The Department of Psychiatry in Nanaimo are seeking a part-time General Psychiatrist to provided services with the Complex Care Housing Team. 

The successful candidate will be a member of and work collaboratively with other members of the Complex Care Housing (CCH) team.  Providing psychiatric services for at least 44 weeks per year for, on average, about 7.5 hours per week, or approximately 330 hours per year (equivalent of 0.2 FTEs, based on 1680 minimum hours of services per FTE).  While the number of hours may vary each week, the Psychiatrist will manage their schedule to ensure continuity of psychiatry care for the CCH patients during the year, providing care for the CCH patients during at least 44 weeks of the year. 

The patient population will be based in Nanaimo with up to 30 adult patients either experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, including difficult to house individuals with one or all of moderate to severe mental health, substance use or chronic medical co-morbidities; behaviour problems, violence, hoarding, etc. Major goals of service include psychiatric and medical stabilization and supporting individuals to maintain housing. 

The successful candidate will provide psychiatric services within a community based in-reach team, in collaboration with other physicians and health professionals, including, but not limited to addiction medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, case managers and nurses.  Services provided will include, psychiatric assessment, case formulation, and medication management to patients with a full range of psychiatric disorders and comorbidities, including severe substance use disorders. 

Work will be either on-site in Island Health, or Nanaimo community supportive housing sites, and include collaboration with community based external agencies and stakeholders.

 Administrative duties of the position, include attending departmental and multidisciplinary meetings. 

As Island Health is part of the UBC Faculty of Medicine Island Medical Program, training of medical students and residents is expected and applying for a clinical appointment is required. 

On-call responsibility is mandatory for Island Health Psychiatrists, under a Departmental MOCAP contract, and averages one weekend day every 4-6 weeks.  

Benefits 

Island Health provides administrative staff, computer system, integrated EMR, and office space.

Start Date

As soon as possible 

Additional Information:

All part-time Psychiatry positions can be combined with available other part-time positions to create a rewarding and diverse full-time Psychiatry practice.

Community Information

Nanaimo, an exciting urban community with a breathtaking waterfront, provides an opportunity to enjoy an active exciting lifestyle with a multitude of year round recreational opportunities including golf, mountain biking and walking trails, kayaking, paddle boarding and sailing, or dive to explore three artificial reefs created by wrecks sunk in the harbour. In winter, both downhill and cross-country skiing can be enjoyed at Mount Washington, just 1.5 hours north. The vibrant, growing city of 97,000 boasts its own symphony and theater, offers post-secondary education at the Vancouver Island University, is just 15 minutes by seaplane to downtown Vancouver and a short drive to Victoria.