Emergency Medicine

About the role

Come work as a Physician, Emergency Medicine with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Richmond Hospital is a busy 200+ bed community teaching hospital in the heart of the culturally diverse city of Richmond, BC. It is near the Vancouver airport and a short 20‑minute drive to downtown Vancouver. We are part of Vancouver Coastal Health and we see approximately 60,000 ED visits per year. The hospital is fully supported by most services and within very close proximity to those services not on‑site. In the Emergency Department, we currently have 33 permanent members as well as locums on staff and have 11 scheduled shifts per day. We see a diverse mix of both adult and paediatric patients. We are looking for interested emergency physicians to join our group as a permanent member. We are an engaged, collegial group with extremely supportive members. New grads are very welcome and encouraged to apply. Scheduling is fair, transparent and unbiased and allows physicians to balance their home and work lives. We offer a very active education program (Journal Club, Education Rounds, M&M Rounds, Mock Codes). We also have a voluntary sabbatical program! This allows permanent members to take off one to two months every few years if you choose to participate. We are a very well‑respected group within our hospital. Over the years, we have fostered an excellent rapport with other departments and maintained a healthy relationship with Administration.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – Mandatory
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) – Desired
• Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC) – Full
• Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) – Emergency Medicine – Mandatory
• Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) – Mandatory
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PAL) – Mandatory
• As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers in publicly‑funded facilities must report past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections; this information is collected during onboarding.

Benefits

• Very active education program (Journal Club, Education Rounds, M&M Rounds, Mock Codes)
• Voluntary sabbatical program – permanent members may take one to two months off every few years
• Employer‑paid