Job Category:
Faculty - Clinical
Faculty / Division:
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department:
Department of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, is seeking to recruit a Staff Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison. The successful candidate will hold an academic position as a Clinician-Teacher (or Quality/Educator) and must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. The effective start date is July 1, 2022.
The primary responsibilities include providing consultation-liaison services for transitional rehabilitation patients at the Humber River Reactivation Centre and Pine Villa, as well as offering addiction and pain psychiatry consultations at the Bayview site. The candidate will join the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry team, engaging in inpatient and outpatient consultation-liaison activities and general outpatient psychiatric care.
Pine Villa is a 68-bed community transitional care facility for patients considered as alternate level of care (ALC), created in partnership with community organizations Sprint and LOFT to support patients not yet ready to return to the community. It features an interprofessional team including RPNs, social workers, nurse practitioners, recreation therapists, and a family physician on call.
The Humber Reactivation Care Centre comprises two 30-bed units staffed by an interprofessional team, including family physician hospitalists and nurse practitioners, providing family and person-centered care.
Applicants must hold an MD degree, be certified or eligible for certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and be licensed or eligible for licensure in Ontario. Advanced training in addiction psychiatry and pain psychiatry is required. A proven track record of teaching excellence is essential due to the presence of learners on the team.
Compensation is structured on a fee-for-service basis, supplemented by funding from Academic and Educational Trust Funds and/or departmental administrative roles.
Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to:
Department of Psychiatry,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
