Classification & Regular Hours

Hours per Week: 16-32 hours per week / 2 day – 4 days per week; flexibility of working hours

Salary Grade: Fee for Service 

Call requirements: None. No after-hours coverage requirements.

Vacation: Reduced summer volumes and institutional breaks (statutory holidays, ready weeks) allow ample time for vacation and particularly helpful for families.       

About Us

The Wellness & Wellbeing pillar within Student Experience cultivates student thriving by providing evidence-informed programmes, resources, & supports that prioritize proactive and responsive care in order to foster individual and collective student well-being. Through a commitment to empathy and collaboration, our student-centred approach to wellness adopts an intersectional lens that is adaptive to the needs of individual students and the campus community. The department understands that our collective work begins with the shared belief that the physical and mental healthcare we provide students is relational and fundamentally focused on teaching individuals how to make informed decisions about their physical and mental health care needs.  

The psychiatry team functions in a mainly consultative capacity but at times requires shared-care (depending on complexity), and is supported by student health family physicians and a diverse mental health care team. Services are supplemented through peer support programmes that guide students, staff and faculty through understanding and maintaining the diverse health needs and ongoing health and wellness journey. We support the campus community members with a responsive partnered approach to care delivery, utilizing prevention strategies, early identification and treatment, and crisis management through individual and group visits.  By working collectively in this way, we foster increased academic and social engagement allowing students to engage, discover and thrive.

We offer a great work environment with good earning potential, ample time flexibility, no call requirements, and a culture where your contribution and experience are valued.

 Responsibilities

Reporting to the Physician Team Lead, the Clinical Psychiatrist provides comprehensive mental health care and education to students

Provide flexible, client-centric approach, combining traditional and emerging health interventions to systematically determine care options for individuals, considering individuals’ therapy history, condition, preferences, functioning, and readiness to engage with therapy, in addition to their diagnosis or symptom severity.

Assess referred patients, and develop treatment recommendations for Student Health physicians.

Develop shared-care plans with student health physicians for complex cases requiring ongoing involvement of psychiatry for stabilization.  

Provide input or make recommendations in service delivery.

Actively participate in learning and teaching sessions (receiving and delivering) related to relevant topics in student and mental health.

Actively provide psychotherapy as part of a well-rounded plan of care for this population. 

Qualifications

Member in good standing of the Ontario Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSO)

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), or equivalent in Psychiatry

Membership in the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), or comparable

  Experience

General psychiatry, ideally with experience in student health and/or an emerging adult population, and serving a patient population that is diverse in their backgrounds and in their health care needs.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Expertise on issues of student health and public health with excellent interviewing and counselling skills

Demonstrating understanding of processes and practices used in a transformational program approach and health service outcomes

Ability to deliver compassionate, patient-focused care using exceptional clinical skills

Ability to understand patient needs and expectations and support the development of programs and services to satisfy expectations

Expertise in handling patient information in accordance with PHIPA

Decision-making skills to provide solutions that are consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences, while being decisive in ambiguous situations

Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

Ability to perceive and understand the emotions of others and interact with them appropriately based on those emotions

Ability to remain highly motivated, resilient, innovative, and collaborative when faced with challenges

Ability to quickly respond and adjust priorities in response to unexpected events or changing circumstances

Ability to collaborate with other health professionals  in solving complex problems, including development of treatment plans, and consulting on their implementation with family physician colleagues

Computer skills in electronic medical records, Microsoft Office, and interest in scribe software.

Experience and interest in research would be an asset.

Experience and interest in providing psychotherapeutic interventions.

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