Anesthesiologist Specialty

Island health has an opportunity for a full-time Anesthesiologist to join their team at the Comox Valley Hospital.

The Comox Valley Hospital is a new bed community hospital with state of the art facilities. There are 6 OR’s with 5 operationalized and 1 reserved for emergency caesarean sections.

Anesthesiologists provide services for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urology, General Surgery, ENT, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, and Orthopaedics. In addition, anesthesiologists provide anesthesia for ECT and Cardioversion and assist with emergency intubations in the ER and ICU.

Comox Anesthesiologists also run a consultation clinic and an out of OR position designated as Rover.

Weekday call starts at and ends at with mandatory on site coverage till then home call after that. Pre-call and post call are off. Weekend and stats are 24 hour call to with mandatory on site coverage from to .

Applicants must have recent (within 6 months) pediatric (2 yrs and older) and obstetrical experience or demonstrate a plan to update these skills. Applicants will be flexible in their ability to increase coverage at times of HR shortage to ensure we can fulfill our APP requirements.

Interested applicants should plan to spend an minimum of 1 week with the department and ideally longer as a locum in the department.

Once the locum is complete, each candidate will undergo a thorough degree assessment. Candidates who meet the criteria and have a successful locum will be offered an interview.

Start Date

As soon as possible

Benefits

May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidy agreement including:

• Fee Premium - 6.93%

• Annual Flat Fee - $10,.52

• Recruitment Incentive - $10, (pro-rated for FTE amount)

• Relocation Costs - up to a maximum of $15, (Depending on location moving from)

• Rural CME:
Years 3 & 4 - $/annum; after 4 years: $/annum