Hi! 🙂 We’re Tod and Jocelyn Maffin. We live on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Last month, we invited Americans to visit and hundreds came.

Now, we and some friends are trying to recruit healthcare workers to our beautiful island. [read news article]

https://youtu.be/9C7ZVHi6w2Y

So, you’re a healthcare worker and you want to move to Canada. Here’s how it works:

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This guide is based on the process for the province of British Columbia. Other provinces will have their own different programs.

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STEP 1 Get Free Advice and Help

FREE “PROCESS” CONCIERGE

Start by creating an account at HealthMatchBC — this is a free service funded by the provincial health ministry, whose whole job is to help healthcare workers like you come to Canada!

Someone will get back to you, and be your guide through the whole process: Credentials, jobs, immigration, citizenship, etc.

🥼 Doctors: Also contact the Nanaimo Divisions of Family Practice ([email protected] or call 1-250-591-1200). They can work alongside HealthMatchBC to walk you through the process, book clinic site visits, and receive support to relocate.

JOIN OUR FREE DISCORD

We have recruiters, immigration consultant, ex-pats, and local community members ready to help you! They have orange usernames.

**CLICK HERE TO JOIN** (use the 📦-move-to-canada ****channel)

We have people in there ready to answer your questions! As Mr. Rogers once said: “Look for the helpers.” Our helpers have orange usernames.

• Recruiters: MelB and VanessaN are recruiters from Island Health; Growl3r is a recruitment manager at BC Emergency Health Services
• Immigration Consultant: **Lora-Maclanders is a registered Canadian Immigration Consultant (maclanders.ca) and can help you with the process.
• Someone who’s been in your shoes: **LaurieK is an ex-pat from the U.S. who’s made the move.

Watch this interview I did with an American doctor who moved to Canada a few years ago:

https://youtu.be/ryTdNBC9mn8

STEP 2 Get a Job Offer

Next, find a job here on Vancouver Island (I mean, anywhere in BC or Canada, but the Island really is an amazing place to work and live.)

Island Health is the publicly funded health authority on the Island that operates hospitals, health units, mental health and addictions care, residential facilities, and more. This is where the bulk of the jobs are.

• Review available jobs with Island Health
• Reach a recruiter right now at [email protected] You can send your resumé to that address too if you want.
• Working for Island Health
• Island Health YouTube channel

Special information for: Tap the ▶︎ to open section

• 🧑🏻‍⚕️ Physicians
• 👨🏻‍⚕️ Nurses
• 👩🏻‍⚕️ Allied Professions

I have more questions

• The provincial government holds regular webinars to answer all your questions!