Internal Medicine

About the role

Ridge Meadows Hospital (RMH) serves Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, a semi‑rural community of over 110,000 residents located about 45 minutes from downtown Vancouver. The facility has 125 acute care beds, 60 subacute/rehab and inpatient psychiatry beds, an 8‑bed ICU with three ventilator capacities plus telemetry, and handles roughly 45,000 ER visits annually. RMH provides full‑service community medicine with complete radiology (including MRI) and strong support from larger Vancouver hospitals. Internists/subspecialists act as the most responsible physician for the sickest patients and offer consultative support to hospitalists and other specialties for less acute cases. A rapid‑access clinic is under development, which will further expand the internal medicine role.

Responsibilities

• Act as the most responsible physician for the sickest patients.
• Provide consultative support to hospitalists and other specialties for less acute patients.
• Follow up with patients in the community and are encouraged to open a practice for consult services.
• Participate in teaching of residents, fellows, and 4th‑year medical students.
• Apply for a clinical appointment with the University of British Columbia and pursue eventual appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor or higher.
• Assist and consult with other internists as needed.
• Contribute to the development of the rapid‑access clinic.

Requirements

• CPSBC certification.
• FRCPC certification in Internal Medicine.
• CMPA coverage.
• Demonstrated sufficient clinical experience in all areas of General Medicine.
• Proficiency in basic procedural skills: lumbar puncture, central line insertion, and chest tubes.
• Ability to manage ventilated ICU patients (in conjunction with paramedical staff).
• Subspecialist with GIM ability, or GIM with a subspecialty interest relevant to Ridge Meadows Hospital and/or the community.

Skills (assets)

• Experience and demonstrated skills in point‑of‑care ultrasound.
• Leadership experience.
• Medical administration experience.
• Teaching experience.

Pay

Compensation type: Fee‑for‑Service.

Schedule

Inpatient call/consultation is currently provided by two internists during the daytime and one at night, with daytime service delivered in week‑long blocks. Night call averages approximately one night in eight. Recruitment will expand daytime coverage to three internists.