Advance your career in rural Nova Scotia
Practicing as a surgeon in Nova Scotia offers a unique and fulfilling experience, blending your medical practice with the charm of Atlantic Canada. With its tight-knit communities, diverse patient populations, and beautiful landscapes, surgeons in Nova Scotia often find themselves not only providing essential care but also becoming integral members of the local community.
Compensations, incentives & benefits
Competitive Compensation
Contract and Fee For Service arrangements – starting at $435,000/year
Negotiated Benefits
Physicians in Nova Scotia are provided with health and dental benefits, EMR grants, funded locum coverage, CME funding, and parental leave.
Site Visit Program
Experience life in Nova Scotia and explore practice opportunities. This program reimburses you (and a plus one) for a one-time visit to beautiful Nova Scotia. You must be eligible for a license in Nova Scotia, and work with a recruiter to obtain approval from Nova Scotia Health prior to your visit.
Relocation Reimbursement Allowance
Qualified candidates may be eligible for a relocation allowance of up to $20,000 upon accepting an offer in Nova Scotia.
Rural Specialist Retention Incentive
Eligible specialist physicians working in Nova Scotia’s rural communities will receive a $16,000 annual payment after three years.
Government Incentive Programs
Specialists establishing practices outside the Central Zone may be eligible for up to $125,000 over five years.
Improving health together
In 2024, within our surgical departments across Nova Scotia, our surgeons have performed more than 2,100 additional surgeries this year compared to last with a total of 70, 272. We reduced surgical wait times for priority surgeries such as hip replacements, knee replacements and cataract surgeries by 20%.
A fulfilling career and life in rural Nova Scotia
Surgeons in rural Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That’s what makes working in Nova Scotia unique. Surgeons are increasingly attracted to hospitals that offer team-based care to patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allow for better connections across the health care system. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.
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Connect with a Recruiter
Connect with Sarah-Marie O'Toole, Physician Recruitment Consultant at sarah-marie.otoole@nshealth.ca to learn more about working in rural Nova Scotia.
Sarah-Marie O'Toole
(she/her/they/them)
Lives in Antigonish, NS
Physician Recruitment Consultant
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