Reporting to the Foundry Vancouver Granville (FVG) Medical Director, the family physician provides episodic, enhanced/specialized and longitudinal care under an interdisciplinary approach. This position is for a family physician (0.2FTE and up to 0.5FTE available) in an outpatient community setting.

Qualifications

• Registered (Full) in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.
• Certification with the College of Family Physicians of Canada
• Medical indemnity coverage with Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates high level of clinical skill and competence with knowledge in the following:
• Reproductive health, including sexual health and STI prevention and treatment
• Opioid Agonist therapy (OAT) and/or willingness to learn to prescribe OAT
• Gender affirming care including ability to do and/or willingness to learn how to provide hormone and surgical care planning
• Common physical and emotional problems of young people
• Child and adolescent physical, psychological and social development
• Harm reduction strategies
• Health promotion and prevention strategies
• Awareness of and sensitivity to diverse cultural beliefs and practices
• The unique ethical, legal and confidentiality issues in caring for young people
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to help others to use the same analytical thought processes
• Ability to deal with a host of interdisciplinary issues involving professional and resource allocation problems
• Willing and able to contribute to educational activities in the clinic for the benefit of their colleagues and health professionals in training