory care department, new medical inpatient units, modern operating rooms and a rooftop helipad. Within the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre, KGH has a modern maternity ward and adjacent Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. KGH has a dedicated pediatric ward, as well as, adolescent and adult psychiatry units. Enhanced laboratory and clinical departments are found in the new Dr. Walter Anderson Building. KGH is also a teaching centre for the Southern Medical Program affiliated with UBC, and has an academic campus that serves as a satellite for the University of British Columbia Medical School. KGH has become one of BC’s leading healthcare centres.

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Benefits and Incentives

Relocation Funding Available

$9,000-15,000.

Other Benefits/Incentives

• Relocation assistance $9,000 - $15,000 based on move location (with eligible receipts) *Incentives are subject to change and current rates are confirmed at time of offer*

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