Full-Time Pediatric Surgeon
Job Description
Pediatric Surgeon
BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) cares for the province’s most acutely ill or injured children and youth, provides developmental and rehabilitation services to children and youth throughout BC, and offers a broad range of health services. Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children (SHHC), a leading provincial facility offering specialized services to children and youth with developmental disabilities from birth to age 19, works collaboratively with BCCH. SHHC focuses on the child and their family while supporting health care professionals in their community. BCCH also operates a wide number of specialized health programs, is a leading acute care teaching facility, and conducts research to advance health and care through the Child and Family Research Institute and in partnership with the University of British Columbia.
BCCH and SHHC are agencies of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) which plans, manages and evaluates specialty and province-wide health care services across BC. PHSA embodies values that reflect a commitment to excellence. These include: Patients first • Best value • Results matter • Excellence through knowledge • Open to possibilities.
British Columbia Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia are seeking a full-time pediatric surgeon at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. B.C. Children’s Hospital serves as the major referral centre for infants and children throughout the province of B.C. and the Yukon (population 4.7 million), and provides comprehensive, family-centered, interdisciplinary diagnosis and treatment for congenital and acquired surgical conditions, traumatic injuries, cancer and other complex health conditions of childhood.
The successful candidate will join four experienced pediatric surgeons at a comprehensive, freestanding child health center of excellence with an established teaching focus, including a North America-accredited pediatric surgery fellowship program. Through partnership with UBC and the hospital campus-based Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children’s Hospital offers superb research opportunities for faculty. The preferred candidate will have certification in Pediatric Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (or equivalent) and have demonstrated excellence in collaborative, multidisciplinary pediatric surgical care. An academic interest supported by advanced training in such areas as intestinal rehabilitation, pediatric oncology, trauma/critical care, minimally invasive surgery or other focused areas is desirable. Candidates must be eligible for appointment to the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia.
Remuneration and academic rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Pediatric Surgeon
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