Family Practitioner/General Practitioner

We are seeking primary care physicians to staff for the innovative Stabilization Services in Nanaimo that will move into the New Central Nanaimo Urgent and Primary Care Centre that officially opens in May 2025.

The service provides primary care follow-up to unattached patients who present with new, or unstable, diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, COPD and new / suspected cancer diagnoses.

The service was developed through a Nanaimo community medical response to help address the needs of unattached patients, and to support the NRGH ED and acute care units and has been extended to support unattached patients who present to Oceanside Urgent Care, Ladysmith Urgent Care, Medical Arts Urgent Care and Urgent Medical Assessment Clinic.

The service provides short term access to follow-up primary care that aims to reduce the risk of admission or re-admission for unattached patients. This much-needed service will support patients with their immediate post-discharge primary care needs, and the team will work to link patients to other services for on-going care and support. Patients referred to the service will be varied from simple follow-up to patients with more complex care needs requiring further follow-up and connection to other services. Access to Stabilization Services requires a referral from approved referring agents and care will be provided by booked appointments only.

The role will offer flexible hours, team-based care (RN, SW, MOA, CNL, Medical Lead and Management) to offer comprehensive patient support. The Patient’s Care is provided by the Family Practitioner during the clinic hours with the support of the multi-disciplinary team to provide ongoing patient support throughout the duration of the patient’s involvement with the clinic.

Choose clinic days that fit your needs with no minimum number of shifts or set schedule.

Shifts are 4 hours

User-friendly Primary Care EMR – MYLE

Follow-up on lab results will be managed within the leadership team – no need to use your private time

This service provides a great deal of opportunity to influence clinic design, operations and culture.

Compensation: Group Physician Contract with a rate of $198.48 (with additional evening increase of $25/hr starting at 18:00)

TO APPLY – Please scroll down and apply via the online form.

To learn more about the service, please contact Deborah Harver, Primary Care Manager at [email protected]

To connect with a Physician involved in the service design, please Contact Dr. Diane Wallis, chair, Nanaimo Division of Family Practice at [email protected]

To learn more about to application process, please contact Island Health Recruitment at [email protected]

Start Date

As soon as possible

Community Information

Nanaimo, an exciting urban community with a breathtaking waterfront, provides an opportunity to enjoy an active exciting lifestyle with a multitude of year-round recreational opportunities including golf, mountain biking and walking trails, kayaking, paddle boarding and sailing, or dive to explore three artificial reefs created by wrecks sunk in the harbour. In winter, both downhill and cross-country skiing can be enjoyed at Mount Washington, just 1.5 hours north.

This vibrant, growing city of 97,000 boasts its own symphony and theater, offers post-secondary education at the Vancouver Island University, is just 15 minutes by seaplane to downtown Vancouver and a short drive to Victoria.

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