Back to SearchThe NRRM created the first Regional Health Recruitment Liaison role in Northern BC.
The Regional Health Recruitment Liaison works closely with health employers to facilitate the development and coordination of recruitment campaigns including design and marketing approaches, on-site logistical, promotional and community-level supports such as site visits, navigating the housing market, school system and spousal/partner employment options. The position proactively markets the Northern Rockies by participating in major health care conferences, economic development and industry events.
"Diana has found her way back to her passion in the health care profession"
Diana started as a candy striper at the age of 15 in St. John’s Newfoundland, where she fell in love with the patients and the health care profession. Having a mother as a Nurse, she would read her mothers nursing books, listen to her stories and learn about what she did, Diana had her mind set she would be a Nurse. And like for many of us, life takes us on a different course.
Leaving Newfoundland in July 2010 for a new adventure, Diana arrived in the beautiful community of Fort Nelson, situated in the northeast corner of BC, at Mile 300 on the Alaska Highway. Here she discovered a community that was not only geographically appealing, but a place where the definition of community translated into everyone looking out for one another. 13 years later, Diana, with her husband and 2 children, have no plans of leaving Fort Nelson and will continue their local adventures in hunting, fishing, camping and running their own automotive shop.
After 25+ years in the Business Administration and Tourism Industries, Diana has found her way back to her passion in the health care profession in a slightly different form. Diana supports the physician in her community as the Chapter Coordinator for Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice, local MSA Project Manager and now Regional Health Recruitment Liaison.
To support quality improvement in Fort Nelson Diana has the same mindset as Albert Einstein: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
Since October 2022, 12 Heath Professionals have accessed the RRETI Program, receiving just over $71,000 in incentives.
The Recruitment and Retention Education & Training Incentive provides financial assistance and incentives to attract, retain and train priority healthcare professionals to work in the Northern Rockies. RRETI is open to eligible healthcare professionals recruited by, and working for, public, private or non-profit sector employers, in addition to secondary school students whose primary residence in the Northern Rockies region, including the Fort Nelson First Nation and Dene Tsaa Tse K’Nai First Nation (Prophet River Band). The RRETI program blends cash incentives with welcome incentives to make the transition easier for those who are entirely new to the community, by providing bridging for housing and transportation, as well as funds to be used for local goods and services as well as for experiencing the beauty of our area further north.
In total, the NRRM invests over $600,000 annually in health services initiatives ranging from community marketing, funding the RRETI program, and developing advocacy strategies to advance the priority of achieving equitable access to health services.
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