Psychiatrist Operational Stress Injury Clinic Dartmouth

FTE details: While this role is for 1.0 FTE we recognize the value of flexible work arrangements and encourage applications from candidates interested in part-time or reduced FTE options. Please indicate your preferred FTE in your cover letter.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To be attending or consultant physician to ambulatory patients in the Operational Stress Injury Clinic.
• Conduct order and ensure appropriate psychiatric assessments appropriate psychosocial and laboratory investigations and pharmacological & psychosocial interventions as per current standard practice.
• Take part in a psychiatry on-call schedule as required within the clinical program unless specifically exempted.
• Share in the short-term coverage of other services as needed during holidays or illness of other members of staff.
• Experience working with assessment of police and/or Canadian forces members and Veterans with operational stress injuries including re post-trauma anxiety mood and substance use is an asset.

Clinical duties:

• As directed by the Clinical Director and in keeping with the standards set out in the document Veterans Affairs Canada Standards for OSI Clinics.
• Clinical direct and indirect care as part of an interdisciplinary OSI service delivery model
• Maintain OSI-specific workloads measurement outcome monitoring and data collection (e.g. RAI) as required.
• Clinical desk-side teaching and didactic education.
• Clinical administration.
• Include on-call service.
• Involve supervision of junior staff including residents and clinical clerks.
• Support research as needed (and conduct it if personally desired).

Educational Duties: Didactic teaching at the undergraduate postgraduate and continuing medical education level as determined in discussion with the Director of Education Department of Psychiatry.

Research: Research and other scholarly innovation are encouraged; candidates who have a sufficient track record in mental health research may be eligible for protected research time depending on agreement with the Department of Psychiatrys research and executive leadership.

Qualifications :

Eligibility: Fellowship in psychiatry Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or equivalent as determined by the Department of Psychiatry; eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.

For information on licensure in Nova Scotia please consult the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia website at .

Additional Information :

Application instructions:

Please send CV and cover letter to Aleya MacNeil Physician Resource Manager Department of Psychiatry Dalhousie University:

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Remuneration is based upon a highly competitive Academic Funding Plan which pays for time spent in clinical service teaching and research. Successful candidates will receive academic rank commensurate with qualifications and experience as per university protocols.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons persons with a disability racially visible persons women persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information please visit Work :

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Employment Type :

Full-time