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The Hospitalist Service at Whitehorse General Hospital is a growing service with opportunities to work alongside allied health care providers to deliver high quality in-patient care to Yukoners.

Hospitalists Program Overview:

View Hospitalist Video here.

Whitehorse General Hospital has 50 inpatient beds:

• ICU: 4
• Medical: 29
• Surgical:  17
• Mental Wellness:  5

Overflow admissions are held in the Emergency Department

Hospitalists work a 7 day schedule with either 3 or 4 physicians on the shift. On average, hospitalists can expect to provide inpatient care to 12-16 patients daily.

Intensive Care Unit

• Our hospitalists provide care to patients admitted to the ICU. The ICU is a location for acute medical needs not suitable for general medical wards and is often a place for stabilization and interim management of patients prior to transfer to a higher level of care or stabilization to the medical wards. 

Are you interested in providing hospitalist serviced in Yukon but are uncertain because of the ICU aspect of the model? 

• We have opportunities for you to be mentored by resident hospitalist physicians who are experienced in this model of care to build comfort and competency. 
• Anesthetists provide consultative care for airway management, cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation, advanced life support and pain control and have an active role in stabilizing and preparing the patient for medevac transport out of the territory.  In addition, the ICU is well supported by pediatricians, psychiatrists, gynecologists, orthopods and general surgeons. 
• Consultation with an Intensivist is available through an easy phone call or “app message”.
• If you are interested in providing hospitalist care but are not comfortable providing ICU care, we are still interested in hearing from you to see if we would be able to accommodate your skill set.

Program Description:

• Hospitalist physicians provide adult medical (inpatient) care at Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH).
• Inpatient coverage provided by the program includes the Medical Unit, Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit and Mental Wellness Unit
• Hospitalists provide care and maintain health records consistent with Yukon Hospital Corporation policies, clinical standards established by the Medical Advisory Committee and Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules.
• The Hospitalist program, generally, covers admitted patients’ assessments, consults and discharges in alignment with any inter-departmental agreement. 
• The Hospitalist group works together to ensure continuous coverage to support any patients admitted to the service, every day of the year.
• Hospitalists care for pediatric psychiatry patients, with the support of an external specialist.  Pediatricians care for all other pediatric patient populations.

Remuneration:

Three-physician model 

• Hospitalists work a 12-hour day providing inpatient care; 0800 – 2000, 7 days a week.
• The daily rate, all inclusive, is $2760 through an alternate payment arrangement (APA).
• On-Call Hospitalist services provided outside of the 12-hour workday (2000 – 0800) is billed using a fee-for-service model and is remunerated outside of the APA.  The On-Call hospitalist is eligible to bill Level 1 On Call for these hours.

Four-physician model

• Hospitalists work a 9-hour day providing inpatient care, 0800-1700, 7 days a week.
• The daily rate for hospitalists is $2,070 through an alternate payment arrangement.
• On-Call Hospitalist services provided outside of the 9-hour workday (1700-0800) is billed using a fee-for-service model and is remunerated outside of the APA. The On-Call hospitalist is eligible to bill Level 1 On Call for these hours.

Shadow Billing

• All contracted physicians, regardless of the number scheduled, are required to shadow bill for services provided, either by paper claim or an electronic format that can be consumed by the claims processing system for Insured Health Services. 
• We are currently exploring options with the Yukon Hospital Corporation to support electronic shadow billing for contracted locums. 

Travel Support:

• support for accommodation and transportation expenses for physicians traveling from outside Yukon is available. Please contract Carly Cox, YMA recruiter for more information.

Education and Licensing:

• Physicians must demonstrate a Certificate of the College of Family Physicians.
• Be licensed with the Yukon Medical Council to practice medicine in Yukon.
• Hospital privileges for the Whitehorse General Hospital

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