Learn about the Emergency Medicine Recruitment and Retention Incentive in Saskatchewan, offering up to $200,000 for eligible physicians practising in select communities.
Incentive Overview
The Emergency Medicine Recruitment and Retention Incentive supports specialist emergency medicine physicians, including family medicine emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine physicians who provide full-time service in qualifying Saskatchewan communities.
Eligible physicians may receive up to $200,000 over five years.
Program Conditions:
- Physicians must apply each year and meet all criteria to receive the incentive.
- Payments are issued after each completed year of service.
- The incentive may only be received once in a lifetime.
- Program criteria may change at any time.
Eligibility Conditions:
- Eligibility is assessed annually.
- To remain eligible, physicians must practise in the same community for five consecutive years.
- Eligibility in one year does not guarantee eligibility in future years.
- Physicians providing locum services do not qualify.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for the incentive, specialist emergency medicine, family medicine emergency medicine, and pediatric emergency medicine physician applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- be new to practice in Saskatchewan. New R3 emergency medicine training for existing family physicians will qualify.
- be a Member of Practitioner Staff with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) in good standing
- hold an active licence with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS)
- establish full-time emergency medicine practice (minimum 0.8 FTE) on or after June 1, 2024, in an eligible
community (or communities), including:
- Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Yorkton, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, and Lloydminster
- provide service during at least 10 of the previous 12 months of each year
Incentive Amount
Eligible physicians may qualify for up to $200,000 over five years.
Payment Schedule:
- Year 1 – $40,000 after 12 months of practice
- Year 2 – $40,000 after 24 months of practice
- Year 3 – $20,000 after 36 months of practice
- Year 4 – $50,000 after 48 months of practice
- Year 5 – $50,000 after 60 months of practice
How do I apply?
Please direct inquiries to physicianincentives@saskhealthauthority.ca.
Adjudication
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) administers the program under the following considerations:
- The incentive period begins on the date the physician starts full-time practice in an eligible community.
- Applications are adjudicated after 12 months of service have been completed (adjusted for any approved leaves).
- The eligibility date for each year of the incentive may be adjusted if the physician takes an approved leave
from practice during the year (e.g., parental, health or training leaves).
- Other leaves resulting in a gap in practice are adjudicated on an individual basis by the SHA and the Ministry of Health.
- The incentive is not pro-rated if fewer than 220 days of service are completed in a 12-month period.
- Physicians must complete the full 12 months of each year of service to receive the incentive.
- No payments will be made if fewer than 10 of the 12 months are considered complete.
- Payments are issued at the end of each completed service year if all eligibility criteria are met.
Questions?
For more information, contact:
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Provincial Practitioner Staff Affairs
physicianincentives@saskhealthauthority.ca