Resources for finding, hiring and being a locum in Ontario

How to prepare your practice for a locum, including patient hand-offs and what to do after the locum ends.

An introductory document that outlines the essentials of looking for a locum, including sample contracts and tips and tricks.

These resources for those looking to hire a locum include modules that address physician recruitment and leading practices to retain physicians.

This 13-page guide on arranging locums offers medical residents, relocating physicians and other physicians a step-by-step guide for transition into practice and includes a sample contract.

Includes resources for locuming in francophone communities and information on the Rural Family Medicine Locum Program.

This checklist covers how to evaluate whether a locum is right for you and includes questions such as, ‘What is the number of patients seen per day?’

A private group for people to post job opportunities for family physicians in Ontario or to advertise yourself for available positions.

This job site allows users to search for opportunities across Ontario using several different parameters, including speciality and set availability dates.

BookJane is a workforce management platform, which helps to solve the labour shortage and improve quality of care.

OMA Legal has created this information to help guide physicians on how to create a locum contract. You can email legal.affairs@oma.org for assistance to review a locum contract for free. Please indicate if you are contracting in your personal capacity or as a Medicine Professional Corporation.

These pre- and post-evaluation forms are for both the hiring physician and locum physician to provide feedback on how to improve the locum experience for everyone on both sides.

Application forms to register as a locum physician or as a contract physician are available in fillable PDF versions by emailing primarycareinquiries@ontario.ca.

List of HFO locum-related application forms and information documents, including FAQs and coverage arrangements.

This guide includes an overview of requirements and billing practices for contracted physicians. Please email OMA Economics, Policy and Research at economics@oma.org for more assistance or questions in regard to billing as a contracted physician.