Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

About the Opportunity

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is seeking to recruit clinical faculty with academic and teaching responsibilities in keeping with the expectations of the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Academic Funding Plan (AFP). Opportunities for leadership, continued professional development (CPD) and research are well supported.

Responsibilities

Faculty provide clinical care as part of the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Program. Psychiatric services are integrated within the program which includes community clinics, specialty clinics, intensive services, addiction services, forensic services, emergency psychiatric services and an acute psychiatry inpatient unit. The Faculty of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry work collaboratively and often flex capacity to ensure demands for child and adolescent psychiatric care are met. This allows faculty to enjoy working with a range of psychiatric presentations in children, youth, and their families in different settings (inpatient, emergency department, outpatient, intensive services). It also requires faculty to have a range of expertise, skills and comfort managing moderate to complex psychiatric illness presentations.

The current needs are in the areas of:

• emergency child and adolescent psychiatry 
• outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry

The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Dalhousie University is one of the largest academic groups in Canada. The division provides teaching and research opportunities through its affiliation with the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine.

Qualifications

• Child and adolescent psychiatry qualifications and/or experience is required.
• All applicants must be eligible for medical staff privileges with the IWK Health Centre and specialist licensure in psychiatry with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS).

Position is available July 1, 2023.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, although Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all qualified candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.

Applicants should send an electronic copy of their CV and the names and contact information of three references who may be contacted at a later date to: Dr. Alexa Bagnell, professor and head, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Community Details

Halifax, the largest urban area in Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia's capital city, sits in the center of Nova Scotia's east coast and is an important seaport that looks out over one of the world's largest natural harbors.

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