Health Care
The 350-bed Brant Community Healthcare System, a 2010 Hamilton-Niagara Top 10 Employer and recipient of the Employer of the Year Award by the Ontario Registered Practical Nurses Association, is an affiliated teaching site of McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Brantford General Hospital is a regional acute care health centre and the Willett site provides urgent care and community outreach programs. Accreditation Canada determined the Brant Community Healthcare Sytem exceeds the national compliance rates for hospital Quality Dimensions & Standards by up to 32% in all categories and achieves all Required Organizational Practices for patient safety compared to national compliance rates that dropped as low as 37% in some categories.
“We believe in the good the hospital can do for our community and we want to help make the people who live in our community healthier. A key part of this is ensuring that as many state of the art services as possible are offered in Brantford allowing most people to meet most, if not all, of their health care needs in town.”
-John Peoples, CEO, SC Johnson, Brantford
For more information on the Brant Community Healthcare System please visit: http://www.bchsys.org/
Physician Recruitment Program
The Community Physician Recruitment Committee is a group of volunteers dedicated to recruiting specialists and family physicians to practice in Brantford and Brant County. Operating as a special committee of the Brant Community Healthcare System Board it is funded by the BCHS and the City of Brantford.
The Medical Recruiter of the Brant Community Healthcare System manages all physician recruitment as well as Family Medicine recruitment for Brantford and Brant County.
Brantford and Brant County is recognized by medical professionals for its exceptional opportunities in setting up a medical practice.
To view a video about the setting up a medical practice visit: http://www.bchsys.org/portal/ivg/list.do?id=128&rudder=viewMedia&mid=5_0_1_
For more information about the area's opportunities visit here: http://www.bchsys.org/bchcar/Doc
Contact our Medical Recruiter for more information on current opportunities:
Alice Preston, Medical Recruiter
Brant Community Healthcare System
Tel: (519) 751-5544, ext. 2354
Email: apreston@bchsys.org