With over 7,800 publicly posted healthcare-related jobs vacant across BC’s five health authorities, the BC Hospital Employees Union (BC HEU) suggests it’s clear that staffing shortages have been a big issue for a long time.
BC HEU Spokesperson Mike Old, says the already prevalent issue has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We know from our polling that one out of three of our members are looking to leave healthcare within the next two years just because of the level of burnout they have been facing.”
As of August 31, Interior Health had 1,832 available jobs, Frasier Health had 2,069; Coastal Health had 886, Island Health had 1,764 and Northern Health had 1,277 healthcare jobs waiting to be filled on their websites. All of which had positions ranging from casual, to part-time and full-time.
