Family Practitioner

Description:

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here.

Overview

Join the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) on their historic journey to support self-determination and decision-making for BC First Nations, improving health outcomes in a culturally safe manner. As a Family Practitioner in the Virtual Substance Use Service (SU), you will contribute to the accessibility of primary health care services for Indigenous individuals with limited access.

Operating within a culturally humble and team-based environment, you will provide whole person care that recognizes physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects. This is an opportunity to make a real impact and be part of a unique organization that values respect, kindness, and personal wellness. Join FNHA and be a catalyst for positive change in BC's healthcare landscape.

About This Opportunity

Overhead expenses will be covered by the FNHA as part of the contract;

Flexible schedules and virtual care environment that fits your availability. The Virtual Substance Use Program operates Monday to Friday and is closed on all statutory holidays and Indigenous recognition;

Team based care with allied health and addictions specialists to support your patient population

First Nations Virtual Substance Use Service (SU)

Title:  Family Practitioner/General Practitioner- Virtual Substance Use

Contract: Service Contract

Location: Remote – Anywhere in BC

The salary range is as per the Interim 2024-25 Service Contract Rates . Pre- determined rate ranges are as per the agreement, link attached for specific details on rates. 

Specialists and care coordinators are dedicated to the principles and practices of cultural safety and humility, and to delivering trauma-informed care.

The Goals Of The Service Are To

Provide direct virtual access to substance use and psychiatric care for First Nations people and their families.

Provide substance use medicine services where every client encounter is aligned with the principles and practices of cultural safety and humility.

Provide substance use medicine services where collaborative care planning and wraparound care services are integral to all client encounters.

The Family Practitioner will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility, to provide primary care services in a culturally safe, team-based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards.

About You

You have an active practicing license in good standing with the College of Physicians of BC (CPSBC);
Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) and/or Fellowship in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (FCFP);
You have completed the online Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (POATSP)
Additional Training and certifications in substance use/addiction medicine (e.g. Addiction Care & Treatment Online Certificate, Pain Foundations for Primary Care Providers)
You are a resident of British-Columbia.

Experience

You have a minimum of 3 years of recent related experience in a primary care setting;
You have experience working with and delivering health services to First Nations clients;
You have training in anti-Indigenous racism response and cultural safety and humility;
 You have experience integrating holistic Indigenous approaches with Western approaches. 

Knowledge

You have strong knowledge of cultural safety, humility and trauma informed approaches to care;
You have knowledge of, and ability to apply, an understanding of First Nations cultural principles and protocols in work situations;
You have a sound ability to practice using culturally safe and trauma-informed approaches;
You have the ability to apply a two-eyed seeing approach to balance western and Traditional Indigenous worldviews in practice;
You have an understanding of own intersectionality, power, privilege, and how these concepts may impact own work and perspectives;
You have an understanding of rural and remote communities and their inherent challenges and barriers;
You have the ability to create and foster a healthy and engaging environment that enables personal excellence, and contributes to FNHA’s vision of “Health through Wellness” and cultural safety and humility in the workplace; 
You have knowledge of health status of populations, inequities in health, the determinants of health and illness, principals of primary care, strategies for health promotion, disease and injury prevention, health protection, curative, urgent and emergent care, rehabilitation and supportive or palliative care;
You have demonstrated understanding and integration of Trauma Informed Practice to care;
You will have the physical ability to perform the duties of the position.