Wide blue skies and the rolling foothills of the Northern Rockies surround Dawson Creek. The city is also known as the Mile Zero City, as it marks the start of the Alaska Highway, a 2,400 km long highway connecting Alaska and the Yukon to Western Canada and the United States. Dawson Creek has a population of approximately 12,500. It provides primary service to a population of approximately 20,000 and helps serve the larger population of the Peace River Region of 60,000. There are eleven elementary schools, one middle school and one secondary school. The Northern Lights College provides adult education. https://www.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/dawson-creek
Practice scope: Family Medicine + Emergency + Long Term Care.
Estimated Yearly Remuneration:$350,000+ (Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) or FFS, your choice).
REEF and MOCAP Level 1 for ER.
MSP Premium 23.10% + $35,798.40 Annual Bonus (Flat Fee).
$20,000 Signing Bonus + Moving Allowance $9,000 - $15,000.
REAP and RCME funding available.
Northern Health is seeking a Family Physician with full-scope skills/experience to join a well-established Family Medicine clinic and also provide Emergency Room coverage and Long Term Care coverage in Dawson Creek. The community has several clinics that work cooperatively.
This practice opportunity could also include:
- Surgical assists
- Maternity
- Primary OB
- Advanced OB with C-section (if qualified)
- Anesthesia (if qualified)
If interested, please send your CV to
[email protected].
Dawson Creek and District Hospital is a full service community hospital that provides service to Dawson Creek and surrounding communities. It has 31 acute care beds and 15 regional adult psychiatric beds. Services include:
- 24/7 emergency
- HAU
- Medical and surgical in-patient care
- Day surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- General surgery
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Respiratory therapy
- Diabetic education
- Primary care
- Lab
- Medical imaging with CT
- Cancer care
Come and enjoy our wide blue skies and northern hospitality!
Dawson Creek is known as "Mile Zero", where the world-famous Alaska Highway begins!
The city has a population of approximately 12,500, provides primary service to a population of 20,000 and helps serve the larger population of the Peace River Region, approximately 60,000.
The city offers shopping, services, restaurants, cafés, a health food store, art gallery, live theatre, and the state-of-the-art Ovintiv Events Centre that hosts major music concerts. Our indoor Farmer's Market is open every Saturday, year-round!
Recreation opportunities include a state-of-the-art indoor Aquatic Centre, indoor walking track, gyms, yoga, Pilates, and dance studios, biking trails, golfing, swimming, boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, hiking, camping, bird watching, and visiting our numerous parks. In the wintertime, enjoy our indoor curling rink, two indoor skating rinks, a full-size outdoor speed skating oval, 25 kilometres of groomed trails for cross-country (Nordic) skiing, Bear Mountain Ski Hill (downhill skiing and snowboarding), back-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.
The city has a wide variety of authentic cuisines including Chinese, Japanese, and Italian (to name a few), and also a wide variety of dining atmospheres: choose from high end restaurants, hotel buffets, familiar franchises, and local coffee shops.
Dawson Creek has eleven elementary schools, one middle school, one secondary school, and one private school (kindergarten to grade 12). Northern Lights College provides post-secondary education.
We look forward to welcoming you and your family to Northeastern British Columbia!
