The Department of Psychiatry South Island has an opportunity for a Psychiatrist to provide inpatient and community consultation on Salt Spring Island.  Key components of this position include:

1. The position includes consultation for patients admitted to the 19 bed Lady Minto Hospital on Salt Spring Island.
2. Outpatient treatment at Salt Spring Island Community Services, providing consultation to Severe and Chronically Mentally Ill, Urgent Short Term Assessment and Treatment, and Drug and Alcohol programs working with the case managers.  
3. Providing general Psychiatry services to adults in the community working with an inter-disciplinary team. 

The ideal candidate would be a qualified psychiatrist with comfort practicing in a small community with less psychiatric infrastructure.  Psychological mindedness, self-reflective capacity, and working understanding of boundaries are assets in a setting when one meets one’s patients on the street every day.

Working in a small community provides the opportunity for a deep sense of belonging, being an active part of a warm and supportive island, and living in a great place to raise a family.

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Benefits:

May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) including:

• Recruitment Incentive: $10,000 (full-time)
• Relocation Costs Reimbursement: up to $15,000 (amount based on location relocating from)
• Fee Premium: 7.98%
• Annual Flat Fee: $12,366.72
• Rural CME: starting at $3,000/annum in year 3 & 4 to a maximum of $6,000/annum after 4 years.

The above amounts are current as of August 2024 and may be subject to change. 

For more information, please visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/practitioner-professional-res….

Remuneration:

• Primarily Fee for Service
• Sessional funding is also available for indirect clinical care and other non-insured services.
• Service contract arrangement is available if this is your preference

Additional Information:

• Flexible working schedule available with up to full-time work. 
• Looking to hire either part-time or full-time Psychiatrists with available work for 2.0 FTE
• Option to provide on-call services - MOCAP available for on-call services.

Start Date:

As soon as possible

Community Information:

Salt Spring Island (aprox. 10,000 population) is nestled against the east shore of Vancouver Island located halfway between Victoria and Nanaimo with excellent ferry and seaplane connectivity.
This is an exceptional opportunity to work and live in an area that provides a relaxed lifestyle in a temperate climate with excellent year-round recreation and cultural amenities including but not limited to:
 

• A large artistic community with a variety of classes, exhibits and performances;
• Outstanding recreational opportunities – sailing, kayaking, hiking, soccer, swimming,
• baseball, tennis and golf included;
• K-12 education available on island
• Performing arts center, indoor pool, galleries, shopping and a small community movie
• theater
• Rural environment providing opportunities for hobby farming or access to locally grown
• produce and farm products.

To learn more about our community please visit the following links:
 

Salt Spring Tourism

http://www.saltspringtourism.com/

Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce

http://saltspringchamber.com/

For Everything that’s Community Health – Salt Spring

http://saltspring.fetchbc.ca/