Medical Microbiology - IHRIH-PAT-819
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Kamloops

Kamloops is a vibrant city, located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, with an immediate population of approximately 93,000 and a medical catchment population of approximately 122,000.
Set on a vast and rugged landscape, with eight beautiful provincial parks, and more than 100 lakes it is an ideal setting for fishing, kayaking, rafting, hiking and camping. Award winning mountain biking is available at Sun Peaks Resort Bike Park and the Tobiano golf course is ranked as one of Canada’s best.

Winter brings the opportunity for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, and ice-skating, or just 45 minutes out of town Sun Peaks Four Season Resort offers the best skiing and snowboarding in the area.

Kamloops is the second largest municipality in the Thompson Okanagan region and all of the amenities of a modern metropolitan centre are readily available. A wide range of hotels, spas, restaurants, art galleries, and theatres are conveniently located in Kamloops downtown district.
Historically the major industries in Kamloops have been agriculture, forestry and mining, however moving forward agri-food production, high tech manufacturing, non-metallic mineral production and tourism are all playing an important role in the city’s economy.

Drive times to major centers are approximately one hour twenty minutes to Vernon and Armstrong (120 km), two hours to Kelowna (164 km) and three and a half hours to Vancouver (355 km).
Clinic Details:
  • Royal Inland Hospital
  • The Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) is a 230-bed facility that services a catch population of approximately 240,000, located in the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap Health Service Area. As one of two Interior Health tertiary referral hospitals, RIH is a no refusal centre with an Emergency Department that receives over 250 major trauma and 50,000 visits per year.

    RIH offers high-level, specialty medical care including core physician specialties, 24-hour Emergency and Trauma Services, Ambulatory and Outpatient Clinics, and Diagnostic Services. Specialty services include Ambulatory, Psychiatry, Elderly Mental Health, Clinical Nutrition, and Lung Health. Support services include: a full complement of diagnostic equipment, a Clinical Neurophysiology Lab and Sleep Lab, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and CT scan. This facility also features TPA Stroke, Stroke Research, and Tertiary Neuropsychiatry Programs. RIH is the regional base for the six-person, 24-hour High Acuity Response Team (HART) that is utilized in remote emergency transport situations. Members of the Department of Anesthesia provide Anesthesia services to seven elective operating rooms, labor and delivery, a 24/7 emergency operating room and an additional, contracted, four hour evening emergency room.
Practice Details:
  • The successful candidate will be expected to lead the microbiology laboratory service and participate in the infection control service. There may be an opportunity to provide clinical consultation relating to diagnosis, management and prevention of infectious diseases. Involvement with the regional Microbiology Working Group to set Heath Authority wide policy is expected. He/She may also be expected to be a consultant and resource for other health service areas in IHA.
Qualifications:
    • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC)
Call Schedule:
  • Hours of work: 0800 - 1700h Monday to Friday
  • On call requirements: Call shared with KGH microbiologists 1:3
Compensation:
  • Payment Structure:
    • Fee for Service
    • Service Contract
    • Year one - service contract then fee for service with Kamloops Pathologists
  • Estimated Gross Income:
    • $336,000/year plus on call remuneration
  • Overhead:
    • None