Anesthesiology

Kelowna

Glistening water and lush mountains, dotted with parks, frame the Okanagan's largest and liveliest population centre:
Kelowna. Okanagan Lake is the perfect place to sail, kayak, or relax on the beach. Rolling greens offer world-class golfing just minutes from spectacular hiking and biking trails. In the winter, enjoy ski resorts and skating rinks right at your fingertips. Decorated with heritage buildings and modern architecture, Kelowna offers something for everyone, with orchards, vineyards, and all the amenities of a major centre.

From restaurants and shops to art galleries, live music, and theatre, this city has it all. Come experience our four-season playground and see why life is better here. Okanagan Lake is the perfect place to sail, kayak, or relax on the beach. Rolling greens offer world-class golfing just minutes from spectacular hiking and biking trails. In the winter, enjoy ski resorts and skating rinks right at your fingertips.

Decorated with heritage buildings and modern architecture, Kelowna offers something for everyone, with orchards, vineyards, and all the amenities of a major centre.

From restaurants and shops to art galleries, live music, and theatre, this city has it all. Come experience our four-season playground and see why life is better here.

The Cardiac Anesthesia Division is actively recruiting a locum physician with a specific focus on supporting care within the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU). This opportunity may be well-suited to an intensivist with interest in cardiac critical care, or to a cardiac anesthesiologist.

The CSICU is a 6-bed unit (with capacity to expand to 8 beds) dedicated to the management of post-cardiac surgery patients. Our program currently performs approximately 600 cardiac surgeries per year, with plans for significant growth to meet rapidly increasing patient demand. The unit manages the full range of adult cardiac surgical patients, including those requiring short-term mechanical support such as V-A ECMO, V-V ECMO, and VAD.

This locum position is intended to provide focused coverage and expertise in the CSICU, complementing the work of our 8-member Cardiac Anesthesia Division. While the Division as a whole provides comprehensive perioperative cardiac anesthesia, TAVI support (150 cases annually), and consultation/TEE for complex non-cardiac cases, this locum role is uniquely dedicated to strengthening our critical care capacity in the CSICU.

We are a group of 44 anesthesiologists providing a full-service tertiary referral service to patients located in a geographical area larger than France. We pride ourselves on being a supportive group who provide the highest quality of care in a complex high acuity environment.

All department members must be fellows of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada in Anesthesiology, meet the requirements for privileging with our hospital and be able to fulfill call requirements including acute pain services management, out of OR sedation, obstetrics/gynaecology, paediatrics, trauma, urology, orthopaedic, thoracic, vascular, plastic, ENT and general surgery. The successful cardiac anesthesia candidate must have a formal (12 month) fellowship and have achieved TEE certification from the National Board of Echocardiography.

KGH is also a teaching hospital academically affiliated with the University of British Columbia’s Southern Medical Program. As part of your new role you will have the opportunity to teach medical students and residents and make an impact in education and research in the community.

Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) is one of two tertiary hospitals within Interior Health and is the region’s…