Psychiatrist - Locum Tenens

Requisition ID: 169410

Opportunity Type: Locum

Site Visit & Reallocation Allowance Programs:
**About the Opportunity**:
The Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University is recruiting for a locum General Adult Psychiatrist Staff for Nova Scotia Health’s (NSH) Central Zone Community Mental Health and Addictions (CMHA) Program.
This position is a 1.0 FTE based in Dartmouth City CMHT with the flexibility to work at other CMHTs (Cole Harbour and Cobequid/Hants CMHTs) sites based on the service needs. This is a 10-month locum - starting date is ASAP.
The Department of Psychiatry is a mid-sized clinical academic department within the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Faculty work as members of multidisciplinary teams within the Nova Scotia Health Mental Health and Addiction Program to provide general psychiatric services to patients primarily in the Central Zone and specialty services to patients across the province.

**Eligibility**:

- Fellowship in Psychiatry, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or equivalent as determined by the Department of Psychiatry
- Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
- A General Adult Psychiatrist Staff with special skills and experience in working with Community Mental Health Teams
- Experience working within an interdisciplinary team to provide care and treatment for persons with moderate to severe psychiatric disorders

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- To be attending or consultant physician to ambulatory patients in the CMHA Program.
- Conduct, order and ensure appropriate psychiatric assessments, appropriate psychosocial and laboratory investigations, and pharmacological & psychosocial interventions as per current standard practice.
- Take part in a psychiatry on-call schedule as required within the clinical program unless specifically exempted.
- Share in the short-term coverage of other services as needed during holidays or illness of other members of the department

Clinical Duties:

- As directed by the head of the section of community psychiatry at Dalhousie University
- Clinical direct and indirect care as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Clinical "desk-side" teaching and didactic education
- Clinical administration
- Include on-call service
- Involve supervision of junior staff including residents and clinical clerks
- Support research as needed (and conduct it if personally desired)

Educational Duties:
Didactic teaching at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education level as determined in discussion with the director of education, Department of Psychiatry.

Research:
**Remuneration**:
**Applications**:

- Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine._