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University Hospital (PGRH) Has Successful Recruitment Year

By 250 News

Monday, January 11, 2010 03:55 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Recruitment efforts at Northern Health for the University Hospital of Northern B.C. have been very successful over the past year. 
In 2009, the hospital ( formerly PGRH) has recruited 12 specialists;
  • 5 anesthetists, which brings that department to a full compliment
  • 4 internal medicine specialists
  • 1 pathololgist
  • 1 obstetrician gynecologist
  • 1 radiologist who will be starting this year.
General Practitioners recruited, numbered 6, that is specifically for doctors who will have staff privileges at the hospital, that is not necessarily reflective of the number of G.P.’s in Prince George overall. A general practitioner can set up an office in Prince George without being recruited by Northern Health, although they would still have to be credentialed for the hospital if they planned on treating any of their patients there.
Recruitment is on going, with the latest need for the hospital being:
  • 13 General Practitioners,
  • 4 Emergency Room Doctors
  • 1 Orthopaedic surgeon
  • 2 Ear , Nose and Throat specialists
  • 2 radiologists
  • 4 internal medicine specialists
  • 1 plastic surgeon
  • 6 psychiatry specialists, who would also operate in Northern Outreach programs to other communities within Northern Health
  • 1 pediatrician
Northern Health spokesperson Erin Collins says Northern Health is not just recruiting for physicians with medical specialties, “ We are also looking for those who have a additional skills such as teaching medical students for the Northern Medical Program.”
There is also a recruitment program underway for nurses. Collins says Northern Health is recruiting for ten such positions. “In 2009 we filled 60 vacant external positions, we are also actively recruiting nurses for casual and relief positions.   We don’t have a large local relief pool and that can present staffing challenges. We are always recruiting  for specialty trained and seasoned nurses for departments such as the operating room and emergency room. We conduct in house training for  specialty areas and we have several of those specialty training programs running, and we have more set to   start next month."
 

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Comment Posted by: saywhat on January 11 2010 5:53 AM
Anyone know how long the waiting list is to get a new doctor?
Comment Posted by: brucepattinson on January 11 2010 7:17 AM
It will always be PGRH to the people of Prince George and area.
Comment Posted by: downnotout on January 11 2010 8:44 AM
by changing name they hope to make people forget that their sloppy pratices [house cleaning and presurgery and post surgery practices ]letting surgical patients get staphylocopus infections and depending on which form you get can take 5-6 months to treat and if you get MRSA you can never get rid of
Comment Posted by: He spoke on January 11 2010 11:21 AM
Its not easy to bring people here. Cough cough.
Comment Posted by: Retired on January 11 2010 11:44 AM
Be nice if they started to look for ways to reduce costs and adminastrative staff.
Chjeers
Comment Posted by: northman on January 11 2010 4:40 PM
"University Hospital of Northern B.C."

-Lets hope the crappy administration at UNBC doesnt dip their greasy fingers into the hospital or we are all screwed. Not that the original hospital admin was any better. Ive been screwed by UNBC 4 times already so i have a hard time supporting anything they splash their logo feces over..