The Barrie Area is one of the fastest growing regions in Canada! Barrie offers a state-of-the-art hospital that holds a catchment area of 450,000 residents. The Barrie Area offers many of the amenities which larger cities possess yet can boast lifestyle choices to fit every taste. The Barrie Area is located only moments away from popular ski resorts, beautiful Lake Simcoe, beaches, phenomenal dining, shopping experiences and Ontario’s popular cottage country. The Barrie Area is truly a community for all seasons! You can enjoy theatre, golfing, boating, skiing, snowshoeing, and cycling. We are located approximately 45 minutes north of Toronto, yet we are less than an hour south of the best and most renowned cottage country in Ontario!

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is a 388-bed community hospital in Barrie, Ontario, located 80 kilometres north of Toronto. As the largest hospital in the region of North Simcoe Muskoka, it provides specialty services to almost half a million Central Ontario residents. RVH’s team of over 400 physicians, 2,500 employees and 850 volunteers provide exceptional care and specialty services to North Simcoe Muskoka residents, including cancer care, stroke services, orthopaedics, intensive care, mental health and interventional radiology. RVH is focused on delivering high-quality, safe care that puts patients and their families first. RVH provides care for over 560,000 patients annual, 86,800 Emergency Room visits, 82,600 Cancer Centre visits, 2,447,839 Lab tests, 205,900 Imaging tests, 15,200 Surgeries and 1,950 Births.

Adult General Psychiatrist This opportunity is to join a multidisciplinary team of 10 Psychiatrists. We are a 36 inpatient bed unit with 5 additional mental health beds in the emergency department. Part time inpatient work can range from 4-5 beds and part time outpatient load would be approximately 20 hours per work. ECT is conducted on Mon, Wed and Fri at 8:00 in the morning for one hour. Call schedule is currently 1 in 10. Compensation consists of monthly sessional and stipend funding for on call services. In addition to this the doctor would also bill fee for service work through OHIP.

The Mental Health and Addiction Program at RVH provides the full continuum of care to those suffering with moderate to serious mental illness or substance misuse. There are several service components, which include a crisis intervention service, a 36-bed inpatient unit, comprehensive outpatient programming including a Partial Hospitalization Program and a 17-bed residential treatment centre for withdrawal management and substance abuse treatment.

Working with the leadership of Mental Health and Addictions Program, you will be a key part of the team that plans, delivers, coordinates, and evaluates the continuum of care within the Mental Health portfolio. RVH’s Mental Health Program is a hospital-based program, requiring no additional offsite private practice location. This position includes both inpatient and outpatient care.