The province is increasing the financial recruitment incentives for allied health professionals to improve the healthcare system for people in PEI. The Allied Health Professional Recruitment Incentive will provide up to $10,000 with a return in service commitment of 1,950 working...
A new grant is available to help Island communities and organizations with initiatives to create a welcoming environment to attract and retain health care professionals. The Community Grant for the Retention of Health Care Professionals provides up to $2,500 for eligible projects...
Saskatchewan Polytechnic and the Government of Prince Edward Island have entered into an agreement to help address the growing demand for qualified nurses in PEI. The agreement facilitates the delivery of Sask Polytech's Transition to Registered Nursing in Canada and Registered...
The following facilities and work sites may offer positions for students seeking summer employment through the Nursing Student Summer Employment Program. Please select from this list when completing the online application. Note: The following list is based on 2024 applications...
The PEI Experienced Registered Nurse Referral Program is an initiative to engage Islanders in assisting to recruit RNs with at least 24 months of experience to fill hard-to-recruit vacant RN positions at Health PEI. Islanders will receive a financial incentive of $1,500 for each RN who is successfully hired into an eligible RN position. Who is eligible to refer RNs through this program? Residents of PEI including: Permanent Residents; Summer Residents with a PEI address; Islanders attending Post-Secondary institutions; and Temporary Residents of PEI. Who is NOT eligible to make referrals...
Doctors considering a career in PEI can walk the simulated halls of Island healthcare facilities and experience community landmarks thanks to a virtual reality project to help recruit doctors to the province. The physician recruitment virtual reality (VR) project gives doctors...
A total of 18 new physicians, 12 specialists and six family medicine physicians, have signed on to practice in Prince Edward Island in 2020. To-date, 13 of these 18 physicians have started caring for Island patients. The remaining five specialists will begin work later this year...
Dr. Roberto Campanaro began working as an emergency department doctor at Western Hospital in 2015, and he hasn’t looked back. Moving to Prince Edward Island (from Ontario) to practice medicine in the small rural community of Alberton has been a positive step for his career and...
Dr. Padraig Casey is in the early stages of a medical career and raising a family life. He’s building them both on Prince Edward Island. Casey grew up in Ireland’s County Louth and received his medical training in Dublin. When the time came to enter into medical practice, he saw...
It was at Charlottetown Rural High School’s career day in grade 10 that Craig Malone decided to not only be a doctor, but to be a doctor at home on Prince Edward Island. “At the time, I was not the greatest student,” the Hampshire native laughs, “but I had this unrelenting dream...