Position Profile
Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways in Healthcare.
Humber River Health (HRH) is a prominent 1.8 million square foot, fully digital acute care facility in Canada, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and catering to a wide range of medical needs. It serves a population of over 850,000 individuals residing in the northwest Greater Toronto Area. HRH operates 722 inpatient beds, with over 4000 staff, approximately 800 physicians and over 1,000 volunteers. In addition to its Wilson Site, HRH includes the Reactivation Care Centres (RCCs) at the Finch and Church Campuses which represent a unique partnership among multiple hospitals in the GTA with a focus on delivery of specialised care to patients who have been designated as Alternative Level of Care.
As Canada’s first fully digital hospital and home of the first digital Command Centre in Canada, our commitment to innovation, research, and academic excellence remains at the core of our organization. The HRH Research Institute drives the hospital’s pioneering position in digital healthcare innovation. Our Command Centre serves as the central hub for managing patient flow and enhancing care quality. We prioritize patient safety and high-reliability care by leveraging closed-loop automation, robotics, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence. We have developed advanced patient flow and care monitoring tools supported by the Command Centre, enabling us to use real-time data feeds from across the Hospital to improve patient flow, patient safety and outcomes.
Our focus on equity and inclusivity is something we share with our partners at the North Western Toronto (NWT) Ontario Health Team (OHT). Our mission is to work together with our community to deliver innovative, safe and equitable healthcare.
HRH has developed short and long-term objectives that are outlined in the 2023-26 Strategic Plan, with a core direction of advancing HRH as a community academic healthcare institution. Examples include:
• Evolve workflows and align scopes of practices to improve patient care and the provider experience;• Adopt and refine technology to promote exceptional patient care, and outcomes;• Pursue partnerships and integration opportunities to advance equitable and inclusive care for our community; and• Advance our medical education programs.
As an associate member of the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN), HRH provides many academic opportunities to all professions. We have established the Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU) in partnership with the University of Toronto, further strengthening our commitment to academic excellence. The Schulich Family FMTU provides opportunities for residents to learn with academic and community-based family physicians. Residents also have access to interdisciplinary health professionals to support collaborative learning and comprehensive care experience.
EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Right now, we are looking for:
ADULT OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIST
Department and Program Overview This is a unique opportunity to join a collegial Department with over thirty active members in a community academic hospital. HRH has a strong and diverse Mental Health & Addictions Program occupying the fifth floor of our new, state-of-the-art facility, with diverse outpatient programs, fifty-eight adult inpatient beds, six child and adolescent beds, and a dedicated Emergency Psychiatry Unit in the Emergency Department. Our programming includes a robust addictions program, a new neurostimulation program featuring rTMS, and a new Acute Behavioural Unit in partnership with Geriatrics. Our general adult outpatient care has been recently redesigned to a stepped-care model; innovative redesigns are also underway in urgent care, the psychosis care continuum, and transitional age programming.
Position SummaryWe are currently recruiting one full-time general adult outpatient psychiatrist. Experience and/or interest in addictions, older adults, women’s mental health, and/or outpatient consultation-liaison medical/surgical populations will be particularly valued. In addition to demonstrated clinical excellence and outstanding interpersonal skills, you require relevant certification from the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada and are a member of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario.HRH has an expectation that all physicians will apply for an academic appointment in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Your support for medical learners is key to our strategic plan as an academic centre and our participation as a member of TAHSN.
Interested Applicants Applications will be accepted until November 10th, 2025, however, the positions may remain open until filled or recruitment is closed.
We encourage all interested candidates to apply in confidence by forwarding: (1) Letter of Interest and (2) up-to-date curriculum vitae.
Application package should be submitted to:
Dr. Steven SelchenChief of PsychiatryHumber River Health1235 Wilson AvenueToronto, ON M3M 0B2Send via email: SSelchen@hrh.ca
Why choose Humber River Health?
At Humber River Health, our staff, physicians, and volunteers are lighting new ways in healthcare. We are proud to be recognized as a part of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. We support employees by providing evidence-based leadership and cultivating a culture that consistently wows with our unwavering commitment to staff, physician and volunteer engagement. We are a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and are deeply involved in research and academic collaboration. We are dedicated to high-quality patient care and demonstrate our values of compassion, professionalism, and respect.
Attracting and retaining a workforce that represents the diverse communities surrounding Humber River Health, is a priority. We encourage applicants from all equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to, individuals who identity as Indigenous, racialized, seniors, persons living with disabilities, women, and those who identify as 2SLGBTQ.
Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process as well as during employment at Humber River Health. Please direct any accommodation requests to our recruitment team.
The hospital reserves the right not to appoint anyone to this position. www.hrh.ca
