Psychiatrist - Geriatric
- Pitt Meadows, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Job Summary
Fraser Health, British Columbia’s largest health authority, is seeking a skilled and compassionate Geriatric Psychiatrist to provide care to our diverse patient population in a dynamic and fulfilling environment. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for psychiatrists to be a part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing integrated, timely and compassionate care within the hospital and in the community. This position will be based across multiple sites with a 1.0 FTE split between 3 days a week at Ridge Meadows Hospital Consultation Liaison, 1 day a week at Eagle Ridge Hospital Consultation Liaison and 1 day a week with the Tri-Cities Mental Health Team.
As a qualified or eligible Psychiatrist, you'll be expected to deliver exceptional care to patients with acquired brain injuries, alongside older adult patients served by the Fraser Health Geriatric Mental Health team, within an interdisciplinary framework. Your responsibilities will include consulting with Geriatric psychiatrists at the mental health center, actively engaging in outreach to patients' residences, and collaborating with attending physicians in Assisted Living and Long-Term Care facilities.
Your role will encompass a spectrum of services such as assessment, outpatient treatment, consultation, conducting family meetings, facilitating case conferences, discharge planning, and imparting knowledge to geriatric psychiatry residents and medical students.
Furthermore, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring continuity of care by fostering strong collaborative relationships with all relevant partners involved in patient care and advocating for the psychiatric needs of individual patients.
Participation in the ECT roster and ER on-call duties is mandatory to fulfill the requirements of this role.
Compensation
Combination of Alternative Payment Plan & Fee For Service, MOCAP - On Call Payments
Qualifications
CMPA, CPSBC Full, CPSBC Provisional, FRCPC, FRCPC Eligible
Locations
Eagle Ridge Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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Fraser Health, British Columbia’s largest health authority, is seeking a skilled and compassionate Geriatric Psychiatrist to provide care to our diverse patient population in a dynamic and fulfilling environment. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for psychiatrists to be a part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing integrated, timely and compassionate care within the hospital and in the community. This position will be based across multiple sites with a 1.0 FTE split between 3 days a week at Ridge Meadows Hospital Consultation Liaison, 1 day a week at Eagle Ridge Hospital Consultation Liaison and 1 day a week with the Tri-Cities Mental Health Team.
As a qualified or eligible Psychiatrist, you'll be expected to deliver exceptional care to patients with acquired brain injuries, alongside older adult patients served by the Fraser Health Geriatric Mental Health team, within an interdisciplinary framework. Your responsibilities will include consulting with Geriatric psychiatrists at the mental health center, actively engaging in outreach to patients' residences, and collaborating with attending physicians in Assisted Living and Long-Term Care facilities.
Your role will encompass a spectrum of services such as assessment, outpatient treatment, consultation, conducting family meetings, facilitating case conferences, discharge planning, and imparting knowledge to geriatric psychiatry residents and medical students.
Furthermore, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring continuity of care by fostering strong collaborative relationships with all relevant partners involved in patient care and advocating for the psychiatric needs of individual patients.
Participation in the ECT roster and ER on-call duties is mandatory to fulfill the requirements of this role.
Compensation
Combination of Alternative Payment Plan & Fee For Service, MOCAP - On Call Payments
Qualifications
CMPA, CPSBC Full, CPSBC Provisional, FRCPC, FRCPC Eligible
Locations
Eagle Ridge Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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Protect yourself from recruitment and employment scams.
We are aware of suspected fraudulent recruitment activity involving individuals impersonating Fraser Health recruiters or representatives. Fraser Health will never ask candidates or jobseekers for money, fees, gift cards or equipment purchases at any stage of the recruitment process.
Learn more >
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Responsibilities
Provide psychiatric assessment, consultation, and treatment for older adults and patients with acquired brain injuries across hospital, community, assisted-living, and long-term-care settings. Coordinate care with interdisciplinary partners, support families and care teams, contribute to discharge planning and medical education, and participate in ECT and emergency on-call duties.
Requirements
Applicants must be qualified or eligible psychiatrists, with CPSBC full or provisional registration and FRCPC certification or eligibility listed among the qualifications. CMPA coverage is also listed, and the role requires work across multiple sites and participation in ECT and emergency on-call duties.
Skills
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Outpatient Treatment
- Acquired Brain Injury Care
- Older Adult Mental Health
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Community Outreach
- Family Meetings
- Case Conferences
- Discharge Planning
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Emergency On-Call Care
- Patient Advocacy
- Medical Education
- Continuity of Care
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- Healthcare
- Education
Keywords
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Psychiatrist
- Fraser Health
- Consultation-Liaison
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Older Adult Mental Health
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Community Outreach
- Outpatient Treatment
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Assisted Living
- Long-Term Care
- Family Meetings
- Case Conferences
- Discharge Planning
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Emergency On-Call
- CPSBC
- FRCPC
- CMPA
- Medical Education
- Patient Advocacy
- Continuity of Care