GP / Family Physician — Beaumont & Southwest Edmonton, Alberta

A fast-growing family medicine and pharmacy group on the edge of Edmonton is opening new clinics and looking for UK-trained GPs to grow with it. The headline here isn't a fixed salary — it's something most UK GPs have never actually been offered: a genuine chance to build your own patient list, in two of Alberta's fastest-growing communities, and earn in direct proportion to the practice you build. Strong demand, modern clinics, real admin support, and an 8:30–4:30 day with your evenings and weekends back.

If you've been weighing Canada and want patient relationships you actually own — not a 10-minute conveyor belt — this one's worth a proper look.

Two communities, one easy commute

You'd be working across clinics in Beaumont and southwest Edmonton — both booming, both family-first, but with quite different personalities. Live in either; the whole catchment is an easy drive.

Beaumont — "the beautiful hill." Alberta's fastest-growing community and now officially a city, Beaumont keeps its small-town soul. It's the French capital of Alberta — bilingual street signs, the silver-domed St. Vital Church on the hill, a walkable Main Street of bakeries and boutiques, and a surprisingly good craft beer and food scene (Chartier is a local legend). Add 33km of trails, 84 hectares of parkland, two big rec centres with NHL-sized rinks and an aquatics centre, and community festivals like Beaumont Days and Brighten Up Beaumont. Quietly characterful, deeply family-friendly, and about 10–15 minutes south of Edmonton.

Southwest Edmonton — modern, green and connected. The polished end of the city: Windermere, Glenridding, Keswick, Ambleside and Terwillegar — new-build neighbourhoods wrapped around the North Saskatchewan River Valley (the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America). Whitemud Creek Ravine and Terwillegar Park on your doorstep, Snow Valley ski hill in the city itself, golf at Windermere and Jagare Ridge, and the Currents of Windermere for shopping, dining and a cinema. Downtown is a 20–30 minute drive; everything you need is closer than that.

The short version: Beaumont if you want characterful small-city living with a tight community; southwest Edmonton if you want sleek, modern and green with big-city amenities minutes away. Both are calm, safe and built for families.

What's around to explore

• River Valley trails — 160km+ of connected paths for running, cycling and skiing right through the city
• Four real seasons — sailing and watersports in summer, skiing, skating and snowshoeing in winter
• Elk Island National Park — bison, dark skies and canoeing, under an hour away
• West Edmonton Mall — indoor waterpark, rides and skating when the weather turns
• Fort Edmonton Park and the Muttart Conservatory — history and gardens for weekend wanders
• The Rockies — Jasper and the mountains are a weekend road trip away
• Year-round festivals: Fringe Theatre, Folk Music Festival, Ice on Whyte and more

Schooling for the family

Both areas are served by Edmonton Public and Edmonton Catholic school divisions, with strong, modern schools and brand-new builds keeping pace with the growth (e.g. Joey Moss Public and Joan Carr Catholic in the southwest). Beaumont's bilingual heritage means genuine French immersion options too — a real bonus for families who want their children to grow up bilingual. Strong schools, short runs, plenty of choice.

The role & the practice

A modern group offering medical, pharmacy and wellness services under one roof — with a new clinic opening in August and four more consulting rooms (plus a surgical room) coming on stream by December. You'd join a friendly team that already includes UK-trained doctors, so there are peers who've made exactly this move and can show you the ropes.

• Hours: 8:30am – 4:30pm, with paid admin time built in
• Pace: most of our doctors see a comfortable 20–25 patients a day — you set the rhythm
• Support: MOA and nursing support via the Primary Care Network; roughly a week shadowing an experienced clinician to settle in
• Flexibility: you're part of the group, not tied to one building — cover and variety across sites if you want it

Earnings — you build it, you keep it

This isn't a salaried role, and that's the point. You earn from the practice you build, and the demand to build it is already here.

• Choose your model: Fee-for-Service or the Patient-Centered Primary Care Model (PCPCM). PCPCM pays roughly 20% more once you've built a panel of around 1,000 attached patients.
• Your split: physicians keep 70–80% of billings, depending on commitment.
• The upside is real: as an illustration, one physician here bills around CAD $160k working a single day a week at high volume — a snapshot of what the model can do, not a promise. Your earnings scale with your panel and the days you choose to work.
• The list is there to build: the existing clinics already see 250–300 patients a day, and the new sites are projected to draw up to ~700 new patients a week. There has rarely been a better moment to build a strong, loyal patient list quickly — and a pharmacy patient base under the same roof gives you a running start.

Licensing & immigration — we do the heavy lifting

Alberta is one of the most open provinces in Canada for UK GPs right now:

• Unrestricted licence with no mandatory supervision — you arrive and practise
• No provincial gatekeeper agency to route through — a more direct path than some provinces
• BDI handles the full journey: registration, visa, work permit, relocation logistics, accommodation, schooling and travel — typically a 6–8 month runway from first chat to first clinic day
• 100% visa pass rate to date, with hands-on support the whole way

Who we're looking for

• UK-trained GP with MRCGP and full GMC registration
• Keen to build longitudinal relationships and your own patient list
• Comfortable seeing 20–25 patients a day at a sustainable pace
• Open to Alberta living and the four-season Canadian lifestyle
• A long-term mindset — this is about putting down roots, not a stopgap

Next steps

Send your CV or just book a no-pressure chat — we'll talk you through the clinics, the Alberta licensing route, the visa and relocation process, and what life actually looks like as a UK GP in the Edmonton area. Even if you're a year or two off moving, start the conversation early — the licensing and immigration steps take time to do properly, and Alberta's door is more open to UK GPs than it has been in years.

Send your CV to canada@bdiresourcing.com or call Nicola Humroy direct on +44(0)7507 565111.

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