Locums
Rural, Urban and Remote Medical Practices
The Manitoba Locum Tenens Program (MLTP) is part of the Health Care Retention & Recruitment Office (HCRRO).
The program is mandated to provide Locums to rural, urban and remote medical practices in Manitoba and is designed to provide locum coverage to rural and northern (outside of Winnipeg & Brandon) physicians in practices of four physicians or less, as well as urban (within Winnipeg & Brandon) physicians in practices of ten physicians or less.
These physicians experience difficulty in scheduling Continuing Medical Education and vacation time as locums are frequently in short supply. Locums in the rural & northern program are ordinarily allocated between 5 and 28 days. Locums in the urban program can be allocated from 5 days to 17 weeks.
Much of the success of the program will depend on making a good match between site and Locum Tenens. HCRRO shall widely advertise and conduct related publicity, recruitment and information-sharing activities in support of the Program. The program will maintain a web presence that will offer online locum searches, program documentation and contact information.
What we offer
Rural and Northern Manitoba
- Wide variety of practice in Manitoba
- Short term commitment from 5-28 days
- Competitive Daily Stipend for Medical Services rendered during normal office hours. Emergency room/out-patient department/after-hours-on-call coverage services, if provided, are paid over and above the daily stipend by the Region or Site.
- Rural-
- Northern- $1,723.84/day $1758.32/day
- Provision of office staff and clerical support without overhead expenses
- Mileage for the locum to travel to the locum site, and return.
- Travel time honorarium for one return trip to the locum site of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) for each hour (prorated to quarter hour) of approved Program travel, to a maximum of two-hundred dollars ($200.00) per day. Minimum five (5) day placement. Maximum for four-hundred dollars ($400.00) travel time honoraria for each 5 day placement.
- Accommodations (provided by community)
- Online locum assignment matching
- Online locum searches
- Online dashboard to manage locum applications and assignments.
Urban
- Wide variety of practice within Winnipeg and Brandon
- Placements of 5 days to 17 weeks
- FFS Model Compensation and 15% overhead hold back.
- Provision of office staff and clerical support
- Online locum assignment matching
- Online locum searches
- Online dashboard to manage locum applications and assignments.
Physician Eligibility
Rural / Northern
In order for a physician to be considered for our program they will require the following:
- Proof of Membership in good standing with the Canadian Medical Protective Association
- Certified copy of their Medical Degree
- Certified copy of LMCC or CCFP
- Certified copy of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and/or Advanced Trauma Life Support
Urban
In order for a physician to be considered for our program they will require the following:
- Proof of Membership in good standing with the Canadian Medical Protective Association
- Certified copy of their Medical Degree
- Certified copy of LMCC or CCFP
How Locums Work
The MLTP will on adequate notice supply locum tenens physicians who are suitably qualified to fill family practice physician’s vacancies. Exact timing will be dependent on locum availability. Locums are ordinarily allocated between 5 and 28 days in the rural & northern regions and 5 to 17 days in urban regions (Winnipeg & Brandon).
The operation of the program requires contractual agreements between the various parties involved.
Physician Registration
The physician must be licensed and registered to practice in Manitoba and have additional certification requirements or be willing to obtain certification prior to accepting a placement.
Upon creation of their online accounts, physicians will be notified by email whenever new locum opportunities are posted to this website.
Recruiter Registration
The MLTP is designed to provide support to rural and remote Manitoba communities with four (4) or fewer permanent physicians, and to urban practices with ten (10) or fewer physicians, to obtain locum coverage so resident physicians may take time off for vacation or CME leave with the assurance that their patients will have continued medical care.
Once registered with the online MLTP Locum Program the RHA or Recruiter will send the “Request for Locum Services” online form to initiate a formal request for Locum Services. Deadlines for locum requests will depend on availability of locum physicians.
The MLTP will on adequate notice supply locum tenens physicians who are suitably qualified to fill family practice rural physician vacancies.
The Manitoba Locum Tenens Program will coordinate and schedule all requests for locum coverage.