General incentives
Find out if you qualify for British Columbia and Canadian health-care worker incentives, or relocation allowance.
We have various recruitment incentives to support health-care workers with education and expenses. Learn how you can qualify.
Find out if you qualify for British Columbia and Canadian health-care worker incentives, or relocation allowance.
Qualified candidates for permanent and temporary placements may be eligible for financial relocation assistance at the time of hire (for example, two-year return of service). Dollar amount is influenced by distance and aligns with Public Sector Employers Council. Please speak with your hiring manager or recruiter during the hiring process.
Recent graduates in select in-demand occupations can have their B.C. student loans forgiven by agreeing to work at publicly-funded facilities in underserved communities in B.C., or working with children in occupations where there is an identified shortage in B.C. Check out the program details to see if you’re eligible.
Canada Loan Forgiveness Programs offer eligible recent graduates an opportunity to exchange loans for work in the community.
Eligible new RN/RPN/LPN hires may be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in rural or remote communities, and up to $15,000 in urban and metro sites (Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, and Vernon) for a full-time position and pro-rated for part-time positions. These incentives are in exchange for a 24-month return of service.
Regular full-time and regular part-time employees in the Nurses' Bargaining Association (NBA), Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA), Facilities Bargaining Association (FBA) and Community Bargaining Association (CBA) collective agreements that work in the following eligible communities may receive up to $2,000 quarterly to a maximum of $8,000 per year.
Current sponsored training opportunities offered at Interior Health are listed below.
The Health Career Access Program (HCAP) is a paid work and training initiative for individuals seeking an entry point to employment in health. New hires will start as a Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) providing non-direct care at a long-term care, assisted living or home health site and receive paid training to become a Health Care Assistant (HCA) upon successful completion of the program.
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