Support + Resources
Our dedicated team is here to support you as you launch or advance your career as a health care professional in Richmond, BC.
Ways We Support You
Clinic Matching
We provide one-on-one consultation to assess the type of working environment you are looking for and match you to jobs within clinics or facilities that will best meet your needs.
Community Tours
If you are planning to visit Richmond, connect to our team in advance to book a customized tour of the city, to attend a Division event as a guest, to meet local physicians, and to have your questions answered.
Orientation
Customized Support
We can also customize strategies and support based on your unique needs. Email recruitment@rdfp.ca and let us know how we can help.
Professional Events
Throughout each year, we offer many member learning events to support your professional practice, your technology needs, your wellbeing, and your connections with colleagues.
Medical Office Assistant (MOA) Network
Our team recruits MOAs into member clinics, publishes the Richmond MOA Minute newsletter specifically for MOAs, offers a roster of professional development and networking events for MOAs, and provides in-person visits to provide MOA staff with updated information about Division services.
Human Resources
We offer toolkits, templates, and workshops related to recruiting, onboarding, managing, and terminating staff.
Innovation and Technology
The Innovation and Technology team supports health technology integration within clinics to improve efficiency and to support health care transformation.
Building Your Patient Panel
Family Physicians are provided with support through the Richmond Primary Care Network for patient attachment. The Richmond Health Connect Registry allows patients to request a family physician, and the Richmond Attachment Program connects patients who are especially vulnerable and have urgent needs for longitudinal care.
Practice Support Program (PSP)
The Practice Support Program (PSP) is an initiative of the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), which is a joint partnership between Doctors of BC and the government of British Columbia. The PSP promotes capacity building and efficiency, which allows practitioners to focus on clinical care and patient relationships.
Coaching and Mentoring
This team of practice improvement professionals includes peer mentors.
EMR Optimization
This training includes EMR-enabled tools, functionality assessments, and group sessions.
Learning Opportunities
Learning content includes interactive activities and discussions about case scenarios.
Panel Management
This support includes panel assistants and remote panel services.
Virtual Care Support Network
One-to-one support enables and optimizes virtual care technology in family practice. Supports with workflow, office efficiencies, and peer mentoring.
Patient Experience Tool
This tool surveys patients about their experiences and interactions with a family practice, including topics such as wait times, office hours, and coordination of care.
PMH Assessment
This assessment identifies practice strengths and opportunities in relation to the 12 attributes of the patient medical home, and gathers information that will inform and evaluate the transition to an integrated system of care at community and provincial levels.
Compensation and Certification
PSP provides compensation and Mainpro+ credits to family physicians and eligible team members who make practice improvements using PSP facilitated quality improvement (QI) cycle.