St. Paul’s Hospital is located at 1081 Burrard Street in Vancouver. A map of the hospital is available here. There is an orientation prior to residency where administrative information is provided. You can also speak with your program administrator. Providence Health Care ID photos are taken at VGH.
In-Hospital
Cafeteria:
Located on the 4th floor of the Providence Building
Serves hot entrees, soup, sandwiches, deli-bar, salad bar, beverages, and a variety of desserts and other treats
Opens Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 7:00pm and on weekends from 7:00am to 3:00pm
Vending Machines near cafeteria.
Bean's Cafe:
Located at the main entrance of the Burrard Building (1081 Burrard)
Serves coffees, sandwiches and baked goods
Opens Monday to Friday from 6:45am to 5:00pm and closed on weekends
Out-of-Hospital
Out-of-Hospital food options include restaurants on Davie Street most of which open until 9:00pm
Stepho’s Souvlaki Greek Tavern on Davie opens Monday-Sunday until 10:00pm
Beyond Cafe on Burrard and Comox (side entrance of SPH), which opens 7 days a week till 5:00pm
Seven-Eleven on Burrard
Resident Lounge/Call Rooms:
Resident lounge and call rooms are located on the 6th floor of the Burrard building.
The elevator right across from the gift shop goes straight up to the call room area.
Once you get off the elevator, there are two sides, both of which have a lounge and call rooms (one side has designated call rooms, the other has free for all call rooms, which you can sign up for on the sheet on the door the day that you are on call).
Computers:
Computer workstations are at every Wallaroo along the ward hallways. They are also available in the two resident lounges.
Dictation Spaces:
Each ward has a small dictation room with a phone and computer, usually behind/close to the nursing station
Library:
There is no librarian stationed here, but it is a nicely decorated study space in the basement of the hospital.
A list of the Lactation Rooms across BC can be found here.
You will be provisioned with a PHC network user ID and email address to use for the duration of your residency. Four weeks prior to the start date of your FIRST placement at PHC, you will receive an email on how to activate your network acces. If you do not receive an email, please contact the Medical Education Assistant at mededuc@providencehealth.bc.ca.
A CareConnect user ID will be provisioned, if you do not already have one.
Didn’t receive a CareConnect user ID or need to reactivate an existing user ID? Use the online form. This form is only accessible from a computer on the health authority network.
If you have any issues with your CareConnect user ID, please email CareConnect at careconnect@phsa.ca or call the Service Desk at 604-875-4334.
Daily Pay Parkers:
All staff will be required to either pay at the pay station, pay by phone or show your staff ID at the attendant booth to purchase the discounted daily pay staff rate. Residents may obtain an Daily Pay hanger by completing the Daily Pay application and sending it to LMCparking@frasherhealth.ca, or if a Resident is here for less than 3 months, they may request a Daily Pay Temporary Pass. You display one of these at all times in the GREEN ZONE parking area. Temporary Passes can be picked up from Vivian at Medical Affairs Office, Room 542B (Burrard Building), below the Call Rooms.
Yellow Zones:
Residents may no longer park in the Yellow Zones on P2. Yellow Zones are annually paid parking.
Parking Reimbursement for On-call and Call-Backs:
According to the Resident Doctors of BC Collective Agreement, residents on-call who are called back to work can have their parking reimbursed. Ensure that you keep your receipt(s) and submit to Vivian, who is located in room 542B (Burrard Building).
For a parking pass call VGH employee parking services: 604-875-4111 (Ask for Parking Services).
Bikes:
There is a special lock-up area located in the Parkade of the hospital. You will need to have access added to your ID swipe card. Please call Protection Services at 68819 for access. Do not lock your bike to anything other than a bike rack, or it may be removed by Security.
Public Transit:
Buses that go near SPH include:
#1 Burrard Station/Beach,
#2 Macdonald – 16th Avenue/Burrard Station
#22 Knight/Macdonald
#44 UBC/Downtown
See http://tripplanning.translink.ca/hiwire for details/trip planning from your location.
Intra-Hospital Shuttle:
There is a free employee shuttle that goes between SPH, BCCA, VGH, GF Strong, and Children’s Hospital daily Monday-Friday, except statutory holidays. The shuttle leaves every half hour from each site, beginning at 7:05 and the last one leaves at 17:05. The schedule is available here.
On the main floor of the Providence Building, the exit in the stairwell at the end of the hallway after you pass the GI clinic and the U/S clinic brings you right to Davie Street, for easy access to food and coffee breaks. When you come back in this same exit, if you go one floor higher in the stairwell (2nd floor), you will end up right at the CCU!
The elevators in Providence Building are old and slow, and often show that they are going in the direction other than they are really going. You should just get on any elevator that comes. Scrubs can be found in the ER and the OR. You can just take them from the cart.