The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous communities throughout the Province with a purpose to increase primary care access and attachment to primary care clinicians, with a focus on collaborative, team-based, culturally-secure care. Role and Facility Information The First Nations Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, First Nations Health Authority and Indigenous communities throughout the Province with a purpose to increase primary care access and attachment to primary care clinicians, with a focus on collaborative, team-based, culturally-safe care. The Pata'yi FNPCI, located on North Vancouver Island is society operated (The North Vancouver Island Primary Care Initiative Health Society) and governed through a Board of Directors from each of the ten Kwakwaka’wakw Nations the FNPCI serves: The First Nations Nations Health Authority is proud to support the Kwakwaka’wakw FNPCI and its Society with recruitment and contracting of Medical Staff.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

Family

Physician - Successful applicants may eligible for a 0.2 FTE medical lead CONTRACT: Contract from 0.2 FTE up to a 1.0 FTE-typically 1680 hours a year per FTE Kwakwaka’wakw Communities on Northern Vancouver Island Physician Master Agreement Full Scope range placement of $302,113 - $377,641 subject to whether scope of services includes facility-based coverage.

Compensation is scaled to Full Time Equivalent.

Family

Physicians are not required to contribute to overhead and typically a renewable contract will be negotiated.

Why Work At The

Pata'yi Primary Care Centre Ga’walap̓a:



To help one another We are committed to weaving traditional ways of knowing with a focus on wholistic wellness built on a culturally-safe and two-eyed seeing approach to healthcare. We believe in work-life balance and creating an environment where personal and professional growth are supported and encouraged. Step into a collaborative team where your expertise as a Family Physician is not just needed but celebrated.

You'll join a vibrant group of healthcare professionals including Advanced Scope Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Pharmacist, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Clinicians, Medical Office Assistants and Traditional Healers. Through a foundational collaborative-care model, our team seeks to provide seamless and culturally-safe wrap-around care.

The Family

Physician will be the most responsible provider for a patient panel and is expected to collaborate in team-based care for patients and support the practice of Western and Traditional Wellness approaches to patient health. A minimum panel size is typically expected to reach 650 per 1.0 FTE by year 3 and will be confirmed in the clinical service contract.

The Family

Physician will be expected to travel on a pre-arranged schedule to different sites to be available for appointments within the community in keeping with the First Nations value of services closer to home.

The Family

Physician (FP) will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility,



to provide primary care in a team-based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards. You are passionate about supporting First Nations individuals and families on their health and wellness journeys

• You have an active practicing license in good standing with the College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC)

• You have training in Cultural Safety &

• Humility or are willing to take this training

• Ideally you have experience working with First Nations people and communities and providing culturally safe care. Current valid driving license and willingness to travel to sites primarily throughout the Northern Vancouver Island region We are a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts with world-class fishing, hiking, skiing and sea-kayaking.

There are three larger communities: Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Port Alice that are adjacent to the culturally-vibrant First Nations communities of Gwa’sala-‘Nakwada’xw, Kwakiutl, Quatsino and ‘Namgis each of which has a Health Centre where our team provides care. We also provide care in the remote communities of Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation that are only accessible by boat or air. Finally, we have clinic-space partnerships with community-based organizations: North Island Building Blocks, Foundry, Sacred Wolf Friendship Centre and FNHA Midwifery Clinic.

Compensation Type Clinical Service Contract Estimated Remuneration Varies- see above Physician Overhead n/a Retention Premium 22.26% Relocation Funding Available $varies Recruitment Incentive $as eligible #

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