Resident Doctors of BC cannot adjust your entries, and you will need to resubmit. Please submit a new call form and include a note about the error in the comment section; we will accept your most recent submission as accurate.

Calls cannot be entered in advance because your call schedule may change unexpectedly. Whenever you, or another Resident, are sick, stays late, etc., you would need to update your submission, which would potentially lead to errors in overwriting entries. Therefore, calls must be completed before they can be processed for payment.

ER shifts are not not eligible for call stipend payments. Calls are scheduled on-top of regular duties hours. This means a resident who is entitled to an Evening call stipend has already worked that day for 8 or more hours.

Calls can be submitted as soon as they are completed. The final deadline is still 30-days after the Block ends.

There is a 30-day deadline for all submissions for the prior block; should you submit your form after this deadline, it will NOT be processed and you will not be paid.

You may contact RDBC to file a late call submission application, which will be held for review by RDBC and the JIC several times a year. Payment is not guaranteed and will only be considered in cases of extremely extenuating circumstances.

Residents with a monthly schedule are expected to submit their calls by the 30 day deadlines as listed.

Residents are informed about the Call Stipend process at New Member Orientation. Additionally, reminder emails with submission deadlines are sent out regularly, as well as posted to our website. We understand residents are very busy; however, Resident Doctors of BC cannot pay residents who do not submit within the 30-day deadline. If you missed the final deadline, we advise you request and fill out a Resident On-Call Reimbursement Form for the missed block for us to keep on file. All late submissions must go to the JIC for consideration and payment is not guaranteed.

Please add info@residentdoctorsbc.ca to your address book to ensure messages reach your inbox, and review the Resident Doctors of BC website regularly for new information. You can also email us at any time to confirm what block we are currently processing.

An uploaded Call Schedule is mandatory; if your rotation does not provide one to Residents, please create your own using a Word, Excel or Calendar with the dates, hours, and presence (on-site, off-site or converted) of your calls. Please also include the contact information of a supervisor with whom we can verify the schedule, if necessary. Call schedules need to be uploaded at least once per Block. If your schedule changes throughout the Block, you are sick, or take a call shift for another Resident, please upload a new schedule to reflect these changes, or make a note in the Comments section.

A call shift from Saturday to Monday is two overnight calls; please enter them as two separate calls as you are entitled to two payments. Please enter Saturday overnight, and Sunday overnight; this ensures you get paid for the work and hours you have done.

Email Resident Doctors of BC with your employee ID number and a copy of your payslip for the call in question as soon as you can; the sooner you contact us the more likely we will be able to correct it.

As per the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC), which establishes the protocols and processes for the call stipends, Residents are not paid for contravening the scheduling rules in the Collective Agreement. Programs without an approved variance from the JIC will have a grievance filed against them for scheduling residents for excessive call.

Residents are only eligible for payment of one call type per 24-hour period. Only enter the highest paid call type, either converted, or In-house call to ensure you are paid the maximum amount of stipends.

As Residents are given 30 days to submit calls after a Block ends, payroll will not process the last call stipend payment for an academic year until mid August. Those Residents who are graduating on June 30 will have their last direct deposit through payroll around the first two weeks of July. In August, a cheque will be sent for your call payments to the address payroll has on file for you. If you need to update your address with payroll, please reach out to VCH Payroll and PHSA Employee Records and Benefits.

On-Call payments are paid once per month. Please review the on-call stipend calendar. Submissions will be paid approximately two weeks after the submission deadline.