Academic Intensivist (23-UAH-ACC-07)

The successful applicant must hold a MD and FRCPC qualifications or equivalent with training in Critical Care Medicine and have or be eligible for licensure in Alberta (CPSA). Experience or training in neurocritical care is a requisite. In addition to clinical training, formal training in education such as an Master’s Education or equivalent being preferred. Excellence will be assessed, as relevant to their proposed job description, by specialized training, awards, teaching evaluations, and program development or leadership.

The successful candidate will lead the inter-professional critical care team during clinical weeks on call in the role of attending physician in the Neurosciences ICU and Neurosciences Observation Unit at the University Alberta Hospital. In addition, the candidate will be supported in the development of an academic body of work aligned with their job description and the existing educational programs currently in existence. The successful candidate must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and thrive within a collaborative and interdisciplinary program involving multiple specialties (neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, neuroradiology, trauma surgery, etc.).

The Neurosciences ICU is one of only two dedicated neurocritical care units in Canada.  We encompass 11 ventilated ICU beds and 8 high acuity beds and admit over 900 patients per year.  We have a closed unit, and incorporate shared management with our consultant neurologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic and trauma surgeons.  Our neurosciences unit contributes to a wide range of scholarly pursuits, including research in investigator initiated, CIHR funded, and industry funded projects, and participation in the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Registry. With a major expansion in planning, and a new neurocritical care fellowship program, these are exciting and optimistic times for Neuro Critical Care in Northern Alberta.  We are proud of our multidisciplinary collaborative care model for patients with complicated neurological and neurosurgical disorders and for our integral work supporting organ donation. Remuneration will be fee-for-service provided through 8-14 clinical service weeks in the Neurosciences ICU and Neurosciences Observation Unit.

Remuneration will be fee-for-service provided through 8-14 clinical service weeks in the Neurosciences ICU and Neurosciences Observation Unit. An opportunity to join an alternative funding arrangement termed the Academic Medicine Health Services Plan (AMHSP) may exist in the future.

The anticipated start date will be January 1, 2025, or one which is mutually agreed upon.

Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry is one of Canada’s

premier health-education institutions and has been internationally recognized among the world’s top 50 medical schools. The University of Alberta has been ranked amongst the top 100 teaching and research universities in the world serving over 39,000 students with more than 15,000 faculty and staff. The University has an annual budget more than $1.7 billion and attracts significant external funding.

The Department of Critical Care Medicine, within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is a growing research and education-focused Department, currently consisting of 9 Full-Time and 6 Special-Continuing Academic Faculty and over 60 Clinical Faculty, across two teaching and three community Alberta Health Services’ operated hospitals (covering ~ 127 adult ICU beds in 8 ICUs) in the city of Edmonton. The Department has a fully accredited Royal College training program in Critical Care Medicine and overseas the ICU training of numerous rotating specialist programs. Research in the Department spans a wide spectrum from basic science and translational work through health services research and clinical trials across all aspects of the practice of Critical Care Medicine. 

The City of Edmonton, with a growing population of ~ 1.54 million, is the cosmopolitan capital of Alberta known as “The City of Festivals”.  With an abundance of services, a beautiful river valley, a multitude of community activities and attractive and financially reasonable living

accommodation options, our energetic city has something for everyone. For further details about our vibrant city, please visit www.edmonton.ca. Interested candidates are asked to submit a letter of application and current curriculum vitae outlining their clinical experience, teaching expertise, and education interest as well as a copy of their CPSA practice permit or letter of eligibility and three reference letters addressed to:

Dr. Elizabeth Wilcox

Medical Director, Neurosciences ICU

Dr. Sean Bagshaw

Zone Clinical Department Head, Adult Critical Care

The competition will remain open until filled.

Details about the University of Alberta, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and the Department of Critical Care Medicine can be found on the Faculty’s Home Page at www.med.ualberta.ca.

Details about Alberta Health Services can be found at www.albertahealthservices.ca.