Island Health and your colleagues are requesting your support with upcoming emergency department, inpatient care, and general internal medicine shift coverage across Vancouver Island sites. Contact medstaffhrplanning@islandhealth.ca directly if you are able to provide coverage or for more information. In most cases, privileging can be expedited as required.
Urgent / Critical Emergency Shifts
The following shifts, if left unfilled, may result in site closure or diversion.
Port McNeill Hospital
November 25 (0900-0900)
November 28 (0900-0900)
December 1 (0900-0900)
Tofino General Hospital
November 27 (1800-0800)
December 24 (1800-0800)
West Coast General Hospital
December 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (1500-2200)
December 20, 23 (2200-0800)
December 23, 24, 25 (0800-1500)
Lady Minto Hospital
December 23, 24, 25, 26 (0700-1900)
December 23, 24, 31 (1900-0700)
Port Hardy Hospital
December 29, 30 (0700-0700)
Emergency Department Coverage Opportunities
Inpatient Care: Sites and Unfilled Dates
General Internal Medicine Coverage Opportunities
IF available, eligible travel support includes:
- Travel time honorarium (within BC):
- $250 - 2.5 hrs or less return trip
- $500 -2.5 hrs up to 4 hours return trip
- $1000 - 4 hrs to 10 hours return trip
- $1500 - greater than 10 hours
- Paid mileage from your location to the site at $0.73 km
- Meal allowance (while traveling)
- Accommodation
Have questions or want to move forward?
Send us an email at medstaffhrplanning@islandhealth.ca and we’ll get right back to you.