Pyschiatry Opportunities

Brant Community Healthcare System

Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is a 300+bed acute care facility boasting stable,

state-of-the-art Programs within a team environment and with a dedicated staff that ensures

high-level, patient-focused care. The organization comprises of two main hospital sites, the

Brantford General Hospital and Willet Hospital. Located in the picturesque Grand River Valley

20 minutes west of Hamilton, our community offers outstanding recreational opportunities.

BCHS is the area’s acute care facility, providing all of Brantford and Brant County's specialty

programs and services for our 160,000+ residents and boasts stable, state-of-the-art programs

within a team environment that ensures high level patient-focused care. It is a regional centre

for a variety of services.

The department of Mental Health and Addictions consists of an 18 bed inpatient psychiatry unit

along with comprehensive outpatient mental health services. Multidisciplinary treatment

approach with supports from allied health.

We are currently seeking full time permanent Associate Psychiatrists to join the growing department of Mental

Health and Addictions. The successful candidates will be practicing as a part of a group of 8

psychiatrists providing both inpatient and outpatient care at the Brantford General Hospital.

This position represents an opportunity to join a group of dedicated healthcare professionals in

a progressive organization. Interested physicians must be certified in psychiatry by Royal

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or equivalent (e.g. American Board), and be

licensed, or be eligible for licensure, to practice medicine independently in the province of

Ontario by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).

Psychiatry work is compensated by fee-for-service in addition to sessional payments.

Additional payments available for teaching at the site.

BCHS has an affiliation with McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences thus promotes

continuing education, teaching and research opportunities for all of professional staff.

Interested candidates should submit their letters of interest and curriculum vitae to:

Dr. Nida Khawaja, Chief and

Medical Director, Mental Health & Addictions

C/o of Kirstine Colyn ***@bchsys.org (🔒 Premium)