INDEPENDENT LICENSED ONLY / Job ID: 2578
$550K Earning Potential, No Overheads, Excellent Incentives Including Flights and Accommodations
Job Details: Our client in Powell River, British Columbia is looking for a full-time Psychiatrist to join their Inpatient residential mental health facility. The incoming specialist will provide a combination of in-person and virtual services to patients. Work shifts will be 24 hours per week with light and non-onerous on-call provision. Days of work and hours per day are negotiable.
The clinic uses MedAccess and KiPU EMR and uses a blended compensation model. Payment structure will include physicians billing the organization for on-call sessions and reporting services with an average monthly billing of $25K-$30K. The physician will provide their own billing to BC Medical Service Plan for in-person or office visits.
The incoming Psychiatrist will maintain their own CME insurance, but the clinic looks after all other insurances for the facility and the staffing. There will be no overhead cost to the physician, and the range of potential full-time annual earnings is $450,000-$550,000.
Incentives Available to the Physician: The clinic will pay for flights to and from Powell River, as well as the transportation the physician uses, meals at the facility and the waterfront cottage that the physician will live in while physically working at the site. $15,000 moving allowance will also be paid if the physician wishes to initially or later move to Powell River.
Clinic Details: The clinic has been open since 2004 and is a 24-hour residential care facility and is licensed by the BC Ministry of Health under the BC Community Care and Assisted Living Act. They are also accredited with Accreditation Canada and maintain an exemplary standing designation. The clinic takes pride in being an excellent place to work and believe that it’s due to high staffing levels and commitment to reasonable workloads, high compensation and opportunities for advancement. The facility has a specific Psychiatrists’ office and a waiting room to be shared with the Medical Director and managed by the nursing staff.
|The facility currently employs over 110 staff, including nursing support and an administrative staff that provides transcription and administrative support. There is also an interdisciplinary team that includes a Psychologist, Psychiatric Nurses and licensed clinical counselors. There is 1 Addiction Medicine Physician, 1 Psychiatrist (Who will be retiring and has worked with the organization since 2007) currently working at the clinic. He will be available as a locum to the new psychiatrist.
The clinic is located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, and the facility is set on a large, rural waterfront acreage that overlooks Malaspina Strait. Powell River is a well-serviced small community with its own hospital, regional airport with 4 scheduled flights daily, ferry service connecting to Vancouver Island (Victoria) and the lower Sunshine Coast (Vancouver). It is known for its exceptional recreational opportunities, both in and outdoors, and a strong fine arts movement.
Requirements:
· Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC)
· Specialist training from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, UK, or USA
