Salary
13.01 (a) Residents shall be paid salary in accordance with Schedule A attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement.
13.01 (b) In addition to these Pay Levels, all residents shall receive an annual Practice Stipend to be paid on October 1 of each year, in the following amounts:
- (i) PGY3 to PGY8 – $500;
- (ii) In addition to the above, the employer will cover the one time cost of sitting the written and oral examinations to obtain the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) or the Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), whichever is less, payable in the PGY year written upon provision of original receipts of payment for the exam.
13.01 (c) The Annual Practice Stipend of a resident will be prorated where that resident works less than a full year. Total annual practise stipends received will not exceed the normal length of training years for the program(s) the resident is enrolled in.
13.02 (a) There shall be one Chief Resident recognized by the Residency Program Director for each Program.
(b) In addition, there shall be one Associate Chief resident for every Program with ten (10) or more residents rotating through the Program at any Nova Scotia Health Authority site.
(c) In addition, for every Program with four (4) or more residents rotating through the Program at any site outside the Nova Scotia Health Authority, there shall be one Associate Chief Resident at that site.
(d) (i) Effective July 1, 2021, Chief Residents of Programs with four (4) or more Residents shall be paid an annual allowance of $3,451.00 plus $50.00 per Resident to a maximum of $4,951.00 annually.
(ii) Effective July 1, 2022, Chief Residents of Programs with four (4) or more Residents shall be paid an annual allowance of $3,502.77 plus $50.00 per Resident to a maximum of $5,002.77 annually.
(iii) Effective July 1, 2023, Chief Residents of Programs with four (4) or more Residents shall be paid an annual allowance of $3,555.31 plus $50.00 per Resident to a maximum of $5,055.31 annually.
(iv) Effective June 30, 2024, Chief Residents of Programs with four (4) or more Residents shall be paid an annual allowance of $3,590.86 plus $50.00 per Resident to a maximum of $5090.86 annually.
(v) Chief Residents of Programs with less than four (4) Residents will be paid the Associate Chief rate.
(e) (i) Effective July 1, 2021, each Associate Chief Resident shall be paid an annual allowance of $2,055.38 .
(ii) Effective July 1, 2022, each Associate Chief Resident shall be paid an annual allowance of $2,086.21.
(iii) Effective July 1, 2023, each Associate Chief Resident shall be paid an annual allowance of $2,117.50.
(iv) Effective June 30, 2024, each Associate Chief Resident shall be paid an annual allowance of $2,138.68.
