Mental Health, Recovery Alberta is inviting applications for a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Inpatient Unit 41 located at Peter Lougheed Centre.

This is a part-time position with 0.2-0.6 FTE. This position will be for all working days. This physician will report to the Section Chief Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient. The unit has 6 beds, is expected to have 90% occupancy and will be admitting approximately 9-100 patients per year with average length of stay to be around 3 weeks.  

Other staff working or consulting for the unit include a Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Chronic Diseases Management Expert, Dietician, Social Worker, Aboriginal Liaison, Registration Clerk, Public Health RN, Booking Clerk, Home Care Case Manager, Pediatrician.  

Expectation:

Psychiatric Assessments for patients during on call activities 

Psychiatric Assessments for patients after admission and follow up on a regular basis after admission. 

Prompt urgent electronic charting is expected. 

Working closely with the dyad partner to ensure system demands are adequately met on a timely fashion. 

Physicians must be well versed with electronic health record systems (SCM, Netcare, Connect Care, Epic) 

Ensuring the completion of documentation on time for expedited transfers and discharges 

Providing teaching opportunities to Child and Youth Psychiatric Specialty trainees, Psychiatry residents and medical students if present.  

Providing call coverage approximately once per month.

We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, across the Calgary Zone.  We are an equal opportunity employer. Recovery Alberta values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

FRCPC qualifications in Psychiatry with accredited training in Child Psychiatry. FRCPC in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry or equivalent other qualifications will be preferred. 

Expert knowledge of commonly presenting psychiatric disorders and somatization disorders and working knowledge of medical conditions generally co-occurring on med-psych units such as eating disorders.  

Ability to manage a broad range of psychiatric medications. 

Knowledge of common investigations is needed to diagnose and treat common Med-Psych conditions. Medically, patients admitted to this program will be stable, with little risk of rapid medical decompensation. Patients may require medical support for ongoing therapy, medication management, or further diagnostics or investigation.  Interventions may include but are not limited to such items as IV therapy, feeding (NG, NJ or TPN) and potentially minor procedures or diagnostics.  From a mental health perspective, patients that typically fit this profile typically internalize and suffer from anxiety, depression and self-harm. Mental Health support would include psychiatry evaluation and treatment, family counselling and therapy.  Treatments might include medication management, group and individual therapy sessions.  Depending on length of stay some components of school may be required. Other supporting disciplines for this patient population may require support from Social Work, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Music Therapists, Speech Therapists, Child Life Specialists and Dieticians.  

The candidate must be eligible for Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.

Must read, write, and speak English.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and Permanent Residents will be given priority.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.