The Nanaimo Palliative Care Physicians Group with Island Health is looking for part-time Palliative Care Physicians.  The positions will work in a variety of clinical settings including a tertiary palliative care unit, hospice, community and outpatient clinics. 

Description of role:

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 outpatient and home visit palliative care consults within the 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 Nanaimo Palliative on-call schedule proportional to FTE, as required
• Teaching and supervision of medical learners (requires eligibility for faculty appointment with UBC)

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.