Kitimat Urgent FP- ER Locum Opportunity

Northern Health is seeking locum physicians to work in the Kitimat General Hospital & Health Centre Emergency Department in Kitimat, British Columbia.

Income Guarantee – includes FFS, MOCAP, and RRP:

12-hr shift rate model: Days $3413.00/shift (weekday) or $3710.00/shift (weekend day). Nights $3817.00/shift (weekday or weekend).

24-hr shift rate model: $4,043.00/shift (weekday) or $4,341.00/shift (weekend).

Locum travel and accommodation will be covered. Travel stipend: $250.00-$1500.00 based on time. Maximum: $1,500

Day Shifts are 0700 – 1900 and nights are 1900 – 0700. Day shift averages approximately 20-30 patients and night averages 10 patients.

Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre integrates acute care, residential care, public health and community health in one facility. The hospital contains 20 acute care beds, including 2 maternity beds.

Services include Emergency, Physiotherapy, Radiology, Laboratory, Diabetes and Chronic Disease management, Outpatient Community Chemotherapy clinic, Regional Orthopaedic Centre, Regional Palliative Care Nurse consultant, Mountainview Lodge – a 36-bed residential and complex care facility, and a Public Health team.

Set in a beautiful and natural ocean, mountain, and valley paradise, Kitimat is located on the Douglas Channel just a few miles off British Columbia’s inside passage. Main industries include an aluminum smelter, a pulp and paper mill and a petrochemical manufacturer. The population of Kitimat is approximately 8,236.

Lots of vacant shifts from April – June 30, 2024.  Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in providing locum coverage. Thank you!