How coverage works
Three steps, from your first email to the day I walk in. Tap any step to jump to it β
You send the days you need covered. I confirm availability and the rate for those days, usually within 24 hours.
A short call to learn your software, notes, fee guide, care plan language, and the patients who need a heads-up.
I work your schedule your way. Notes done daily, and a written summary waiting when you're back.
Coverage that doesn't create work for you.
Locum coverage for chiropractic clinics in Kelowna and the Central Okanagan, and on Vancouver's Westside — UBC, Point Grey, Kitsilano, Dunbar, and Kerrisdale. I've spent 31 years in practice, much of it in busy, high-volume clinics β so a full book, a tight schedule, and a stack of walk-ins are normal working conditions, not a problem to be managed around. Your team shouldn't have to train me, and you shouldn't come back to a mess.
Day and Week Coverage
What you can count on while I'm covering:
- Care plans honoured β patients stay on the schedule you built, not restarted or re-sold
- Notes completed in your software, in your format, before I leave each day — I've worked across a range of practice management systems
- High-volume pace held without cutting the visit short or rushing the patient
- A written summary when you return: what happened, who needs follow-up, what I'd flag
Short-Notice Coverage
Subject to availabilityIllness, a family emergency, an associate who gave no notice. If my calendar is open I can often cover within 48 hours. Call 778-215-9310 or send the dates — you'll have an answer the same day, either way.
Send me your dates βWhere I Cover
BCKelowna and the Central Okanagan, and Vancouver's Westside — UBC, Point Grey, Kitsilano, Dunbar, and Kerrisdale. Outside those areas, ask anyway: a longer block of coverage often makes the travel work.
Coverage details βClinic Handoff Call
Always includedA 30-minute call before day one: your software, your notes template, your fee guide, your care plan language, and the patients your team wants handled a particular way. No surprises for anyone on Monday morning.
See how it works βExtended Leave Coverage
For parental leave, medical leave, a sabbatical, or the gap between one associate leaving and the next one starting. Multi-week and multi-month coverage, where continuity matters most β your patients should see the same person every visit, not a rotating cast of fill-ins.
- Multi-week and multi-month blocks, booked in advance
- One consistent provider β your patients see the same face every visit
- Care plans carried forward rather than restarted
- Weekly written summary: schedule, new patients, and anything needing your attention
- A direct line to me while you're away β as much or as little contact as you want
Check My Availability
Have dates in mind? Send them over. I'll confirm whether I'm free, ask a few questions about your clinic and your volume, and give you a straight answer on rate and fit β no pitch, no pressure, and no obligation if the dates don't work.
- Confirmation on your dates, usually within 24 hours
- A short call to walk through your clinic, software, and volume
- Rate and minimums confirmed in writing before day one β no surprises on the invoice
- A written coverage agreement in place before day one
What clinic owners say
From the doctors whose practices I've covered.
“Dr. Cary has taken over my practice on several occasions. The clinic is busy and we use a number of techniques — he fit in seamlessly, and my staff loved working with him. I will use his services again.”
Dr. James Whillans, DC · Lifeworks Chiropractic
Frequently asked questions
The things clinic owners and managers ask before booking coverage.
Will you try to take my patients afterward? +
No. I don't solicit patients, staff, or referral sources from clinics I cover, and I'm happy to put that in writing in the coverage agreement before day one. I make my living covering practices, not competing with the doctors who hire me β a locum who poaches gets hired exactly once.
Are you licensed and insured to work in BC? +
Yes β I'm a registered chiropractor in good standing in British Columbia and carry my own malpractice coverage. I'll send my registration details and certificate of insurance to you or your manager before the first day of coverage, so there's nothing to chase down later.
Whose software and notes do you use? +
Yours. I've worked across a range of practice management systems over 31 years and pick up a new one quickly, so your team isn't training me. I chart in your system, in your format, and I finish my notes before I leave at the end of the day. Your billing stays clean, your records stay consistent, and your team isn't reconstructing a week of visits after I'm gone.
Will my patients be told to start over? +
No. I honour the care plan that's already in place. If I see something I'd approach differently, I note it for you rather than changing direction mid-plan or re-selling a patient you've already had that conversation with. Patients should feel the clinic carried on, not that a stranger took over.
What areas do you cover? +
I'm based in Kelowna and cover clinics throughout the Central Okanagan, and I work regularly on Vancouver's Westside — UBC, Point Grey, Kitsilano, Dunbar, Kerrisdale, and the surrounding neighbourhoods. If you're outside those areas, ask anyway; longer blocks of coverage often make travel workable.
How far in advance should I book? +
Four to eight weeks is ideal for vacations and planned leave, and longer for extended coverage. That said, short notice is often workable β if my calendar is open I can sometimes cover within 48 hours, so it's always worth asking.
How do rates and payment work? +
My rate is 50% of billings for the days I cover, with a minimum of $750 for a half day and $1,250 for a full day. The percentage means we're pulling in the same direction β I'm paid on what the clinic actually produces, so keeping your schedule full and your patients returning is my interest too, not just yours. Everything is agreed in writing before coverage begins, and I invoice against your own billing reports so the math is yours, not mine.
Book your time off with one less thing to worry about.
Send me your dates and I'll take it from there.
Check My AvailabilityOr call 778-215-9310 · [email protected]
About Dr. Cary Yurkiw
A working chiropractor who covers practices the way I'd want mine covered.
For over 30 years I've been in practice β as an associate, as a clinic owner for more than 25 of them, and as a locum stepping into other doctors' practices. I've performed more than 100,000 adjustments, a great deal of that in busy, high-volume clinics where the book is full and the day doesn't let up.
Owning a practice is what taught me what actually matters when you hand it to someone else. It isn't technique. It's whether the notes are finished, whether the care plans hold, whether your staff had a good week, and whether the schedule is still full when you walk back in. That's the standard I cover to.
What owners get:
- 30+ years of clinical experience, much of it at high volume
- 100,000+ patient adjustments
- Coverage in Kelowna, the Central Okanagan, and Vancouver's Westside
- Comfortable across a range of practice management software
- A clinic owner's read on what you're actually worried about while you're away
- Marathon runner β a full book on a Friday afternoon isn't a problem
β Dr. Cary Yurkiw
