Family Practitioner/General Practitioner - Canada's Health Magazine

Title: Family Practitioner/General Practitioner

Company: Health Match BC
Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia
Job Type: FlexTime, FullTime

Description:

Foundry is dedicated to providing health and wellness services to young people aged 12-24 and their caregivers in British Columbia through youth-friendly centers and online resources. The organization offers integrated mental health care, substance use services, primary and sexual health care, youth and family peer support, and social services to make support more accessible.

SHARE Family & Community Services is the lead agency for Foundry Tri-Cities, focusing on integrating health care into a community-based social service setting. Fraser Health Authority's Mental Health and Substance Use Services are also co-located at the center, providing a comprehensive model for youth care.

Under the oversight of the Foundry Tri-Cities' Medical Director, family physicians will provide episodic, enhanced/specialized, and longitudinal care within an interdisciplinary team. The organization is currently recruiting multiple family physicians for part-time positions.

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).

Eligibility for a faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine is an asset.

Job Skills and Abilities:

Enthusiasm for and experience working with adolescents and young adults.

Demonstrates a high level of clinical skill and competence in various areas of adolescent and young adult health.

Ability to provide gender-affirming care, reproductive health services, and harm reduction strategies.

Commitment to cultural safety, awareness of Indigenous health practices, and trauma-informed care.

Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.

Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to engage in educational activities for professional development.

Requirements:

Criminal Record Review.

Signed confidentiality form.

Approved reference check.

Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19.

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Title: Family Practitioner/General Practitioner
Company: Health Match BC
Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia
Role and Facility Information

Foundry is removing barriers and increasing access to health and wellness services for young

people ages 12--24 and their caregivers through a network of innovative youth-friendly centres

across British Columbia and online. By offering integrated mental health care, substance use

services, primary and sexual health care, youth and family peer support and social services,

Foundry makes it easier for young people to find support in their communities. Online resources

and first-of-its-kind virtual care further broaden Foundry's reach.

SHARE Family &amp; Community Services (SHARE) is the lead agency for Foundry Tri-Cities and is

focused on integrating health care into a community-based social service setting. This approach

allows us to be flexible and creative in our ability to meet multiple needs of youth in one location.

Fraser Health Authority's Mental Health and Substance Use Services are co-located with us in the

centre and will be integrated into the Tri-Cities Foundy centre model which includes Youth

Concurrent Disorders, Early Psychosis, and START. The model also includes Youth Outreach

Workers and Peer Support Workers employed by SHARE, as well as an integrated youth drop-in

providing social and recreational programming.

**Contribution** Under the oversight of the Foundry Tri-Cities' Medical Director, the family physician provides

episodic, enhanced/specialized, and longitudinal care (up until age 25) within the interdisciplinary

team, through a combination of walk-in and scheduled appointments. Physicians are actively

involved in case consultation with the Foundry Tri-CIties team and have the support of Medical

Office Assistants in the Centre.

We are currently recruiting multiple family physicians with 0.2FTE and up to 0.5FTE

positions available.

* Remuneration will be in accordance with the Doctors of BC Physician Master Agreement

and the negotiated clinical service contract.

* The estimated clinic opening timeline is Jan 2026.

**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).
* Eligibility for a faculty appointment with the University of British Columbia Faculty of

Medicine is an asset.

**Job Skills And Abilities**

* Enthusiasm for and experience working with adolescents and young adults:
* Demonstrates a high level of clinical skill and competence with knowledge in the

following areas: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) physical, psychological, and

social development.

* Mental health and substance use in the AYA population, including comfort with

collaborative treatment planning and prescription of common medications.

* Opioid Agonist therapy (OAT) and/or willingness to learn to prescribe OAT.
* Harm reduction strategies.
* Reproductive health, including sexual health and STI prevention and treatment.
* Gender-affirming care, including the ability to provide and/or willingness to learn

how to provide hormone and surgical care planning.

* Health promotion and prevention strategies.
* A commitment to cultural safety and humility.
* Awareness of Indigenous health practices and Indigenous health supports.
* The unique ethical, legal, and confidentiality issues in caring for young people.
* Effectively engaging family, caregivers, and other supports in the care of AYA.
* Trauma-informed and strengths-based care.
* interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively in an

interdisciplinary team.

* Ability to learn and utilize the multiple records management platforms required for wrap

around care.

* 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 challenges.

* Ability to maximize use and scope of interdisciplinary team members.
* Willingness and ability to contribute to educational activities in the clinic for the benefit of

their colleagues and health professionals in training.

* Willingness to take part in educational opportunities to advance practice and client

outcomes.

**Requirements**

* Criminal Record Review.
* Signed confidentiality form.
* Approved reference check.
* Proof of full vaccination against Covid-19.

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