Come work as a General Practitioner with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Hybrid GP Opportunity – Supported Housing & Outreach

Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking a dedicated and compassionate General Practitioner (GP) to join our Homelessness, Supported Housing, and Complex Care portfolio. Recognizing housing as fundamental to health, this role is rooted in team-based collaboration and a commitment to equity.

About the Role

Working in a hybrid capacity, you will provide robust, comprehensive primary care to patients across a continuum of settings—street health, shelters, SROs, supported housing, and complex care housing. Care will range from episodic and opportunistic encounters to longitudinal continuity, delivered in the ethos of meeting patients where they are and providing care without barriers.

This role involves close collaboration with embedded nursing and social work teams, often through case conferences and shared care planning. The position is well suited to clinicians with an interest in complex care, mental health, addictions, and the social determinants of health.

As a General Practitioner with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will:

• Serve as Most Responsible Provider (MRP) for clients in complex care housing models.
• Deliver comprehensive primary care, including preventive, chronic disease, and acute care management, adapted to the realities of highly complex patient populations.
• Provide episodic and bridging care following initial nurse assessments—virtually or in-person.
• Develop episodic care plans with nursing staff and determine bridging to appropriate services.
• Collaborate with other physicians, NPs, outreach teams, and acute care colleagues to ensure continuity.
• Clinical activities may include:
  • Preventive and chronic disease management (e.g., diabetes, COPD, hypertension)
  • Management of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)
  • Bridging prescriptions for opioid agonist therapy
  • Antipsychotic titration in cases of psychiatric decompensation
  • Rare virtual certifications (Form 4 under the Mental Health Act)
  • Care coordination and discharge planning, liaising with specialists as needed

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an innovative care model at the intersection of housing and health.
• Deliver truly comprehensive, equity-oriented primary care to some of the most medically and socially complex patients in Vancouver.
• Work with a team deeply committed to harm reduction, collaboration, and social medicine.
• Contribute to building a learning health system that integrates data, practice, and research to transform outcomes.
• Hybrid role with flexibility for virtual and outreach-based care.

Education, Licensing, & Experience:

• Current College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC) – Full
• Canadian College of Family Practitioners (CCFP) – Mandatory
• Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) – Mandatory
• Emergency Experience – Desired
• MD with CCFP (or equivalent) and active license to practice in BC (CPSBC).
• Experience in primary care, emergency medicine, psychiatry, addictions medicine, or related fields.
• Strong proficiency in team-based care and comfort working with nurses and social workers.
• Familiarity or willingness to learn the HCCFAA, MHA, and AGA legislative frameworks.
• Commitment to patient-centered, harm reduction–oriented care.
• Proficiency in EMRs (Profile, PARIS, Cerner); training and compensation provided.
• Strong advocacy skills in navigating acute care systems and discharge planning

Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to Ben Murphy, Executive and Medical Staff Talent Acquisition Advisor: medstaffcareers@vch.ca or click “Apply Now.”

Please note that a resume and cover letter are required to apply for this position.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

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