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Financial Incentives

Receive wrap-around support with temporary housing, community service providers, and connections with your local peer group as you transition to this beautiful community.

Island Health Incentives

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Retention Incentive 

A temporary retention incentive provides all employees working in North Vancouver Island (in regular status positions) up to $2,000 per quarter, pro-rated based on their productive hours worked, with a maximum incentive payable to $8,000 annually.

2

Temporary Travel Incentive

If you are asked to be redeployed to a North Vancouver Island worksite that requires you to travel 40 kilometers or greater from your primary worksite you are eligible for additional incentives

3

North Vancouver Island Stabilization Initiative

If a current Island Health employee refers a successful candidate to a difficult to fill vacancy in an eligible worksite, the employee will receive: 

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  • $1,500 for a regular full-time or part-time position

  • $500 for a temporary or term full time or part time position 

  • $250 for a casual position (minimum number of hours worked required)

Physician Incentives

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Physician Recruitment Incentive

Recruitment Incentive of $20,000 may be available to all physicians accepting a permanent position in North Vancouver Island.  The amount is pro-rated for part time positions.

2

Physician Relocation Support

Physicians accepting a permanent position and relocating to the region are eligible for a relocation stipend from $9,000 to $15,000. 

 

*Physicians relocating from another rural community it BC must have completed one year of service in that community.

3

Locum Opportunity

Current support for locums coming to the region include support for travel costs including:

  • Return economy flights (up to $1000)

  • If driving – paid mileage from your location to the site at 0.68/km

  • Meal allowance with traveling

  • Accommodation

 

You will also receive a 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

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