New cancer care centre
The Provincial Cancer Care Program is growing!
New Cancer Care Centre in Corner Brook, Western Regional Health Authority Region
A new regional acute care hospital is being built in Corner Brook, NL. This seven-story, 55,741-square-metre 164-bed hospital will be connected to a 145-bed long-term care facility. With this new facility will come new and expanded cancer care services, along with the same services currently provided at Western Memorial Regional Hospital.
The Provincial Cancer Care Program of Newfoundland and Labrador, administered by Eastern Health, works with all regional health authorities to provide screening, systemic therapy, follow-up and supportive care in St. John’s, Gander, Grand Falls and Corner Brook.
Expanded services
The Cancer Care Centre in Corner Brook will provide a second location in the province to host radiation therapy facilities, in addition to systemic therapy services. It will include state-of-the art radiation equipment for the planning and treatment of radiation therapy. The radiation treatment facility is regulated and licensed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission(CNSC).
Progress
This capital project is on schedule with the timelines set between the Government of Newfoundland and the Joint Venture between PCL/Marco. To learn more, please visit https://cornerbrookacutehospitalproject.ca/.
For a visual of the new centre and the surrounding hospital, please visit:
Watch the progress
What’s next?
We are looking for talent!
With new services coming to the Provincial Cancer Care Program, one of our key priorities is to ensure we are appropriately staffed and operationally ready for the big opening.
Some of the positions we are actively recruiting for:
- radiation oncologists
- medical physicists
- radiation therapists
- biomedical engineering technologists
- medical oncologists
- oncology nurses
- clerical staff
For more information about these opportunities, please email laurie.yetman@easternhealth.ca.