Pathology - IHKGH-PAT-1800
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Kelowna

Visitors flock to Kelowna (and nearby West Kelowna and Lake Country) to go wine touring and taste local wines and locally-sourced cuisine, attend museums, galleries, symphonies, and theatre, and perhaps most of all to take advantage of endless outdoor recreation activities, such as hiking, golfing, fishing, boating, swimming and cycling in summer, and downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing in winter.

Clinic Details:
  • Kelowna General Hospital
  • Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) is a tertiary hospital and referral center with 349 beds, a full range of services, an adjacent cancer centre, a new state-of-the-art Centennial Building, and is the primary acute care facility in region. The new expansion that opened in May 2012 boasts a total of 360,000 square feet, an expanded emergency and ambulatory care department, larger operating rooms and a rooftop helipad. Future expansion plans are to continue the facility developments with the addition of the new Interior Health and Surgical Center, which will include the Cardiac Revascularization Center.

    KGH has several surgical services that provide regional care that includes General Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Plastics, and Neurosurgery. Our facility is also the primary site for the UBC Southern Medical Program, turning KGH into a true teaching hospital. As such, this position will include instructing opportunities to residents and students in clinical environments.
Practice Details:
  • Hematology Working Group, overseeing transfusion medicine and taking responsibliity for quality assurance, ranking capital equipment needs, teaching medical and laboratory students in both transfusion and hematology. An FRCPC combined with at least 5 years of related experience would be ideal, however a FRCPC General pathologist with adequate experience would be considered as an alternative.
Qualifications:
    • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC)
    • A FRCPC General pathologist with adequate experience would be considered as an alternative.
Call Schedule:
  • On call requirements: Yes
Compensation:
  • Payment Structure:
    • Service Contract
  • Estimated Gross Income:
    • Commensurate with the provincially negotiated grid level for a maximum of $331,608 for 210 days of service.