Locum Family Physician.  Clinic/Office Locum with some ER and Inpatient. RFMLP rates apply.

The Fort Frances Community Clinic hours are 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.  Hours, patient volumes and schedule is at the discretion of the Locum Family Physician.  ER, located at La Verendrye Hospital, has approximately 18,000 visits per year.  Level 3 ED-AFA. $280/hr.

Interested in full time?  The Fort Frances Recruitment and Retention Committee www.recruitdocsff.ca offers a community incentive for three-five year return of service (ROS) dispersed quarterly, moving expenses reimbursed and a Lifestyle Package that includes memberships at municipal gym, pool and marina.  HFO offers, to qualifying family physicians, the Northern Rural Recruitment and Retention Initiative (NRRRI), providing $122,000 over four years. The Initiative is provided to qualifying physicians on a yearly basis, 40% first year, 15% second year, 15% third year and 30% fourth year. For more information on NRRRI, please see HFO website.  We offer housing during your moving/transition period. Please contact Todd Hamilton at 807 275 9794 24/7 or [email protected].

We have affiliation with Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).  Third year clerkship students (2-3) are in Fort Frances from September - April.  NOMP places Residents for 1-2 month rotations.  We also have Fort Frances Local Education Group (LEG) with NOAMA, Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association.

Fort Frances has approximately 8,000 residents.  The FF Community Clinic, La Verendrye General Hospital and Riverside Health Care serve a catchment area of approximately 18,000.  Adjacent to Fort Frances is International Falls, MN, a community approximately same size as Fort Frances.  We have excellent access to international airports from either Fort Frances or International Falls.  Car rental available in USA, and allowed to be driven in Canada.

Locum housing available.

www.recruitdocsff.ca for information.  Twitter @RToddHamilton.  Linked In.