Special Programs

Employee Referral Program

Saskatoon Health Region wants people like you!!

The Employee Referral Program is an initiative which provides referral rewards for those members of our staff, physicians, and registered volunteers, who are able to help us recruit health care providers into difficult to recruit positions.

We realize that many of us know a number of other health care professionals who are currently not working in health care in Saskatchewan and we also realize that word-of-mouth is often an effective way of identifying recruits. Accordingly, Saskatoon Health Region will pay up to $1000.00 to existing employees, physicians, or registered volunteers for every referral that leads to the hiring of a new employee, or physician, in a high demand position. These positions are either Permanent or Temporary (minimum duration of twelve months). Casual employment opportunities are not eligible.

Who is eligible to participate?
The program is open to all of our employees, district physicians and registered volunteers who are actively at work or on authorized leave, except:

Members of the Senior Leadership Team
Staff working in Employment Services of the Human Resources Department
Managers who have line responsibility for recruiting staff into their care group or department

Which professions are currently defined as “difficult to recruit” and therefore deemed to be “Referral Payment Approved” positions?
“Referral Payment Approved” professions include:

Audiologists
Cardiology Technologists
Cardio Neurophysiology Technologist
Cardio Pulmonary Function Technologist
Cardiovascular Technologists
CLXT - Certified Lab and X-Ray Technologist
Diagnostic Cardiac Sopnographers
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Electro Neurophysiology Technologist
Health Information Management Analysts
Health Information Management Practitioners
Home Care/Special Care Aides
Laboratory Assistants
Licensed Practical Nurses (Parkridge Centre & 6th Medicine –SPH)
Medical Laboratory Technologists
Medical Laboratory Technologists - Supervisor
Medical Radiation Technologists
Medical Radiation Technologists - Speciality
Medical Radiation Technologists – MRI
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Occupational Therapists
Operating Room Technicians
Pharmacists
Physical Therapists
Psychologists, MA
Psychologists, PhD
RN’s/RPN’s (Adult Critical Care Areas)
Respiratory Therapists
Speech Language Pathologists

These classifications are generated on a demand basis and are subject to change.

How can someone participate?

A current employee, physician, or registered volunteer can formally refer an interested candidate by completing an Employee Referral Program Application Form. The completed Employee Referral Program Application Form must be forwarded to Human Resources office located at Royal University Hospital. This form is available from the Human Resources office located at Royal University Hospital.

Referral Program Application (PDF)

Who Can Be Referred?

Applicants interested in applying for a “Referral Payment Approved” position whom:

Must currently be living outside the province of Saskatchewan, or
If living in Saskatchewan she/he cannot have worked for a health district in the past six (6) months; and
Must be prepared to work shifts equivalent to at least half time.

Who Cannot Be Referred?

Applicants interested in applying for a “Referral Payment Approved” position whom:

Have already made contact with a Human Resources representative or a Manager who has line responsibility for hiring for which position the applicant has made application.
Recent graduates from the University of Saskatchewan allied health programs (e.g. Nursing, Physical Therapy) as Saskatoon Health Region has established an existing relationship with those graduates.

What happens once the Employee Referral Program Application form is submitted to Human Resources?

The application form will be date stamped and after Human Resources determines the nominee’s occupation is a “Referral Payment Approved” profession, Human Resources will log it. Human Resources will then contact the nominee to confirm their interest and will request a copy of their resume/employment application. Once interest is confirmed, Human Resources will match him/her with potential vacancies and a copy of the resume will be forwarded to the appropriate Manager for consideration as per the formal recruitment process. If the candidate is not interested Human Resources will notify the nominating employee/physician/registered volunteer.

In the case of physicians, Human Resources will forward the application to Medical Affairs. Medical Affairs will contact the nominee to confirm their interest and commence the formal recruitment process specific to physicians. If the nominee is not interested Medical Affairs will advise Human resources who in turn will notify the nominating employee/physician/registered volunteer.

If, after going through the formal recruitment process, the nominee is hired into a Permanent or Temporary (minimum duration of twelve months) position, the Manager, or Medical Affairs, will notify Human Resources. Human Resources will be responsible for ensuring the referring employee/physician/volunteer receives the appropriate referral payment/s.

How and when will I receive my referral payment?
In order to receive a referral payment, the employee/physician/volunteer must be actively at work or on authorized leave during all of the following:

At the time the referred applicant submits his/her employment application
On the referred applicant’s start date
After the referred applicant has successfully completed their probationary period (for the second payment only).

Payment of the $1000.00 will be processed as part of the employee’s regular pay as follows:

$500.00 (less the required statutory deductions) after the referred applicant’s start date. This payment will be processed on the next available pay.
$500.00 (less the required statutory deductions) after the referred applicant has successfully completed their probationary period.

Separate payment arrangements will be made for physicians and registered volunteers eligible to receive a referral payment.

There is no limit to the number of referral payments an employee/physician/volunteer may receive.

The Director, Human Resources and the Manager, Employment Services & Benefits will be responsible for the administration of the program and determining eligibility for payment.