Psychiatry

Northern Health - BC; Prince Rupert; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A health authority in British Columbia is seeking a psychiatrist to join the Northwest Psychiatry Team in Prince Rupert. The successful candidate will provide patient assessments, treatment planning, and collaborate with healthcare providers in the community. The psychiatrist will work within a supportive team environment in a 30-bed regional hospital that is undergoing significant upgrades. This role offers opportunities to work with diverse mental health programs in a beautiful coastal community.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed psychiatrist.
• Experience in community mental health preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively with family physicians and interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient assessments and treatment planning.
• Offer ongoing consultation and education to healthcare teams.
• Participate in area-based psychiatric services.

Skills

Patient assessments

Treatment planning

Consultation and education to physicians

Job description

Northern Health is seeking a psychiatrist for the beautiful ocean side community of Prince Rupert.

This is an opportunity to join the Northwest Psychiatry Team providing services to Prince Rupert, Terrace, Smithers and surrounding communities. Working in a community mental health team, the psychiatrist, in close consultation with family physicians, will:

• Provide patient assessments and treatment planning.
• Provide ongoing patient‑centered consultation and education to physicians and interdisciplinary mental‑health teams to advance effective treatment.
• Participate in the provision of area‑based continuum of psychiatric services, including assessment of patients in the regional hospital observation unit.

Prince Rupert Regional Hospital is a 30‑bed facility, including 26 inpatient beds, 2 maternity and 2 high‑acuity beds. Stable psychiatric patients are admitted with the general population. The hospital also has 2 seclusion rooms for patients who are a harm to themselves before they’re transferred to Terrace. The psychiatry office is located within the hospital. The current psychiatrist works mostly remotely and visits Prince Rupert various times through the year.

Prince Rupert Regional Hospital is receiving $80 million in upgrades over the next few years. There are 4 primary‑care clinics in Prince Rupert.

Outside of the hospital, the Mental Health & Substance Use community programs offer services that include a combination of functions with interprofessional teams, as well as some specialty services, i.e., developmental disabilities mental health (DDMH), acquired brain injury (ABI), etc. Youth addictions counselling and referral, elderly services counselling, early psychosis, eating disorders, vocational and recreation rehabilitation are also available at most community programs. In addition, there is an adult addictions day‑treatment program and an opioid agonist treatment program.