The Department of Oncology at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is currently seeking qualified individuals to provide locum coverage through February 2024.

Our hospital is a 395 funded bed acute care facility which provides coverage to a regional population base of 250,000 people. Delivering all services daily including acting as the Regional Trauma Centre and Cancer Referral Centre for the Northwestern Ontario region with plans to include Cardiac Surgery by 2026.

The candidate must be eligible for licensing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and have certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Our locums are supported through the Ministry's, Northern Specialist Locum Program (Respite Tenens). This program offers reimbursement of flights and accommodations.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre serves Northwestern Ontario from east of White River to the Manitoba border in the west and from Hudson Bay in the north to the United States border in the south.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is the only acute care hospital in the City of Thunder Bay and operates one of the busiest emergency departments in Canada and the only one in the City. Ours is also the only tertiary hospital in Northwestern Ontario and a regional referral centre for 10 smaller regional acute care hospitals.

We are a unique region with unique gaps in health care.

In addition to working at a worldclass academic health care facility, you also have the city of Thunder Bay and surrounding area at your at your back door. We are known for our access to the outdoors: hiking, fishing, camping, snowshoeing, skiing; we have it all! We also have great festivals, live theatre and comedy, amateur and collegiate level sporting events, and an extensive local food and eatery scene. For more information, please visit: www.gotothunderbay.ca/en/ or http://www.visitthunderbay.com/en/