Role and Facility Information

FP/ER LOCUM Opportunities!

Hazelton - Wrinch Memorial Hospital is seeking FP/ER locum coverage for various time frames over the next 6 months. Must have current, formal ER practice.

The Wrinch Medical Staff provides full-scope care to the region and is made up of 10-12 Family Physicians filling 7.5 FTE, 1 GP-Anesthetist, 2 Nurse Practitioners, and 2 Registered Midwives who have an incredibly collaborative model of care.

Hazelton physicians have a unique provider partnership model fostering collegial relationships, collaboration and ample cross-coverage for vacation and education leaves. This model supports efficient clinic processes, improved continuity of care and access to care. The selected candidate for this position will be paired with an existing provider to ensure a smooth onboarding experience.

Teaching is a time honored tradition In Hazelton. There is an ongoing rotation of Medical Students, Nurse Practitioner Students, Midwifery Students and Medical Residents. Many of our providers also do outreach clinics once a week in the outlying communities (Sik-e-dakh, Anxpayawx, Gitsegukla, Gitwangak, Gitanyow) at the on-reserve Health Stations. Learners will often be scheduled to accompany their preceptors for these clinics.

Wrinch Medical Clinic provides 11 exam rooms with full support staff including MOAs, specialist booking, billing and a clinic coordinator. Wrinch Memorial serves a population of 8000 with:

• 24-hour Emergency Department (second on-call system)
• 9 complex care beds
• 10 acute care beds
• 1 respite bed
• 1 secure psychiatric observation room
• Midwifery led maternity care
• Pharmacy
• Dental Clinic
• Laboratory
• Medical Imaging including ultrasound

Other health and community care services include:

• Public Health
• Mental Health and Addictions
• Skeena Place Assisted Living Complex
• Home and community care support services
• Diabetic Education
• Dietician services
• Visiting specialists including Podiatry, Pediatrician, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Rheumatology, OB/GYN, Cardiology and Geriatric Assessment Team
• Pre and post natal outreach programs

The communities that make up what is collectively known as the Upper Skeena, or “the Hazeltons”, are situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Gitxsan Nation. The Gitxsan people have lived on these lands for 10,000+ years and along with the Wet'suwet'en Nation to the east, established the precedent setting Delgamuukw court decision in 1997.

Some of the communities included in the Upper Skeena are the incorporated municipalities of Hazelton and New Hazelton, unincorporated settlements of South Hazelton, Two Mile, Suskwa Valley, Miskinish (Cedarvale), Kitwanga Valley, Andimal and the Kispiox Valley, and the 8 Indigenous villages of Witset, Gitanyow, Gitwangak, Gitsegukla, Hagwilget, Gitanmaax, Sik-e-dakh and Anspayaxw. Some would say the natural beauty of the land is unparalleled – it certainly holds a central place in health and wellbeing for many of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who live on these unceded lands.


This posting is covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination orders and selected applicant(s) must comply.

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Terms

Benefits and Incentives

Vacation Leave

n/a

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

Retention Premium

30.000%

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