Palliative Care Physician Specialty

The Nanaimo Palliative Care Physicians Group with Island Health is looking for part-time Palliative Care Physicians. This position will work in a variety of clinical settings including the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) tertiary palliative care unit & hospital inpatient tower, hospice, community home visits and outpatient clinics.

Description of role
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This role is flexible and the area of coverage will be determined as needs dictate, but preferences are strongly considered. It may include:

• Provision of palliative care consults in Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
• Provision of duties of MRP within a tertiary palliative care unit
• Provision of home visit palliative care consults within the Greater Nanaimo area (driver’s license and car are required)
• Provision of outpatient consults and follow up visits to marginalized vulnerable populations, including individuals with comorbid life-threatening illness and homelessness, mental health and addiction
• Participation in the on-call schedule

Teaching and supervision of medical learners (requires eligibility for faculty appointment with UBC)

Start Date

As soon as possible