As an Obstetrician & Gynecologist Physician Specialist in Yellowknife, you'll play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive women's healthcare. OBGYNs in Yellowknife, NT will discover the surprisingly urban amenities amongst the quaint small-town charm! A balanced lifestyle, recruitment bonuses, hassle-free contracts, and the unique opportunity to provide remote care.
Our physicians enjoy a 40-hour work week with a mix of inpatient consultations, outpatient clinic, operating room surgeries, and on-call duties. The OBGYN team is assigned 2 operating room days per week for booked surgeries and the on-call requirement is 1 in 4, typically completed in blocks of approximately one week at a time.
Our OBGYN team provides 24/7 gynecology and obstetrics coverage to the hospital and provides telephone support to family physicians, midwives, and community health nurses throughout the catchment area. Our inpatient Obstetrics unit consists of 3 modern labour and delivery rooms and 9 post-partum rooms. The delivery model of care is a primary care led model, with the OBGYN team only involved on a consultative basis for high risk or surgical deliveries. Our highest risk obstetrical patients are transferred pre-delivery to Edmonton.
The OBGYNs provide remote support and management advice to the 3 other hospitals in the NWT doing deliveries. Two of the hospitals have midwives only, and a 3rd has a GP team including GP Surgeons and GP Anesthesia. Stanton does around 700 deliveries each year, and the other 3 NWT hospitals account for another 120-150 deliveries per year.
The outpatient clinic, located at STH, provides consultation for a wide variety of interesting obstetric and gynecologic presentations, including some that would be seen in subspecialty clinics elsewhere. The outpatient clinic also includes a Nurse Practitioner and Family Medicine led Northern women’s health program, providing fetal surveillance, along with a full scope of family planning services.
Our setting offers a diverse and varied clinical practice scope, coupled with a balanced work-life mix. I hope that you come and see how much Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories have to offer physicians and their families. We would love to welcome you to our team!
1-3 Year Contracts
- Salaries range from $502,965 - $549,605 including benefits
- Plus additional recruitment bonuses of $25,000 - $100,000.
- Comprehensive health and dental coverage
- Outstanding leave benefits (Parental, Deferred, etc)
- Relocation assistance
- Professional development opportunities and education support is also provided.
- Retirement Income Benefit
- Our graduate physicians are also typically eligible for student loan forgiveness through Canada’s Loan Forgiveness program.
- Eligibility to bring a guest through our Friends & Family Travel program by working 5 shifts during December 20, 2025, and January 4, 2026. We’ll reimburse you up to $2000 to bring a guest by January 31st.
Locum Information:
- 6 day locum schedules that can be extended!
- Guaranteed daily rate
- No practice management, overhead, nor fee-for-service
- Travel Stipend
- Accommodation and Travel arrangements provided
- Eligibility to bring a guest through our Friends & Family Travel program by working 5 shifts during December 20, 2025, and January 4, 2026. We’ll reimburse you up to $2000 to bring a guest by January 31st.
- Additional incentives for recurring locums*
Typically, these positions require FRCSC designation and must be eligible for licensure to practice in the Northwest Territories.
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