Locum Part-Time FP for Long Term Care Panel at Little Mountain Place

If you have experience in care of the elderly or an interest in this work, augment your practice with a long term care panel! Long Term Care (LTC) locum placements provide flexibility, allow you to diversify your work and to get a feel for the LTC landscape in Vancouver.

Why long term care?

You will become part of a supportive physician community
Each care home works closely with an interdisciplinary care team to provide holistic resident-centered care
You qualify for the Long Term Care Initiative (LTCI) which includes the following:
- Incentive payments in addition to fee-for-service billings
- Paid mentorship opportunities
- Depending on the duration of the locum work, participation in a self-scheduling, paid, after-hours care system (commitment of only one week of coverage per quarter; coverage is shared amongst the Vancouver LTCI practitioners)
- Opportunities for paid participation in long term care-specific events
You can develop and grow your skills in providing care for the frail elderly and transfer these skills to your work in community and hospital settings
Allows for flexibility in your schedule – supplementing other family practice work with a LTC locum adds variety to your workday
Caring for the frail elderly is both challenging and incredibly rewarding

Why now?

There is a strong LTC community of practice and a variety of care homes throughout the city providing interesting locum and permanent opportunities
You can join the LTCI Locum Roster and flexibly turn on/off your availability to take locum opportunities
With an ageing population, care of the frail elderly will become increasingly important in both community and long term care settings

Opportunity Information

Job Details

Locum

Job Title

Family Practice

Remuneration

Fee-for-Service with additional incentive payments (see further information below)

Start Date

End Date

Until filled

Start Date

Negotiable

Job Specifics

The Vancouver Division of Family Practice LTCI enables physicians who work in long term care and commit to the LTCI Locum Roster Agreement to receive additional funding if they meet five identified best practice expectations in their care home work. The best-practices include regular proactive visits; on-site medication reviews; attendance at care conferences; involvement in 24/7 on call; and completed documentation in charts.

Remuneration: LTCI care home panels are remunerated through fee-for-service. All physicians who join the LTCI Locum Roster and take on a locum placement also qualify for the following incentive payments:

Yearly stipend payment of $220 per bed prorated for the length of the locum agreement
If participating in the after-hours care program, payments of $800 for weekday shifts (5pm to 8am Monday to Thursday) and $1,000 for weekend shifts (5pm Friday to 8am Monday)

Practice Information

Practice Name

Little Mountain Place

Practice Setting

Long Term Care Home

Other Providers

Community

PCN 5: Midtown

EMR

PointClickCare

Little Mountain Place is a 116-bed long term care home currently being supported by four Long Term Care Initiative (LTCI) practitioners. A locum practitioner is required for leave cover over summer/fall 2023. Little Mountain Place is a non-denominational care home with the philosophy of resident and family centered care. Further information about the care home can be found at their website.

If you are interested in getting more information about working with this care home, or would like to note your interest for future long term care opportunities, please complete and return the LTCI Physician Statement of Interest form or fill out the Application Form below.

If you would like more information on working in long term care in general please feel free to contact Jaimie Ashton at jashton@van-division.yarko.dev or (604) 569-2010 ext.110.

Note: there are also vacancies in other long term care homes in Vancouver. Please enter “long term care” into the search bar to view these opportunities.