Sensenbrenner Hospital, Kapuskasing, Ontario is seeking hospitalist coverage during December 26th, 2025 to January 2nd, 2026. 

Sensenbrenner Hospital is a modern 68-bed fully accredited teaching hospital which serves a population of 8,600 and a catchment area of approximately 11,000.  Kapuskasing is a true Northern Ontario community with ample options for year-round outdoor recreation in a beautiful setting. Kapuskasing offers the amenities of the larger centres.  

Accommodations and transportation are reimbursed by NSLP as per their guidelines for locum physicians. Fully furnished apartments are available in a newly built building across from the hospital parking lot. We also have dedicated on call rooms for ED physicians. Locums typically fly into the Timmins airport prior to driving 2 hours northwest to Kapuskasing.   

Sensenbrenner Hospital has local three General Surgery, two GP Anesthetist, one General Internal medicine physician who is available for inpatient consults, 7 Family Physicians. Two of our local family physicians cover OB.   We have a supportive, team-based environment. Our longstanding and experienced medical staff are very supportive and helpful should you have questions during your shift.  

Diagnostic imaging (including CT), electrocardiography, lab, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and respiratory therapy, chemotherapy are available locally. Virtual Critical Care is available for critically ill patients.  Orthopaedic surgery, ENT, OBS/GYNE, pediatrics, and psychiatry services are available through our relationship with Timmins and District Hospital. Other specialty services are available through Health Sciences North and Criticall Ontario.  

Excellent teaching opportunities affiliated with NOSM University.   

Remuneration:   

There is a $6,000 weekly stipend   

Daily Honorarium + travel days of $ 366.57 = $ 3,299.13  

Billing is Fee for service including E-Codes   

Typical billing is between $ 5,000 to $9,000 a week   

Average weekly income = between $ 14,299.13 and $ 18,299.13  

 Why Work With Us? 

• Locum Support: Accommodations and travel expenses are reimbursed through the Northern Specialist Locum Program (NSLP), in accordance with program guidelines. 
• Travel Time is also reimbursed as per the NSLP Guidelines. 
• 1 sessional (3-5 hours = $ 507.61 
• 2 sessionals (6-8 hours) = $ 1,015.22, 
• 3 sessionals (9-12 hours) = $ 1,522.83 
• Convenient Housing: Locums have access to fully furnished apartments when they are available in a newly constructed building directly across from the hospital. We charge the locum and they are then reimbursed by NSLP.  

Clerical:  

A unit Assistant/Flow Coordinator is on site Monday to Friday during the day.   

Nurse Practitioner is on site Monday to Friday during the day to help with patient care.   

Description of Duties:   

Hospitalists are on call from Friday 8:00 to the following Friday at 8:00 for ward, special care and hospice patients   

Hospitalists are on call as surgical assist from Friday 8:00 to the following Friday at 8:00 for non-elective surgeries (this is optional)   

Hospitalists cover the Continuing Care Unit from 17:00 Friday until 08:00 Monday morning; these patients are covered by local family physicians through the week   

Hospitalists are responsible for admissions from 8:00 until 17:00.  Admissions in the evenings are typically covered by the emergency physician on call.     

Hospitalist admissions typically range from 10-20 patients a week   

Typical census is between 25-28 patients (10-15 of these are generally ALC)   

Acuity of special care unit (SCU) patients range from short-term telemetry monitoring to mechanical ventilation   

SCU patients requiring intubation are typically transferred to Health Sciences North in Sudbury, Ontario after stabilization   

Role of Hospitalist  

In-patient coverage for the Active Care Unit is to be covered by a Hospitalist physician (with the exception of patients of Dr. Cheung - GP/A, Dr. Dan Boucher -Internist) on a weekly basis.  The hospitalist will be scheduled for a one-week rotation, from Friday to Friday.  The handover will take place on Thursday evening, but the on-call hospitalist will continue to cover until Friday morning.   

At the beginning of each hospitalist week, the new physician will take verbal handover from the previous hospitalist on all patients and will handover to the next hospitalist at the end of the week. We strongly encourage locums to write transfer notes for the next hospitalist in Medi tech.  This can efficiently be done by cutting and pasting pertinent information from previous notes.  This will serve as a helpful handover tool/reference for the next incoming hospitalist. Discharge summaries are required for all patients and should be completed on the day of discharge.  

The hospitalist will be required to provide 24-hour Hospitalist care for all existing and new admitted patients. They will work together with the Active Care staff and with the Multidisciplinary team towards discharge or other disposition of the patients.  In the event that a patient is transferred to the Continuing Care Unit, their care will be transferred to   Dr. Plamondon, unless they are existing patients of Dr. Cheung. A verbal handover must be provided to Dr. Plamondon before transfer of care is accepted. On occasion, Dr. Plamondon may request weekend or vacation coverage for these patients by the Hospitalist.  

The hospitalist will participate in Multi-Disciplinary rounds every weekday at the designated time.  

The hospitalist will assess and admit all new patients, after the ER physician has assessed them.  During the day (8:00 – 17:00), the hospitalist will assess and admit patients in the ER and do the admission history and physical. During evenings and overnight (17:00 – 8:00), the ER physician will write admission orders and cover the patient until the following morning, at which time the ER physician will provide a verbal handover on the newly admitted patients to the hospitalist. The hospitalist will then do the admission history and physical.