Prince George is the centre of business, education, health and culture for northern British Columbia and services a rural population of about 300,000. The region’s economic growth and diversification strategies are creating outstanding opportunities for investors, employers and employees. Affordable housing, land prices and transportation costs, due to short and quick commutes; result in one of the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province. Additionally, wage rates fall above provincial averages, providing residents of Prince George with a high standard of living in one of BC’s most beautiful regions. The city itself is the 4th largest in British Columbia and has a population of approximately 100,000 local residents. It is built on the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. Prince George is the home of the University of Northern British Columbia – Canada’s Green university. The warm, friendly and diverse population attests to a strong and dynamic community spirit. https://www.northernhealth.ca/our-communities/prince-george
Northern Health Authority is seeking a Physiatrist to provide service at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, in Prince George, BC. The selected candidate will join an exceptionally compatible and united group of physicians who are encouraged to explore their full practice potential in our University Hospital Medical School setting.
The hospital provides tertiary rehabilitation services in both highly developed inpatient and outpatient areas across the spectrum of rehab services including:
- Stroke
- Brain Injury
- Amputee
- Multi-trauma
- Complex Orthopaedics
- Psychiatry
- Medical sub-specialty areas
Well informed interdisciplinary teams are functioning at a high level, and current with developments in
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Language Pathology
- Social Work
- Recreation Therapy
- Chronic Pain Clinic
Related Health services include:
- UHNBC Northern Centre for Functional Rehabilitation
- MS Clinic
- Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Unit
- Memory Disorders Clinic
- Spiritual Health
- Pre-admission clinics for elective surgeries
- Post Physiotherapy Clinics for TKR
- Outpatient Physiotherapy
- Outpatient Occupational therapy services such as burn treatments and splinting
- Outpatient Neuro Services.
- Eligible for Fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC)
- Recruitment Incentive: $15,000 Relocation Assistance: $9,000-15,000 Retention Premium: 12.60% Retention Flat Fee: $19,526.40
Hours of work: regular
On call requirements: Rota with IM Department
$350,000+
Recruitment Incentive: $15,000
Relocation Assistance: $9,000-15,000
Retention Premium: 12.60%
Retention Flat Fee: $19,526.40
The University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) is the largest Acute Care facility within the Northern Health region, and a hub for specialized health services. It’s also a teaching hospital:
- Provides undergraduate physician training through the Northern Medical Program, run by the University of British Columbia and University of Northern British Columbia
- Hosts residents in UBC’s Family Practice Residency Program
- Is a key clinical education site for nursing and many health sciences students at UNBC, the College of New Caledonia,
BCIT and other institutions. UHNBC has benefited from nearly $100 million in expansions, renovations and new equipment since 2001:
- Patient care addition with an expanded emergency room
and updated ICU
- State-of-the-art maternal-child care centre (including a single room neonatal ICU)
- Facilities to accommodate undergraduate physician training
- MRI unit
UHNBC is also home to a cancer centre for Northern BC, featuring a wide range of cancer treatments including radiation therapy.
