Anesthesiologist

Job Description Victoria Hospital is a 164 -bed regional hospital, under Saskatchewan Health Authority, located 143 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Hospital is centrally situated in Prince Albert, forming the gateway to Northern Saskatchewan. Ministry of Health, Saskatchewan, has sanctioned a $350 Million Dollar new hospital project for Prince Albert and we are excited to move into the state of art Operating Rooms expected to be one of the best in the Province, if not in the country. This project is only in blue print stage with soil testing recently completed. This Regional Hospital provides Emergency care, diagnostic services, rehabilitation services, inpatient and outpatient acute care services, including emergency and intensive care, medical/surgical care, maternal/childcare, and diagnostic services. In addition, a wide range of health services are provided by skilled health professionals working in multidisciplinary teams within a variety of ambulatory clinics including day surgery, ECG, stress testing, respirology, limited cardiology, renal dialysis unit, colposcopy, endoscopy, audiology, radiology, ultrasound, orthopedic clinic, and an active and successful Adult Day Centre. Our Adult Intensive Care is an 8 bedded unit (includes 4 Vented beds with additional surge capacity of 2 vented beds) managed mainly by Internists and backup services are provided by Anesthesiologists. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a Level 2B Unit with 11 beds catering to 32 weeks gestation and above. With a complement of 30 plus Royal College Certified Surgeons in various specialities, we process routine high risk General Surgical and Orthopedic cases. Our Specialist Obstetric Team routinely caters to High-Risk Obstetric patients 32 weeks gestation and above including but not limited to Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus Type II, Morbid Obesity, Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia complicating pregnancy. As well, a combination of clinical situations, weather conditions and geographical location of this hospital may force us to deal with operative delivery of multiple comorbidity patients less than 32 week of gestation. We offer full service ENT procedures and limited Urological services. MRI Scanner has well been sanctioned along with the new build and this is expected to significantly increase turnover of radiology patient services. Potential for future expansion of Surgical Specialities exists and will increase demands & complexities of cases. Relocation Package Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Available. This opportunity may be eligible to receive the of up to $200,000 Residents currently in their 4th or 5th year of residency may be eligible for a $30,000 resident bursary. Job Qualifications Saskatchewan Health Authority is currently seeking: - Royal College Registered Specialist Anesthesiologists - Alternate Eligibility Route - Foreign Qualified Specialists with following pre conditions - Minimum 1 Canadian post specialty fellowships - Successful assessment by Department of Anesthesiology, University of Saskatchewan - Minimum of 2 years’ Anesthesiology practice experience as a Specialist in country of origin - Candidates with Canadian Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship and Chronic Pain Fellowship is preferred Candidates must be certified, or eligible for certification, by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Anesthesiology or be eligible for, licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. Foreign qualified Specialists satisfying the above requirements will be considered as well.