Rural Physician Locum Services

RhPAP provides funding that allows AMA Physician Locum Services® to offer short-term locum service for family physicians in rural areas as follows:

Office and emergency-room coverage for rural physicians practising and living in communities with fewer than five physicians
Weekend coverage for any physician in a community with fewer than four physicians
Weekend coverage for senior physicians who have practised for more than nine years in rural Alberta and are older than 54 (in communities with fewer than 16 physicians)

Locum coverage in summer months may be limited to a maximum of two weeks per requesting physician to accommodate the high demand for the service.

Communities with critical shortages are assisted with locum coverage based on locum availability.

Specialists practising in Alberta regional centres outside Calgary and Edmonton can access:

Specialist locum coverage
Locum coverage for weekends and for periods away from practice for up to four weeks

Visit AMA Physician Locum Services
Check AMA’s Physician Locum Services (PLS) Job Board
Check classified ads for Locum opportunities in Alberta Doctors’ Digest
Visit Alberta College of Family Physicians First Five Years in Practice Facebook Group (*private group-requires invite)
Are there any residents training in your area? They could be contacts for future locum opportunities.

RhPAP provides funding for the AMA’s Physician Locum Program.
Visit Alberta College of Family Physicians First Five Years in Practice Facebook Group (*private group-requires invite)
Talk to Alberta rural residents and new-in-practice physicians. They are likely to be aware of sites looking for a locum. 
The University of Calgary Family Medicine Department posts locum opportunities under its “Opportunities” menu.
The Cherry Health App is a Canada-wide resource that advertises full time and locum physician positions.
Check classified Ads in Alberta Doctors’ Digest.