Doctor Jobs Overview

Doctor Jobs Growing

Doctor jobs are growing in demand. There is a significant shortage of physicians in Canada, with over four million Canadians lacking a family physician. This shortage poses great challenges for clinics, hospitals, and communities seeking to fill physician vacancies, and great opportunities for physicians looking for work.

Many communities and health regions offer attractive incentives to secure local and international doctors. Lifestyle such as recreation opportunities and amenities, overall quality of life, and work and school opportunities for family members play important roles in the decision making process of doctors seeking employment. Job postings typical emphasize these points, along with providing details on remuneration, to stand out and be as attractive as possible.

Physician Recruitment Statistics

Canadian family doctors made an average of $238,764 in gross fee-for-service payments in 2009-2010, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Specialists in comparison received $340,916. The actual salary figures for any particular physician depend on a variety of factors including which province they are practicing in and their specific set of roles and responsibilities.

The most in demand specialties by number of doctor jobs posted across Canada include Family Practice, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, General Surgery, and Orthopedics.

Doctor Job Search Process

Physicians and residents typically find work by contacting the provincial recruitment agencies, health authorities, hospitals, and clinics in their regions of choice. International medical graduates (IMGs) need to be aware of the assessment and licensing requirements in each of their provinces of interest, as they may not be eligible to practice in certain regions. The rules and regulations can be restrictive and difficult to navigate, but the provincial recruitment agencies typically have a wealth of information on their websites to assist, and the organizations are amenable to guiding IMGs through the determination process.

In summary, the many doctor jobs open to local and international physicians make Canada a destination of choice for doctors looking for work.