Difficult to Fill Physician Vacancies

A new initiative by the province’s Medical Health Human Resources Planning Task Force (MHRPTF) was developed to improve the planning of recruitment and retention efforts by better tracking difficult to fill physician vacancies. Full report...

New BC Physician Recruitment Committee

On June 26th, 2012 Health Match BC hosted the first-ever full day HMBC Focus Group and Workshop for physician recruiters from publicly funded employers across the province of BC. “It was a pleasure to welcome the physician recruiters to our offices and have the opportunity to engage in discussions relevant to our ongoing efforts to bring physicians to the province,” says Margaret Kennedy, Senior Consultant, Physician Services, at Health Match BC. Read more...

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Recruiters give feedback on Employer User Vacancy System

In 2010, Health Match BC launched a new website that included a new administration system enabling employers to post, track, and fill their own vacancies. On June 26, 2012, when the physician recruiters from publicly funded employers in the province attended the HMBC Focus Group and Workshop, Yvonne Attwood, Office Manager, hosted the half day Employer User Vacancy System focus group. Read on...

Personal perspectives on recruiting in Northern Health

Eva Mendez, Senior Consultant, Nurse and Allied Health Services at Health Match BC, went to northern BC in August to see its state-of-the-art health care facilities and learn more about the vacancies there. Full article...

A Quick Scan of Collaborative Recruitment

Collaboration in recruiting diagnostic medical sonographers to BC is a cost-effective strategy that also ensures both the candidates and the employers end up with an ideal match. More...

NURSE CONFERENCES

March 2-7, 2013 American Operating Room Nurses (AORN), San Diego, CA

April 4-8, 2013 Marskell (Eastern), Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal

April 22-26, 2013 Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC), Ottawa

May 2-4, 2013 Pri-Med West, Anaheim, CA

May 18-23, 2013 American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACCN), Boston, Mass.

PHYSICIAN CONFERENCES

February 21, 2013 Outside Quebec Career Day, Montreal, PQ

April 4-5, 2013 Society of Rural Physicians (SRP), Victoria, BC

May 2-4, 2013 Pri-Med West, Anaheim, CA

June 1-5, 2013 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), Vancouver, BC

June 21-24, 2013 Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS), Calgary, AB