Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health and Addictions - Halifax

Company Description

The Department of Psychiatry is a mid-sized clinical academic department within the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Faculty work as members of multidisciplinary teams within the Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addiction Program to provide general psychiatric services to patients primarily in the Central Zone and specialty services to patients across the province.

Job Description

The Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University is recruiting a substantive full-time psychiatrist for Nova Scotia Health’s (NSH) Central Zone Community Mental Health and Addictions (CMHA) Program.  

This position is 1.0 FTE based on the Community Mental Health Team, with flexibility to work at other Central Zone CMHTs and community services (e.g., Recovery and Integration services) if required.

This job includes an integrated transcultural component, e.g., Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Friendship Center, and MOSH (Mobile Outreach Street Health/North End Community Health Centre). The estimated commitment for the transcultural services is approximately 8 hours twice a month.

The desired start date for the position is April 1, 2027 or earlier.

Roles and Responsibilities:
• To be an attending or consultant physician to ambulatory patients in the CMHA Program.
• Conduct, order, and ensure appropriate psychiatric assessments, appropriate psychosocial and laboratory investigations, and pharmacological & psychosocial interventions as per current standard practice.
• Take part in a psychiatry on-call schedule as required within the clinical program unless specifically exempted.
• Share in the short-term coverage of other services as needed during holidays or illness of other members of the department.
• Experience working within an interdisciplinary team to provide care and treatment for persons with moderate to severe psychiatric disorder.
• FTE details: 100% clinical duties, including clinical teaching, but may require using up to 0.1 (10%) FTE for classroom teaching, quality assurance initiatives, committee work, leadership, or other activities that support the department’s academic mandate.

Clinical duties:
• As directed by the Section Head of Community Psychiatry at Dalhousie University
• Direct and indirect care as part of an interdisciplinary team
• "Desk-side" teaching and didactic education
• Clinical administration
• Include on-call service
• Involve supervision of junior staff including residents and clinical clerks
• Support research as needed (and conduct it if personally desired)

Educational Duties: Didactic teaching at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education level as determined in discussion with the director of education, Department of Psychiatry.

Research: Research and other scholarly innovation are encouraged; candidates who have a sufficient track record in mental health research may be eligible for protected research time depending on agreement with the Department of Psychiatry’s research and executive leadership.

Qualifications

Fellowship in Psychiatry, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or equivalent, e.g. MRCPsych with Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry or American Board of Psychiatry Certified by Examination, as determined by the Department of Psychiatry; eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.

Additional Information

Application Process:

Please send your CV and cover letter to:

Dr. Mahmoud Awara, Section Head and Clinical Director for the Section of Community Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University

C/O Ms. Aleya MacNeil, Physician Resource Manager, via email: hrpsych@dal.ca 

Remuneration is based upon a highly competitive Academic Funding Plan, which pays for time spent in clinical service, teaching, and research. Successful candidates will receive an academic rank commensurate with qualifications and experience as per university protocols.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please review our Employment Equity information.