Psychiatrist - Geriatric Memorial Hospital

Job Summary

Join Our Team of Dedicated Psychiatrists

Fraser Health, British Columbia’s largest health authority, is seeking a skilled and compassionate Geriatric Psychiatrist to provide care to our diverse patient population in a dynamic and fulfilling environment. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for psychiatrists to be a part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing integrated, timely and compassionate care within the hospital and in the community.

Fraser Health offers a supportive environment for Psychiatrists seeking rewarding careers in a growing, innovative health system. If you're a US-trained physician looking for new opportunities in a world-class health care region, we encourage you to apply.

This position will be based in Surrey with a 1.0 FTE composed of Geriatric Consultation Liaison, Electroconvulsive Therapy and Hospitalist Medical Behavioural Stabilization Unit.

As a qualified or eligible Psychiatrist, you'll be expected to deliver exceptional care to patients with acquired brain injuries, alongside older adult patients served by the Fraser Health Geriatric Mental Health team, within an interdisciplinary framework. Your responsibilities will include consulting with Geriatric psychiatrists at the mental health center, actively engaging in outreach to patients' residences, and collaborating with attending physicians in Assisted Living and Long-Term Care facilities.

Your role will encompass a spectrum of services such as assessment, outpatient treatment, consultation, conducting family meetings, facilitating case conferences, discharge planning, and imparting knowledge to geriatric psychiatry residents and medical students.

Furthermore, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring continuity of care by fostering strong collaborative relationships with all relevant partners involved in patient care and advocating for the psychiatric needs of individual patients. Participation in the ECT roster and ER on-call duties is mandatory to fulfill the requirements of this role.

• Licensed or eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC).
• FRCPC (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada) or FRCPC Eligible.
• CPSBC-USA certified class of registration acceptable.

Alternative Payment Plan, Fee for Service, MOCAP - On Call Payments

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.