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Job Summary

**Job Title:** Geriatric Psychiatrist

**Work Setting:** Vancouver Coastal Health - Mental Health Services

**Job Type:** Part-time Locum

**Compensation Type:** Combination

We are seeking a skilled Geriatric Psychiatrist to join our interdisciplinary team in providing high-quality care to patients over 65 with mental health issues.

The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge base in psychopharmacology and psychological interventions, and will be able to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care.

**Key Responsibilities:**

  • Provide person-centered care to patients with mental health issues.
  • Utilize a team-based approach to provide consultations and longer-term psychiatric care as necessary.
  • Provide culturally safe and responsive care for Indigenous patients.
  • Practice trauma-informed care and include families whenever possible.
  • Employ principles of community-based psychiatric care.
  • Collaborate in the management of concurrent substance use disorders.
  • Provide expertise and consults, and respond to and collaborate with case managers.
  • Facilitate continuity of care between acute and community settings, and liaise with hospital physicians and staff as necessary.
Qualifications

**Education, Licensing, & Experience:**

  • Provisional or unrestricted license to practice medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
  • Fellowship in Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, and ideally completion of a Geriatric Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency training.
  • Eligibility or current appointment as clinical faculty with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine.
  • Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) - Mandatory.

**Knowledge & Abilities:**

  • Strong knowledge base in psychopharmacology and psychological interventions.
Why Join Us?

Vancouver Coastal Health is a world-class innovator in medical care, research, and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. We are committed to building a representative workforce and encourage applications reflecting diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities.
  • Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families.
  • Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers.
  • Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff.