What is the Provincial ED Physician Contingency Locum Pool
Emergency Care BC has created a Provincial ED Physician Contingency Locum Pool to fill urgent and last-minute vacancies at priority ED sites facing imminent understaffing.
We invite you to join the locum pool, made up of physicians who are interested in supporting eligible urgent, last-minute shifts in EDs across B.C. that can’t be filled using conventional staffing approaches and mitigation strategies.
• Supports locums to fill vacancies at sites across the province, regardless of your home health authority.
• Developed in coordination with the Ministry of Health and all regional health authorities.
• ECBC facilitates a streamlined process to get locums filling shifts in sites outside of their health authority.
• Offers relief to communities across B.C. facing ED closures.
• The pool is open to BC-licensed physicians in good standing, and recently graduated residents, with emergency medicine experience.
ECBC will support:
• Physician recruitment.
• Streamlined credentialing and privileging for all HAs across B.C.
• Screening eligible sites and collecting locum shift details.
• Matching locum shifts with available physicians.
• Connecting locums with health authority leads to facilitate compensation, travel & accommodation and other on-boarding details.
• Evaluating participation and feedback on an ongoing basis.
Click the button below to join the pool. Please note you will be asked to submit a letter of good standing from your Chief of Staff or Department Head.
Your personal information is being collected in compliance with BC privacy legislation under sections 26(c) and (e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Your information may be shared with the Ministry of Health and health authorities to support B.C.’s urgent physician locum coverage.
Upcoming ED Locum Vacancies
Interior Health Authority
Boundary Hospital (Grand Forks)
Nov 7, 20
Dec 4, 11, 17
Cariboo Memorial Hospital (Williams Lake)
Nov 4, 9 // 22:00-06:00
Nov 19 // 14:00-22:00
Nov 21, 22 // 22:00-06:00
Nov 23 // 06:00-14:00 & 12:00-20:00 (overlap)
Nov 25 // 22:00-06:00
Nov 27 // 14:00-22:00
Nov 30 // 22:00-06:00
Dec 2 // 22:00-06:00
Dec 9 // 06:00-14:00
Dec 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22 // 22:00-06:00
Dec 23 // 06:00-14:00 & 22:00-06:00
Dec 24 // 06:00-14:00
Dec 25 // 06:00-14:00 & 14:00-22:00
Dec 27 // 06:00-14:00
Dec 29, 30 // 22:00-06:00
Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre (Merritt)
Oct 1, 7, 8, 20
Nov 26
Dec 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31
South Okanagan General Hospital (Oliver)
Sept 29 // Night
Oct 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14, 24, 27 // Day
Oct 7, 8, 11, 15, 18, 23, 25 // Night
Oct 20, 21, 22, 29 // Day & Night
Nov 21 // Day
Nov 2, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 22, 24, 25, 30 // Night
Nov 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 // Day & Night
Northern Health Authority
Bulkley Valley District Hospital (Smithers)
Oct 9 // 13:00-08:00
Fort St. John General Hospital
Oct 25 // 05:00-13:00
Oct 26, 31 // 13:00-20:00
Nov – Flexible Dates
Kitimat General Hospital
Oct 1, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 20, 23, 24, 26, 31
Nov 2, 3, 6, 9, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30
Mills Memorial Hospital (Terrace)
Sept 30 // 00:00-08:00
Oct 14 // 08:00-16:00
Oct 20 // 00:00-08:00
Oct 23 // 00:00-08:00
Oct 31 // 00:00-08:00
St. John Hospital (Vanderhoof)
Oct 11, 15, 29, 31 // Night
Oct 23 // 08:00-14:00
Nov 1 // Night
Stuart Lake Hospital (Fort St. James)
Oct 7, 8, 15, 28 // 24-hr shift
Oct 3, 23, 24, 31 // 16:00 – 08:00 on call
Vancouver Island Health Authority
Campbell River Hospital
Oct 5 // 23:00-07:00
Oct 9 // 18:00-01:00
Port Hardy Hospital
Oct 19, 31 // 07:00-19:00
Saanich Peninsula Hospital
Sat Sept 30 // 18:00-2300 & 22:00-08:00
Oct 20, 21 // 17:00-00:00
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni
Oct 8, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31 // 08:00-15:00
Oct 1, 9, 12, 13, 20, 23, 27, 28, 29, 31 // 15:00-22:00
Oct 3, 8, 13, 23, 25, 27, 28 // 22:00-08:00
Nov 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 // 08:00-15:00
Nov 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30 // 15:00-22:00
Nov 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25 // 22:00-08:00
Share A Locum
Is your Emergency Department in need of urgent locum coverage?
If you have urgent upcoming vacancies in your ED, please send the following details to ecbc@phsa.ca.
• Emergency department
• Shift dates and times
• Shift information
• Compensation details
• Contact person and information
Submissions will be reviewed by ECBC and eligible locum opportunities will appear in the listing below within 2 business days.
Additional Locum Resources
Other Locum Opportunities
– RCCbc Locums Initiative
– Locums for Rural BC
– Locums.ca
– Health Match BC
– BC Family Doctors
