The Department of Psychiatry at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is currently seeking qualified individuals to provide locum coverage throughout 2023.

Our Hospital is the Schedule 1 facility for the district of Thunder Bay. We operate a 30-bed Acute Mental Health Care Inpatient Unit, with 6 Psychiatric Intensive Care Beds, a 20-bed Forensic Psychiatry Unit, an 8-bed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, an Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) and short-term bridging ambulatory mental health care (Brief Intervention Treatment Team). We provide Consultation Liaison mental health service throughout the Hospital and have a Mental Health Assessment Team  in the Emergency Department.

Adult Mental Health Services is committed to the development of a well-functioning interdisciplinary team which includes medicine (Psychiatry and Family Medicine), nursing, occupational therapy, peer support, pharmacy, psychology, recreation therapy, social work, and spiritual care. The service emphasizes interdisciplinary assessment, consultation, and intervention to provide comprehensive, holistic, culturally appropriate care. The well-being and functionality of the team are critical to successful patient outcomes, as staff is the largest resource.

Services are targeted to people 16 years of age and older with severe and/or acute mental illness. The focus is on individuals who have more complex service needs. The model provides for outreach and/or strong links with other service agencies in order to prevent service gaps, ensure continuity of care, and maintain links with people in difficulty.

An ideal candidate will be able to provide general Adult Psychiatry services, including acute care, emergency, consultation liaison and on-call. Patient illnesses range from substance use to psychosis, mood and personality disorders.

Applicants must be eligible for independent licensing through the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) and must have completed a recognized Psychiatry residency with FRCSC certification (or equivalent).

Our hospital is a 395 funded bed acute care facility which provides coverage to a regional population base of 250,000 people. Delivering all services daily including acting as the Regional Trauma Centre and Cancer Referral Centre for the Northwestern Ontario region with plans to include Cardiac Surgery by 2026.

Our locums are supported through the Ministry's, Northern Specialist Locum Program (Urgent Tenens). This program offers reimbursement of flights and accommodations, paid travel time and also, offers a daily honorarium on top of your FFS billings.

For more information please contact Physician Recruitment at [email protected] or 807-684-7253

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre serves Northwestern Ontario from east of White River to the Manitoba border in the west and from Hudson Bay in the north to the United States border in the south.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is the only acute care hospital in the City of Thunder Bay and operates one of the busiest emergency departments in Canada and the only one in the City. Ours is also the only tertiary hospital in Northwestern Ontario and a regional referral centre for 10 smaller regional acute care hospitals.

We are a unique region with unique gaps in health care.

In addition to working at a worldclass academic health care facility, you also have the city of Thunder Bay and surrounding area at your at your back door. We are known for our access to the outdoors: hiking, fishing, camping, snowshoeing, skiing; we have it all! We also have great festivals, live theatre and comedy, amateur and collegiate level sporting events, and an extensive local food and eatery scene. For more information, please visit: www.gotothunderbay.ca/en/ or http://www.visitthunderbay.com/en/