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Recruitment Activities

Embark on a journey through our recruitment sagas—here you will find the latest news and see our efforts to assemble the dream team of healthcare professionals for our community. Here’s a peek behind the scenes.

Recruitment and Retention Plan

This document outlines some of the recruitment and retention strategies utilized to attract physicians to the community. It highlights ongoing collaborative efforts between partnering organizations, both locally and externally.

Interest-Free Physician Loan Program

Physicians establishing a medical practice within the Nord-Aski REDC catchment area may qualify for an interest-free loan of up to $150,000 to help cover their setup costs. 

Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM U) visits Hearst

 

As part of the NOSM U Northeast community visits, Dr. Sarita Verma, President, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and CEO of NOSM U, together with her team, met with the various members of our community which included family physicians, hospital administration, Nord-Aski Family Health Team, the town CEO and medical students to discuss the many University updates. There were also conversations about the successes and challenges within our hospital and community.

Montfort Hospital & Savoir Montfort visits Hearst

 

We got the opportunity to greet the staff from Montfort, Ontario's francophone academic hospital, Savoir Montfort, a knowledge institute, and Santé Montfort for a joint strategic planning process. They were conducting an extensive consultation process across the province to meet their provincial mandate and develop a 2024-2028 strategic plan that will guide them towards the Montfort 75th anniversary. The subjects we talked about were planning and supporting French-language health services, supporting the Government of Ontario in meeting their obligation under the French Language Act, their goal to help with French-language clinical placements for health professionals and lastly supporting research and teaching activities as well as conversations around how they could support our hospital directly.

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McMaster KW & Area 2024 Family Medicine Recruitment Event

 

This type of event is one of the many opportunities where the recruitment coordinator gets to meet with the first- and second-year residents to talk about the opportunities in Hearst for electives, locum and permanent positions. It’s very important to have a presence at those events to share all the amazing options Hearst has to offer not only for employment, but also for the lifestyle that they can have.

Department of Family Medicine Job Fair in Ottawa

 

Every year, Melanie also attends this event to meet with the family medicine residents from University of Ottawa. Last year Melanie attended this event with Dr Marjolaine Talbot-Lemaire, University of Ottawa Alumni. This offered great support to bring a local family physician to bring her experience and answer many questions related to opening a practice in Hearst.