ICYMI: Are you looking for a family physician to join your clinic?
The Practice Ready Assessment (PRA-BC) Return of Service program is accepting clinic applications. Ten family physician candidate placements are available for the fall 2024 intake. These candidates will be practice-ready in the spring of 2025 and have a three-year Return of Service. Please read the application call-out and submit the application form to Island Health by end of day February […]
International Medical Graduates: Take a compensated survey to improve division support
Did you complete your medical training outside of Canada (i.e., you are an ‘IMG’)? A remunerated, collaborative survey by Vancouver Island’s Divisions of Family Practice aims to increase division knowledge of your needs to improve services for IMGs as well as recruitment. Divisions aim to support local physician communities and improve local healthcare systems. However, […]
ICYMI: Are you looking for a family physician to join your clinic?
The Practice Ready Assessment (PRA-BC) Return of Service program is accepting clinic applications. Ten family physician candidate placements are available for the fall 2024 intake. These candidates will be practice-ready in the spring of 2025 and have a three-year Return of Service. Please read the application call-out and submit the application form to Island Health by end of day February […]
Are you looking for a family physician to join your clinic?
The Practice Ready Assessment (PRA-BC) Return of Service program is accepting clinic applications. Ten family physician candidate placements are available for the fall 2024 intake. These candidates will be practice-ready in the spring of 2025 and have a three-year Return of Service. Please read the application call-out and submit the application form to Island Health […]
Long-term Care Initiative recruiting physicians and offering office visits
Our Victoria-South Island Long-term Care Initiative (Vic-SI LTCI) is actively recruiting new physicians. Are you new to practice and looking for a structured and well-supported field to enter? Or planning to retire or wind down your existing family practice in favour of a slower-paced environment? LTC in Victoria and the South Island has developed over […]
Survey: Should the Division assist with organizing longitudinal care for your clinic staff?
We are aware that a lack of practice staff access to longitudinal care is a material recruitment and retention issue, and that accessing care directly at the workplace can pose risks. The Victoria and South Island Divisions are seeking your feedback whether we should assist with a matching program. Read more and take the short […]
Urban Locum Program (ULP) pilot celebrates one-year milestone
A year after its launch, the Urban Locum Program pilot is demonstrating value. Between October 2022 and October 2023, ULP locums have covered 552 shifts, enabling significant time away for local family physicians. The program is seeing high demand, emphasizing the need for continued locum coverage to support physicians’ health and wellness. Over the past […]
Internationally trained MD looking for observership
Dr. Emmanuella Nwebeh from Nigeria is looking for a family physician for a 2-week clinical observership from August 28th – September 10th, or within your available dates. “I am a medical doctor from Nigeria who moved to Canada in 2021 and am in the process of getting into practice in Canada. I am writing to […]
Provisionally licensed locum looking for 2-months placement
The Division is working with an FP from the US who plans to move to Victoria this year. As she will be on a provisional license, she will need an FP supervisor for a month or two prior to becoming fully licensed to practice in BC. If you are interested in learning more please contact […]
Recruitment team at Pri-Med
Members of our Island-wide recruitment collaborative recently attended the Pri-Med conference in Mississauga. There was great interest in the new LFP payment model and practice options on the Island at our booth! The team will continue to follow up with more than 60 FPs they met at this annual conference.
