Role and Facility Information

Anesthesiologist

We are seeking locum Anesthesiologists to join our team at Royal Columbian Hospital and Cancer Centre.

Located 20 minutes out of Vancouver, we are the tertiary care hospital for the Fraser Health Authority with a full range of surgical specialties (including obstetrics), and a Level 1 Trauma Service that serves one third the population of BC. We are a very collegial group that offers a wide range of experiences in a dynamic environment.

Applicants must be FRCPC certifiable and eligible for College of Physicians and Surgeons licensure in BC. A successful candidate will have post residency fellowship training or be willing to obtain same. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Facility: Royal Columbian Hospital

Royal Columbian Hospital is a provincial referral hospital (tertiary/trauma care centre) located in New Westminster, BC, with 422 acute beds that is a University of BC Affiliated teaching hospital that offers medical, surgical, advanced diagnostics & imaging, critical care, inpatient pediatrics, levels 1 & 3 obstetrics, outpatient clinics, level 2 & 3 neonatology, cardiac surgery, neurosciences, and tertiary programs as well as 24/7 emergency services with 75,986 visits annually.

The Royal Columbian Hospital Redevelopment is a multi-year, multi-phase project to increase the hospital's capacity, beds and services. Phase one is underway and includes multiple projects, many which prepare the hospital’s infrastructure for future expansion as well as a new 75-bed mental health and substance use wellness centre with more outpatient clinics by late 2019/early 2020. Phase two, if approved by government, proposes to add an acute care tower with more beds for intensive care, cardiac intensive care, obstetrics and medicine/surgical and a new larger emergency by late 2022. Phase three proposes to upgrade existing buildings to support areas in the Health Care Centre, such as the laboratory and pharmacy, by 2025.

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