Role and Facility Information

NEW GRADS ARE WELCOME !!

Your opportunity to join in building a new Orthopaedic service in Fort St. John, British Columbia, a vibrant and growing city of 23,000! We are seeking an Orthopaedic Surgeon with skills in Shoulder, Foot & Ankle, Sports Injuries, Primary THA, Primary TKA, and Community-Level Trauma. You would also run a fracture clinic once a week. Fort St John has a young and active population - the average age is 32!

There is presently one Ortho in Fort St. John and one Ortho in Dawson Creek (70 km away).

Fort St. John Hospital is a new state-of-the-art 55 bed hospital serving a population of approximately 23,000, and is one of two hospitals serving a catchment area of approximately 70,000. The facility offers services including diagnostics, surgery, acute care, ICU, maternity, a community cancer centre, community hemodialysis, visiting specialists clinic, and a prenatal clinic.

Local specialists include General Surgery, General Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, Radiology and Pathology. Visiting specialists include Ophthalmology, ENT, and Neurology.

Please contact Daphne.Savoy@northernhealth.ca or submit your CV to Health Match BC.

Site Location: Fort St. John Hospital, 8407 112 Avenue, Fort St John BC, V1J 2A4.
Company: Northern Health Authority, located at 230 9900 - 100 Ave. Fort St John BC, V1J 5S7.

Fort St. John is known as “The Energetic City” and is located at Mile 47 of the world famous Alaska Highway in Northeastern BC! The city has numerous restaurants, cafés, and a health food store. It is the cultural and commercial hub of the Northeast, with a performing and visual arts centre, library, art gallery and theatre. Large concerts are hosted at the state-of-the-art Ovintiv Events Centre in Dawson Creek, only an hour's drive from Fort St. John.

Recreational opportunities in the Fort St. John area include speed-skating (on one of only four indoor Olympic-sized, long-track speed skating ovals in North America!), indoor walking track, indoor soccer, golf, tennis, yoga, dance, mountain biking, walking trails, hiking, boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing, hunting, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, curling, and hockey. Enjoy our weekly downtown Farmer's Market, open from May to October! Fort St. John always has something for you to do whether it's summer or winter!

Our airport offers numerous daily flights to Vancouver and Calgary on Air Canada and WestJet.

Fort St. John has seven elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one private school (Kindergarten to Grade 12). Northern Lights College and the University of Northern British Columbia provide post-secondary education in Fort St John.

The region's main industries are agriculture, forestry, natural gas, construction, and transportation.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Northeastern British Columbia!

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Terms

Benefits and Incentives

Vacation Leave

Negotiable

May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:

Retention Premium

21.70%

Retention Flat Fee

$33,629

Relocation Funding Available

$$9,000 - $15,000 TBD

Recruitment Incentive

$20,000

Other Benefits/Incentives

Rural Continuing Medical Education (RCME) available: Up to 2 years $1,800; In 3rd & 4th year $4,800; after 4 years $7,800. Moving allowance available: $15,000 if moving from outside of Canada; $12,000 if moving within Canada but outside of BC; $9,000 if moving within BC. Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) funding is subject to change without notice.

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