Rural opportunities
Living and working in a tight-knit rural community has many opportunities to explore. The four-season lifestyle in the southern Interior of B.C. is an outdoor enthusiasts dream.
Explore career opportunities and ask us about our incentives!
Where we work
Spread out across four regions, employees work in hospitals and health centres to treat patients in underserved communities. Discover the Interior Health regions.
Affordable living
Living and working in smaller communities within BC, IH employees benefit from the lower cost of living. Click to learn more about the specific housing, transport, personal costs, and taxes for each BC city.
Cost of Living Comparison Chart
In addition, Canada Loan Forgiveness Programs offer eligible recent graduates an opportunity to exchange loans for work in the community.
Canada Loan Forgiveness Programs
Graduates in select in-demand occupations can have their BC student loans forgiven by agreeing to work at publicly funded health care facilities in underserved communities in BC, or working with children in areas where there is an identified shortage in BC.
Loan forgiveness programs remove the burden of an expensive medical education so that recent graduates can focus on helping more Canadians get the health care they deserve.
It’s easy to strike up a conversation. They might tell me about their gold mining expedition or their hunting trip last week or what the fishing is like. If you have time to do that, it creates a sense of trust.
How we grow
As we look to the future, IH is focusing on five key strategies to help shift the health care system away from hospitals and into the community.
Of those strategies, one in particular focuses on a renewed system of care for rural BC. Incorporating primary care with effective person-centered pathways to other health care services, we will improve access and service quality across rural and remote communities.
The beauty of the communities and the area I work in comes from the people I have the privilege of working with every day. The Chilcotin region has an abundance of natural beauty that provides a playground for outdoor activities.
BC Ministry of Health Policy
The BC Ministry of Health has laid out a policy objective to provide quality, sustainable, rural health services for patients. Partnering with IH and other local service providers, the BC Ministry of Health aims to improve the patient and family caregiver experience and implement their plans across all rural or remote geographical service areas.
I get great support from Kelowna for various programs; IH truly tries to understand rural health care. Although you may be geographically isolated, you are never isolated by IH.
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Excited to join the Interior Health team in a rural community?
Thousands of volunteers of all ages work alongside our staff across our region. Read how volunteers are making a difference in delivering outstanding care.
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IH’s Healthy Community Development team worked with student nurses to help local governments make breastfeeding more supported and welcomed in communities.
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Talking to your teens about drugs shows you care they make safe choices—it doesn't encourage drug use. Here's how to have talks with an open heart and mind.
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Cottonwoods Care Centre coordinator Lia Sambrielaz has been sharing small acts of kindness at IH for 37 years.
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Our 9-part video series teaches about the purpose and importance of advance care planning (ACP) and why it gives peace of mind to you and your loved ones.
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A funding initiative is helping the Cariboo Chilcotin Métis Association (CCMA) grow food security in ways that reflect knowledge, culture and community needs.
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