Come Home 2022 Efforts Continue with Focus on Health Care Workers
Health and Community Services
2022-10-04

In keeping with the spirit and intent of the Provincial Government’s Come Home 2022 campaign aimed at encouraging former residents of Newfoundland and Labrador now living away to come home, a Come Home 2022 incentive is now available to help bring health care professionals back to the province. Aimed at physicians, nurses and paramedics, the initiative is available to individuals from Newfoundland and Labrador who have been living outside the province for at least six months.

The Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Health and Community Services, will be available to the media today (Tuesday, October 4) at 12:30 p.m. to discuss this initiative. The availability will take place in the main lobby of East Block, Confederation Building and will be livestreamed on Facebook.

In order to qualify for the program, at least one of the following criteria must be applicable:

  • Born in Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Trained in Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Performed residency in Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Educated in Newfoundland and Labrador;
  • Previously practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador; or,
  • Have other ties to Newfoundland and Labrador considered on a one-off basis, using the professional judgment of the Regional Health Authority in the spirit and intent of this incentive.

Once the criteria has been met, eligible applicants would then qualify for one of the following incentives:

  • Physician – $100,000 for five year return-in-service agreement;
  • Nurse Practitioner – $60,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Registered Nurse – $50,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Licensed Practical Nurse – $50,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Advanced Care Paramedic – $50,000 for three year return-in-service agreement; or,
  • Primary Care Paramedic – $50,000 for three year return-in-service agreement.

While this initiative is aimed at ex-patriate Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, incentives are also available for non-Newfoundland and Labrador residents at the following rates and service agreements:

  • Physician – $50,000 for five year return-in-service agreement;
  • Nurse Practitioner – $30,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Registered Nurse – $25,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Licensed Practical Nurse – $25,000 for three year return-in-service agreement;
  • Advanced Care Paramedic – $25,000 for three year return-in-service agreement; or,
  • Primary Care Paramedic – $25,000 for three year return-in-service agreement.

In order to qualify, applicants are required to have a job offer from one of the Regional Health Authorities, a private clinic or private ambulance operator. For physicians proposing to open their own clinic, a letter of intent is required.

Individuals who avail of the Come Home 2022 initiative for health care professionals are still eligible for other incentives previously announced for which they may qualify.

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“We continue in our efforts to help stabilize the health care workforce in our province, and we feel our Come Home 2022 incentive is another meaningful initiative towards that end. There is nowhere in Canada like Newfoundland and Labrador, and no one knows that better than ex-patriates, so we want to incentivize them to come home. At the same time, we are also offering meaningful incentives to others who may want to live and work in this place we are fortunate to call home.”
Honourable Tom Osborne
Minister of Health and Community Services

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