Psychiatry

Overview The Island Health Department of Psychiatry has a full‑time opportunity for a Psychiatrist in the beautiful community of Parksville. In this position you will provide consultation to patients and their families/caregivers, primary care physicians and fellow health‑care professionals in an outpatient setting. The practice is located in the Oceanside Health Centre, which offers an interdisciplinary team environment comprised of physicians and all allied and community health‑care providers in one state‑of‑the‑art location serving the communities of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. You will be available to your registered outpatients, with coverage as needed. Community services may consist of attachment to community mental‑health and substance‑use treatment teams providing rehabilitation support and case management for adults, or with consultation and psychiatric clinical services for primary‑care referrals. The successful candidate would be joining a collegial psychiatrist group from acute and community settings across the Central Island region, including Oceanside, Port Alberni, Ladysmith, and Nanaimo. Psychiatrists are valuable members of a collaborative interdisciplinary team that includes case‑management clinicians, nursing, occupational therapists, rehabilitation support, social workers, and psychologists working together to provide comprehensive psychosocial rehabilitation within a recovery‑oriented, culturally safe, and trauma‑informed framework. Administrative duties of the position, funded by a sessional payment plan, include attending Departmental and multidisciplinary meetings. We provide administrative staff, computer system, integrated EMR, and office space. Responsibilities Caseload expectation for the community practice is approximately 240–300 clients (ca. 30 per 0.1 FTE). This involves seeing a few new clients each week, managing and discharging community caseload patients, and receiving discharges from the ED, hospital inpatient units, and referrals from Oceanside community family physicians. Full‑scope general psychiatric practice will include evaluation and treatment of mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, substance‑use disorders, OCD, PTSD, personality disorders, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, adjustment disorders, somatic‑symptom or functional disorders, brain injury, neurological disorders, and psychiatric aspects of medical conditions. Start Date As soon as possible. Benefits Furnished office, computer, telephone and administrative support are provided. Recruitment Incentive: up to a maximum of $10,000 (pro‑rated based on FTE) Relocation: up to a maximum of $15,000 (amount based on location relocating from) Flat fee: $7,159.68 Fee Premium: 4.62% CME: $3,000/annum for years 3–4 and $6,000/annum after 4 years in the community For more details on remuneration, see https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner-pro/rrp_points.pdf Community Information The friendly and beautiful cities of Parksville and Qualicum, population approximately 48,000, are picturesque scenic seaside communities located on the east side of central Vancouver Island. With its temperate climate, expansive sandy beach and easy access to a host of recreational activities, Parksville/Qualicum offers an enviable West Coast lifestyle. The major centres of Nanaimo and Victoria are readily accessible via the Island Parkway, and regular ferry, air and float‑plane services from Nanaimo offer easy access to Vancouver. Compensation Compensation Type: Fee‑for‑Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr