Prince George

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 82,300 local residents and a service centre for nearly 320,000. 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

Practice Details:

Northern Health is seeking a full-time Dermatologist to provide regional services to Northern BC. The position is based in Prince George (population approx 80,000) with referrals coming from surrounding communities serving a population of approx. 400,000. There are opportunities for outreach clinics to communities within Northern Health.

Prince George offers a supportive and welcoming medical community with support from plastic surgery, general surgery, medical oncology, and radiation oncology available locally. Currently there is one board certified Dermatologist practicing within Northern Health, with an outpatient practice in Prince George. There is an outpatient NB-UVB phototherapy booth in Prince George, and hospital based phototherapy units in the communities of Prince Rupert and Terrace. Augment your clinical practice with teaching opportunities through the UBC Northern Medical Program as a faculty member with the UBC Department of Dermatology and Skin Science. Stay connected with BC’s dermatologists with weekly virtual Grand Rounds from UBC in Vancouver, where challenging patient cases can be submitted for review and discussion.

The successful candidate will join the Department of Medicine at the University Hospital of Northern BC, a dynamic team of 20+ physicians including: General Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Infectious Diseases, Respirology, Neurology, Rheumatology, and Endocrinology. There are no on-call requirements for Dermatology. While the majority of patients will be seen in an outpatient setting there is an opportunity to see hospital consults. Adjacent to the hospital, the new BC Cancer Centre provides residents of Northern BC increased access to cancer treatment and services closer to home. Candidate would be responsible for running their own private practice and Current dermatologist(s) Would share referrals to help establish practice

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On call requirements: TBD

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University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC):

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.