Description:

Are you a physician interested in playing a leadership role to prevent workplace injury and disease in British Columbia? We have an exciting opportunity for a Medical Advisor to join our strong team in the Medical Services department. You'll partner with adjudicative staff, occupational safety and hygiene officers, and community physicians to help injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. You'll primarily play a medico-legal role sharing your opinions and recommendations about workers' medical conditions, causes, and treatments. You'll apply academic and clinical knowledge and experience to help injured workers recover and return to work.

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines working remotely and in our offices based on the operational needs of the position. Let us know in your cover letter which of the following locations you'd like to designate as your local office: Abbotsford, Burnaby, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nelson, Prince George, Terrace, Victoria, Nanaimo, or Courtenay. We offer a flexible Monday to Friday work week with a full- or part-time schedule (a minimum of two and a half days per week).

What you'll do

Is this a good fit for you?

Your background and experience:

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must successfully meet the legal requirements under the Criminal Records Review Act to work with children and/or vulnerable adults. Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada and eligible for full licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work --- and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes CME and other development opportunities, reimbursement of professional dues, defined benefit pension plan, vacation time, health care and dental benefits, and optional leave and earned-time-off arrangements.

Salary: Includes 1.03% cost of living increase, effective April 1, 2024:

Note: Royal College Specialists are welcome to apply, however, please note that compensation for the Medical Advisor position is at the Medical Advisor II rate.

Applications are welcomed immediately. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email us when you submit your application.