Are you looking to play a vital role in patient care? As an Anesthesiologist in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), you’ll provide specialized anesthesia and critical care for CAF members in military clinics and operating rooms, in Canada and on operations around the world.

This position is available through direct entry, on a full-time or part-time basis, or through our full-time paid education program.

Pay & Perks

The CAF offers a range of benefits to ensure members are well supported. These include:

- Competitive salary
- New pay increases: earn more from the start
- Signing Bonus of up to $225,000
- Paid education and training opportunities
- Vacation, parental, and other types of paid leave
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Counselling and relocation support services
- Pension plan
- Stimulating workplace that promotes respect, belonging, and work-life balance

Overview

As an anesthesiologist, your primary duties are to:

- Provide anesthesia consultation for CAF Members in Canada
- Be part of emergency resuscitation and surgical teams in Canada and on international deployment
- Provide in-transport care for injured or ill CAF members during evacuation back to Canada
- Educate and advise multidisciplinary teams on emergency resuscitation, airway management, sedation, and acute pain management




- Maintain a high level of clinical skills by holding a position within a civilian health care facility
- Contribute to the development and application of health care policies within the CAF

You’ll find a comprehensive list of the primary duties on the Forces.ca website.

To be eligible to apply to the CAF, you must:

- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada
- Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
- For the Paid Education programs, you can be 16 years old (with parental consent)
- For the Primary Reserve, you can be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student
- Have completed at least Grade 10 or Secondary 4 in Quebec (some jobs require higher levels of education)

Direct Entry Plan

If you’re a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and have an unrestricted licence to practise Anesthesia in a Canadian province or territory, you may be eligible for enrolment and to commence basic training.

Join the CAF

For more information or to apply to the CAF as an anesthesiologist, contact our recruiters at: [email protected]

Please indicate in the subject line of your email: MEDICAL SPECIALIST

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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

📌 Anesthesiologist (British Columbia)
🏢 Canadian Armed Forces
📍 British Columbia