A $2,000 incentive is being offered to anyone who helps recruit health care workers to hard to fill positions, announced Jorge VanSlyke, President and CEO, Blanche River Health.

The new community incentive program is part of Blanche River Health’s efforts to recruit doctors, nurses and other health care workers. 

“Recruitment and retention of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals is a top priority at Blanche River Health, and today we’re inviting anyone to participate in our incentive program, whether they live down the road or on another continent,” said VanSlyke. “We all have a stake in local health care, and enlisting the public to help us fill the vacancies we have been grappling with is one of the many ways we are working to counter the shortage of health care professionals.”  

Individuals applying for vacancies in roles that are eligible for the incentive will be asked whether they were referred to the position, and by whom. There is no form to fill and no application process required. Once the successful candidate completes their probationary period or hourly threshold, the person who made the referral will receive a $1,000 cheque from Blanche River Health. A second payment of $1,000 will be made on the employee’s one year anniversary.      

“We’re making it as simple as possible for people to participate in the referral program,” added VanSlyke. “We all win when a vacant health care worker role at Blanche River Health is filled.”  

Positions that are currently eligible for the $2,000 referral incentive are:   

• Certified Tradesperson 
• Diagnostic Imaging Technologist (Dual Modality)
• Medical Laboratory Technologist  
• Nurse Practitioner
• Registered Dietician 
• Registered Nurse                                                                                                                                                                                  
• Registered Practical Nurse (Emergency Department, Kirkland Lake site) 

• Pharmacist
• Pharmacy Technician
• Physician 
• Physiotherapist 
• Respiratory Therapist 

A list of roles that are eligible for the $2,000 referral incentive are posted at www.blancheriverhealth.ca and are subject to change.

Blanche River Health is a 74-bed hospital corporation with two sites serving the North Eastern Ontario communities of Englehart (26 beds) and Kirkland Lake (48 beds) as well as residents in surrounding areas. Our mission is to make health care work for you. BRH values people and continuous improvement and we demonstrate this through accountability, respect, and courage to excel.