About Us
GHHN Physician RecruitmentWho We Are
Recruitment Team
The GHHN Physician Recruitment is a small team with additional support from the Greater Hamilton Health Network, dedicated to engaging primary care and building community health in Hamilton.
Brad van den Heuvel
Director of Physician Recruitment
Brad has over a decade of experience in health workforce planning and physician recruitment. He previously managed Ontario Physician Locum Programs at HealthForceOntario (now Ontario Health), ensuring adequate specialist coverage and preventing emergency department closures. At Hamilton Physicians, he spearheaded Family Medicine Recruitment efforts, collaborating with healthcare professionals and community stakeholders to address staffing challenges. As Director of Physician Recruitment at GHHN, Brad leads initiatives to enhance care quality in Hamilton.
Becky McMahon
Physician Recruitment Coordinator
Becky, a recent graduate of McMaster University’s Human Resources Management program, brings a wealth of experience from diverse sectors including healthcare, non-profit, and retail to her role as Physician Recruitment Coordinator. While living, working, and raising a family within the greater region of Hamilton, Becky is committed to being an active member of the community, participating in local fundraising events, volunteering, and always looking for new ways to generally get involved. With enthusiasm and dedication to improving the lives of others, Becky is excited to put her administrative and HR skills to use, all while engaging with the community at large with the goal to support existing physicians and introduce new physicians to everything that Hamilton and Haldimand has to offer so as to improve access to care.
Services We Provide
Active Local Family Physicians
- Succession planning
- Support navigating the process of leaving a practice
- Help to secure locum coverage for family practices in the region
New/Prospective Family Physicians
For new physicians moving into the community, we provide support and connect you to resources to help make your transition to Hamilton go smoothly. This includes support to navigate the process of taking over a practice and the licensing and immigration process.
We provide support to find locum or permanent positions in:
- Family practice
- Long-term care
- Hospitalist
- Walk-in/fee-for-service clinics
- Student or community health centre
All Family Physicians
- Connect physicians with various resources (lawyers, realtors, clinic owners, accounting firms, billing optimization providers etc.)
- Provide information on the local family medicine landscape (average locum rates, timelines to take over a practice, typical overhead etc.).
Resources
Job Seekers
PhysiciansApply
International medical students and physicians: apply for licensing in Canada.
HealthForceOntario
Taking over a family practice.
Leaving a Practice
CPSO
Closing a medical practice
OMA
Closing a practice: a guide for physicians
CMPA
Closing or leaving a practice: tips for physicians
Licensing Bodies
CFPC
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
CPSO
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Other
Primary Care Branch at the Ministry of Health
Information on billings, payment models, etc.
Testimonials
I had the pleasure of working with Brad in 2023. I was looking for a physician to take over my family practice, and Brad was dedicated in helping me to find someone. I appreciated his attention to detail and creativity when dealing with the Ministry in ensuring a seamless transfer of my family practice to a new physician. Highly recommend!
The Physician Recruitment program was instrumental to my successful transition to independent family practice in Hamilton. Brad helped me to review the various available options in the community. He connected and assisted in ongoing communication with retiring physicians, and he helped to provide objective and unbiased advice in setting expectations during the negotiation process. We are very fortunate to have such a program available to us, as it prioritizes the necessities of both incoming and departing physicians and ensures there is support with perhaps the most important decisions of our career!
My experience and collaboration with you during the family practice office transfer to another physician in 2022-2023 was extraordinarily positive. You helped me tremendously with finding a new physician and facilitating the transfer of the practice. You were always there with support and advice when I needed it, and you were consistently present and supportive by looking for and finding additional opportunities for part-time work since my semi-retirement. It is greatly appreciated.
Media & Reports
GHHN September 2021 Newsletter
View our September newsletter here.
GHHN November 2021 Newsletter
Hi everyone and happy November! I want to personally welcome our Haldimand partners to the GHHN. As many of you know, we are continuing to integrate with Haldimand and we are so thankful the Network is beginning to think of both areas as one OHT. We have received strong signals from the ministry that they will support this work with additional integration funding, which is very welcomed.
GHHN September 2021 Newsletter
The GHHN’s collective work to become a non-profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors took major steps forward over the summer. While this journey began last November with a series of in-depth consultations led by Ernst and Young, and was supported by the Health Equity Framework development led by Adrianna Tetley in the Spring, this last two months has resulted in a draft set of Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Governance Manual. The GHHN is the first OHT in the Province to pursue the path to incorporation, although since our work began last winter, several other OHT’s have expressed a similar intent.