The region is recruiting for a physician to provide locum tenens services throughout the Region. The physician would provide leave of absence, vacancy and heavy workload relief at various location throughout the region. The locum position may also be required to assist other locations in the province when medical services are unavailable to them. Each location service will be provided to currently has physician clinics operating from them.
Some communities also have an acute care facility where in-patient admissions are available.
These communities also have long term care centres. Locum services will be approved by the RHA on a priority basis to cover leaves of absence, vacancies, heavy workload, etc. Housing in the community in which the physician establishs residence will their responsibility. Accommodations while providing locum services to communities away from the physicians residence will be provided at no cost, by the RHA, receiving community or resident physician. It is therefore the physician's responsibility to obtain a vehicle for travel.