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Targeted Surgical Specialty Recruitment and Retention Incentive

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Program Overview

The Targeted Surgical Specialty Recruitment and Retention Incentive is available to specialist Urologists and Otolaryngologists providing full time service on-site in-hospital or community-based services in Regina.

This program applies to physicians who:

  • have initiated practice on or after July 1, 2025
  • are new to practice in Saskatchewan
  • meet all other eligibility requirements

Physicians practicing Urology and Otolaryngology in Regina qualify for up to $200,000.

Payment of the incentive may be made to qualifying physicians at the end of each year of practice according to the following breakdown:

  • Year 1 – $40,000 after 12 months of practice
  • Year 2 – $40,000 after 24 months of practice
  • Year 3 – $20,000 after 36 months of practice
  • Year 4 – $50,000 after 48 months of practice
  • Year 5 – $50,000 after 60 months of practice

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility will be determined on an annual basis. Eligible physicians will receive their incentive once they have completed the given year of service.

To be eligible for the incentive, physician applicants must meet all the following criteria:

  • Must be new to practice in Saskatchewan
  • Establish full-time practice on or after July 1, 2025, in the fields of Urology or Otolaryngology in Regina
  • Must be a Member of Practitioner Staff with the Saskatchewan Health Authority in good standing and hold an active license with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
  • Provide 220 service days or more of urology or otolaryngology service in Regina
  • Providing less than 220 days of service will not qualify for the incentive
  • Have provided service during at least ten (10) of the twelve (12) months of each previous service year.
  • To remain eligible, a physician must remain in the same community for each of the 5 years consecutively
  • Providing locum service does not qualify
  • Physicians who relocate within Saskatchewan do not qualify
  • Physicians can only receive the incentive once in a lifetime

Please note all applicants must meet the above eligibility criteria in a given year to be considered. Eligibility in a given year does not guarantee eligibility in any other year, nor does it guarantee that the program will not be subject to change at any time.

Application

Each urologist and otolaryngologist practicing in Saskatchewan who meets the eligibility criteria is encouraged to apply at the beginning of each year of their practice. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact physicianincentives@saskhealthauthority.ca.

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Adjudication

Adjudication of the program will be made by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) under the following considerations:

  • The start date for the calculation of the incentive will be the date that the physician commenced their year of full-time practice in Regina. Applications are adjudicated after 12 months of service are complete (adjusted for any approved leaves).
  • The eligibility date for each year of the incentive may be adjusted if the physician takes an approved leave from practice during the year (e.g. parental/health/training leaves). Other leaves resulting in a gap in practice would be adjudicated on an individual basis by the SHA and the Ministry of Health.
  • The incentive will not be pro-rated for service less than 220 days over the 12-month period.
  • The full 12 months of each year of service must be completed to receive the incentive. No payments will be made if fewer than ten (10) of the twelve (12) months are considered complete.
  • Payments are made at the end of each completed year of service if all eligibly criteria are met.