Geriatric Psychiatrists , British Columbia

Are you interested in a new pace of life on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia?

Island Health is seeking
Geriatric
Psychiatrists
for rural and urban communities on Vancouver Island. Find your perfect place for your career, family and future in Nanaimo, Cowichan Valley or Victoria.

Join the team of three geriatric psychiatrists in Nanaimo in providing consultation to patients and their families/caregivers, primary care physicians, and fellow health care professionals in acute inpatient, outpatient, and residential care settings.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and clinical expertise to the GEM team - a multidisciplinary geriatric consultation-liaison program in acute care. Complex patients will also have access to acute and rehabilitation programs in Victoria, Duncan, and Ladysmith as part of an innovative Island-wide Tertiary Geriatric Psychiatry program ensuring the highest quality of care.

There is also the opportunity to expand practice interests by providing consultation to remote areas on Vancouver Island through the NITAOP program. Participation is required in clinical service, teaching, and ongoing program development as part of the Island-wide Dementia Strategy.

Participation in the NRGH General Psychiatry call rotation is a requirement of this position. This would be approximately a 1 in 11 commitment.

The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry is seeking a full-time Geriatric Psychiatrist to join two others in Cowichan Valley.

Clinical services provided include consulting status for outpatients, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, direct and indirect care, multidisciplinary team leadership and medico legal expertise as required by the BC Mental Health and Adult Guardianship Acts.

Your complex patients will have access to the innovative tertiary geriatric psychiatry system which provides acute inpatient services in the newly-opened Patient Care Centre in Victoria. This is linked to tertiary rehabilitation and residential facilities in Victoria, Duncan and Ladysmith, to create seamless service delivery. There are two tertiary facilities in the Duncan area. The Lodge on Fourth Mental Health Unit is a specialized 12 bed facility.

The Cowichan Lodge Tertiary Mental Health facility, which opened in 2013, consists of 24 geriatric and 26 general adult beds.

The MHSU program provides psychiatrist on-call responses supported by BC’s “Medical On Call Availability Program” (MOCAP) with a crisis response team for the Cowichan District Hospital Emergency Department and everywhere throughout the hospital, connected to our consultation-liaison function. Participation in the call rotation is optional for this position.

Administrative duties of the position include attending clinical team meetings and the quarterly Division of Geriatric Psychiatry meetings, held in a virtual fashion.

The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry is seeking a full-time or two part-time geriatric psychiatrists to join 10 others in Victoria.

The successful candidates will provide geriatric psychiatry consultation to outpatient services at the Senior’s Outpatient Clinic at Royal Jubilee Hospital, support for the Esquimalt Westshore Health Unit and consultation at several Long Term Care Facilities.

There may also be opportunities to provide Telehealth consultation to other island communities.

Participation in the Geriatric Psychiatry call rotation is a requirement of this position.

The Division enjoys collegial relationships with the Island Health geriatric medicine, adult psychiatry and hospitalist services.

Involvement in the Island Medical Program undergraduate and postgraduate teaching program is a requirement of these positions. There is a full postgraduate psychiatry residency program based in Victoria. These residents take advantage of educational opportunities throughout Vancouver Island as much as possible.

A University of B.C. affiliated appointment and membership in the UBC Geriatric Psychiatry Program is highly encouraged.

Research opportunities are expanding with a focus on clinical trials for dementia. Participation in research is strongly encouraged and facilitated by Island Health. We are a member of the…