Urgent Hospitalist Locum Need with Increased Stipend

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 20-30 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

Remuneration:

• There is a $8,000 weekly stipend
• Daily Honorarium of $ 322.45 through the NSLP as per their guidelines
• Billing is Fee for service including E-Codes
• Typical billing is between $5,000 to $9,000 a week
• Option to Split the stipend with a colleague and divide the week

Accommodations:

• Accommodations, air travel, and car rentals are covered as per the HFO NSLP guidelines.
• Apartments are available across the street from the hospital

Clerical:

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

Contact:

For more information please contact Nicole Carrire Hachez at nhachez@senhosp.ca