Hospitalist - Locum

The Hospitalist Program at the Timmins and District Hospital is seeking locums to fill various schedule gaps.

The Timmins and District Hospital is a 225bed district hospital serving a local population of 41000 and a catchment area of 110000. Timmins is located in Northeastern Ontario andis a fully accredited referral and teaching hospital and offers a full range of Medical Surgical Critical Care Maternal/Child Long Term Care and Mental Health Services.

Details of the Hospitalist work is as follows:

Hospitalists are oncall for new admissions 1/3 of the week according to the schedule. Admissions typically come from the ER or the ICU.

Call starts at 08:00hrs and ends the next day at 08:00 hrs. Your patients are primarily Medical Patients. Emergency physicians doadmit orders and will also hold calls from 23:00 hrs until the next am at 07:00 hrs. before calling. Admissions are divided equally among the three or four hospitalists usually when you meet in the am.

Bullet rounds are held twice a week and typically last 20 minutes to review patients with the nurses and allied health providers. They typically start at 1:00 pm. The first day starts at 8:00 am with transfer rounds from the departing hospitalist (or the Thursday evening prior over the phone). This is a verbal transfer of MRP duties to you. On the Friday following your last day (or Thursday evening) you are expected to provide the next hospitalist with a verbal transfer of your patients care.

You have access to consultants in Medicine General Surgery ENT Psychiatry Orthopedics Anesthesia GI Nephrology and have an excellent DI Dept with state of the art CT and MRI.

Hospitalists are oncall for their patients 7 consecutive days starting on a Friday at 0800 hours.

Although workload can vary hospitalists usually carry 1520 patients each and end up billing anywhere from 3040 patients/week.

Total remuneration ranges from $14000$15000 on a 3 Hospitalist week or $10000$12000 on a 4 Hospitalist week.

In addition locums are entitled to a $322.45/day honorarium including travel days through the Northern Specialist Locum Program (NSLP) to support travel time. Over 9 days this equates to $2902.

Your traveling expenses of airfare and/or mileage local car rental and accommodations will be covered as per NSLP guidelines.

Position Requirements

Candidates must:

• have their CCFP.
• have Canadian Medical Protective Associate (CMPA) coverage.
• have an independent practice license with the CPSO
• have an active OHIP billing number
• possess excellent clinical skills.
• have a commitment to patient safety and high standards of care.

Family Physicians/Internists with Hospitalist experience are preferred.

For more information please contact Corey Krupa at