Job Title: | Psychiatrist, Vancouver Acute Home-Based Treatment (AHBT) |
Work Site: | Woodward Building / Vancouver Community |
Status: | Part Time |
Start Date: | To be mutually agreed upon |
Compensation Type: | Combination |
Come work as a Psychiatrist with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Acute Home-Based Treatment is a new citywide program for clients with acute mental health needs who can safely be managed in their home or housing site with intensive outreach and active medical management. The physician will be part of a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, nursing, care coordinators and a family physician or nurse practitioner.
Psychiatrists play a critical role in collaborating with community health and acute hospital services to address the ongoing needs of clients and their families in the service continuum, and to ensure a smooth transition from acute care to appropriate community health services. This entails engagement with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve excellence in client and family centered care, including psychiatric assessment, minor medical assessment, medication management, and providing expertise on behavioural management to the allied staff.
This position requires a commitment of at least 2 half days of clinical psychiatry work per week.
Education, Licensing, & Experience:
Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the following areas:
Interested in applying? Feel free to reach out to Khuushali Raja, Executive and Medical Staff Talent Acquisition Advisor: medstaffcareers@vch.ca or click “Apply Now.”
Please note that a resume and cover letter are required to apply for this position.
WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?
VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential to our goals of creating a great place to work and delivering exceptional care. We acknowledge and accommodate unique differences and ensure special measures are in place so that all prospective and current employees are given an opportunity to succeed.
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.
Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2023.
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