Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist
- **Assertive Community Treatment Team**

**The Role and Opportunity**:
The Canadian Mental Health Association is looking for a Psychiatrist for the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT). As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the psychiatrist in conjunction with the ACT Manager has overall clinical responsibility for monitoring client treatment and staff delivery of clinical services. As a medical resource, the Psychiatrist is a leader, providing expertise for the personalized and coordinated care for clients with persistent and serious mental health challenges. The psychiatrist will consult and collaborate with the team to provide specialized treatment for clients with a full spectrum of mental health needs.

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is the most established and extensive community mental health organization in Canada. We identify and respond to Canada’s most pressing mental health priorities. At the national level, we push for nationwide system and policy change. At the community level, millions of people in Canada rely on CMHA’s extensive grassroots presence. Since 1918, CMHA has grown to provide mental health services and supports across Canada in over 330 communities. CMHA Toronto was, established in 1953. CMHA Toronto proudly provides services to over 10,000 clients per year, in 31 programs at 13 locations across the City of Toronto. Our services are delivered by a passionate and diverse team. Join us in providing high quality mental health and addictions services, advocating for a better mental health system, and providing education and mental health supports to clients across Toronto.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Reporting to the Director of Community Support and Specialized Services, the psychiatrist on the ACT team works closely with the Program Manager to provide clinical leadership to the team in the delivery of comprehensive medical and psychosocial care to the ACT clients.

The psychiatrist will be responsible for the psychiatric and medical care provided by the team while the client are in the community and is accountable to the Ontario College of Physicians & Surgeons and CMHA Toronto for these professional services. They will review in detail the medical and psychiatric histories of all new clients to ensure appropriate diagnosis and all previous psychiatric interventions are recorded for future reference. The psychiatrist assesses or delegates and reviews the mental status of all clients on a regular basis and prescribes all psychotropic medications, assesses for adverse effects and monitors compliance.

The psychiatrist plays an active role in the education of all ACT team members to ensure competency in mental status assessments, knowledge of the pharmacological effects and side-effects of all psychotropic medications prescribed, and that team members can similarly and appropriately provide psychoeducation to clients regarding their medications. They will also provide leadership to the ACT Team in appropriate limit-setting required in the complex hierarchy of interventions that ACT clients may require to manage both team resources and to educate clients in self-management of their illness

The psychiatrist will serve as a backup for the ACT team for crisis intervention of clients. They will be a resource and provide leadership in regularly reviewing transference/counter-transference issues that may arise in the routine provision of client’s care.

SKILLS YOU BRING

The psychiatrist will be a strong communicator who understands the importance of continuous and effective communication, you are highly skilled in listening, engaging and consulting with diverse stakeholders including clients, internal and external health care providers and ACT team members.

**Location: 1200 Markham Road, Scarborough ON**

**Hours of Work: 28 hours/week**

CMHA Toronto is committed to promoting a workplace culture of inclusion, openness, mutual respect, and a ‘no blame and accountable’ environment. Our staff report that they value the flexibility in work schedules and the work-life balance CMHA Toronto encourages. They appreciate the training and development opportunities provided to staff and the encouragement for continuous learning. Staff often comment on the sense of family and personal support that exists throughout the organization.

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