Northern Health Authority is seeking a family/general practitioner to join the medical
team at the Valemount Health Centre for a 1.0 FTE vacancy.

Located in the beautiful Robson Valley in British Columbia, Valemount is nestled between the Canadian Rockies, the Monashee Mountains and the Cariboo Mountains. Valemount is the
home of Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Rockies and the origin of the Fraser
River. The major industries include forestry, ranching, and tourism. Valemount is a
rural community of approximately 1100 residents. There is one elementary school
and one secondary school.

The Valemount Health Centre provides a number of services under one roof to residents in this
community near the Alberta border. Three physicians currently practice in the health
centre. Three expanded role nurses provide services in the outpatient clinic (no
inpatient services are provided at the health centre). The facility sees an average of
4700 ER visits per year. Other services include:

Laboratory
• X-ray
• Extended care
• Mental health and addictions
• Prenatal registry and pre/post-natal group appointments
• DIGMAs (Drop in Group Medical Appointments) for population health care.
• Home and community care
• Evening clinics to target our working population
• Well Woman clinics
• Foot care clinics
• Patient self-management room where the patients can take their own blood
pressure, weigh themselves, and use the computer to access sites such as How’s
Your Health
• Outpatient clinics with visiting specialists (orthopedic, rheumatology, paediatric,
renal)
• Shared care via video with a respirologist in a group appointment setting

• This posting is covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19