Hospitalist
The Hospitalist service provides 24/7 coverage of inpatient care at Whitehorse General Hospital, serving adult patients who require admission for acute medical needs. In-patient coverage provided by the service includes approximately 60 general hospital beds in the Medical/Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit, and Mental Wellness Unit. Four Hospitalist physicians are scheduled per day, with a target load of 14 patients and maximum load of 18 patients. Physicians working within the Hospitalist service work on a seven-day schedule, starting on Wednesdays. The scheduled physicians share call 1:4 for Hospitalist service patients.
The hospitalist physician works within their privileged scope of practice for ‘GP with ICU’. For circumstances that are beyond scope, the hospitalist will transfer care or consult, as appropriate.
The following are the direct patient care and clinical administrative services provided by the physicians in the Hospitalist service:
- Admissions (within guidelines from 8:00am-11:00pm) and discharges
- Daily visits (with exception of ALC patients)
- Documentation
- Procedures within scope of practice
- Family meetings and coordination of care
- Inter-facility transfer and handover
- Multi-disciplinary rounding and discharge planning
- Consult with physicians and other care providers
- Collaboration on facility access and flow
- Collaboration to appropriate schedule coverage and staffing procedures
For more information about the Whitehorse General Hospital check out the facilities page.
For more information about Whitehorse check out the Communities page.
Additional opportunities are available to augment work in addition to Hospitalist work. Check out the other options available in Yukon.
Contract Details
Remuneration
- Hospitalists work a 9-hour day providing inpatient care, 0800-1700, 7 days a week, Wednesday to Tuesday
- The daily rate for hospitalists is $2,070 through an alternate payment arrangement (contract) which is equivalent to $230/hr.
- On-Call Hospitalist services provided outside of the 9-hour workday (1700-0800) is billed as follows:
- Billing an hourly rate during the evening (1700 – 2300) for services provided in-hospital plus on-call through the fee-for -service model (starting January 1, 2025)
- all other services will be remunerated through the fee-for-system model
- On-Call hospitalist is eligible to bill Level 1 On Call (currently $32.70 per unit) for these hours.
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.
Shadow Billing
- All contracted physicians 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.
- Access to a billing support service may be available on a cost recovery basis
Time Commitment
- Regular Hours – 9 hours per day; 0800-1700; 7 day shift
- On-Call hours - 15 hours per call day; 1700-0800; 1:4 call
Contract conditions
- Ability to meet the following conditions are contractual requirements and are required in advance of the contract start date.
- Licensure with the Yukon Medical Council
- Privileging from Yukon Hospital Corporation.
Qualifications
- Eligible for licensure with the Yukon Medical Council
- Eligible for privileging with the Yukon Hospital Corporation
- Maintain membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association
- Experience providing inpatient care
How to Submit your Expression of interest
Expressions of Interest including Curriculum Vitae demonstrating that you meet the above noted requirements can be submitted to Carly Cox, YMA Physician/Locum Recruiter at carly.cox@yukondoctors.ca.
This Expression of Interest does not commit the Department of Health and Social Services to award a contract.
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Job payment model
Fee for Service + Contract + Stipend
Weekend Call Status
On-Call
Eligible for locum support
Yes