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Come Work and Play in Kelowna!
We encourage Staff Physicians and Residents to come to Kelowna and see why it is such an incredible place to train, work, and live!
- Staff Locum or Permanent Position enquiries please email: kepa.hiring[at]gmail.com
- Resident Elective opportunities please email Program Director Dr Josh Williams d.josh.williams[at]gmail.com and Administration EMInterior[at]interiorhealth.ca
- If you are a medical student interested in becoming an emergency resident please follow this link.
About Kelowna:
Sparkling lake views, vineyard-covered hills, world-class skiing less than an hour away, and a vibrant downtown full of great food, live music, and local culture. That’s life in Kelowna, the Okanagan Valley’s largest and liveliest city. Whether you love paddling, road or mountain biking in the summer, or skiing and snowshoeing in the winter, Kelowna offers a four-season lifestyle that’s second to none.
Surrounded by natural beauty, but with all the amenities of a major city—including top wineries, restaurants, breweries, and arts — you’ll quickly see why people come for the career and stay for the Kelowna lifestyle.
About Kelowna General Hospital (KGH):
KGH is one of Interior Health’s two tertiary referral hospitals and the beating heart of healthcare in the region, with over 84,000 ED visits annually, the second busiest ED in BC. Our state-of-the-art Emergency Department serves a broad catchment area and sees a wide variety of cases — from trauma to complex medical presentations.
We are a Level 2 Trauma Centre and a designated stroke referral center with around-the-clock coverage. As BC’s only cardiac critical care center outside of the Lower Mainland and Victoria, KGH offers advanced services like ECMO, coronary revascularizations, and endovascular thrombectomies.
A Fun, Collegial Emergency Department:
We aren’t just passionate about medicine—we’re passionate about building a tight-knit, collegial team that supports one another both in and out of the department. Whether it’s collaborating on challenging cases, sharing laughs in the break room, wine tasting in the shoulder season, or hitting the slopes or trails together on our days off, our team has built a culture of connection, camaraderie, and fun.
You’ll be joining a welcoming, experienced, and dynamic group of emergency physicians who truly enjoy working together. We prioritize mentorship, teamwork, and celebrating each other’s wins—whether it’s a smooth trauma resuscitation or a great weekend adventure.
The collegiality you’ll experience extends beyond our group and includes our incredible consultants and specialists we work with daily. KGH still maintains the vibe of a community hospital with the vast majority of consultant calls being direct with staff physicians. You will get to know your consultants on a first name basis and the relationships we have built at KGH make it a unique and exceptional place to practice Emergency Medicine.
Academic Excellence in a Community You’ll Love:
Kelowna is home to an academically vibrant ED. We are proud to host a FRCPC Emergency Medicine residency program, as well as UBC’s Southern Medical School and a Rural Family Medicine Residency program.
If you love teaching, you’ll have countless opportunities to get involved in bedside teaching, simulation, Grand Rounds, Journal Club, Core EM Rounds, Ultrasound, and more. Our team values educators who help foster the next generation of physicians—and have fun doing it!