Psychiatrist - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
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About the role
Description Job Description
Shared Health (1502-155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg MB, R3C 5R9), and the Department of Psychiatry (business addresses noted below), are seeking a Psychiatrist to fill our labour shortage in Manitoba.
Responsibilities As a member of the inter-disciplinary team, the psychiatrist in collaboration with the team leader, has overall clinical responsibility for monitoring client treatment and staff delivery of clinical services. The psychiatrist will be responsible for providing community services to individual who have the following duties and responsibilities:
- Psychiatric and medical assessment, treatment and management of program participants within scope of expertise or liaising with appropriate services when out of scope.
- Participation in planning and coordination of comprehensive team services for program participants.
- Participation in assessment of new referrals and facilitating intake of accepted participants to ACT.
- Provide psychiatric support to the HUB on a consult basis.
- Participation in supporting/facilitating participant discharge from ACT when appropriate.
- Clinical supervision, education, and training of other staff.
- Development, maintenance, and supervision of medication and psychiatric and medical treatment policies and procedures.
- Review, follow-up, and order blood work, in conjunction with Team Lead/Nursing, for assigned participants.
- Will arrange for clients to be admitted to hospital when it is required and liaise with hospital staff while the ACT client is in hospital.
- Expectation to provide input and leadership, in conjunction with Team Lead, in all aspects regarding participant recovery and community living as required. Participate in the development of the recovery plan and ensure it is implemented.
- Expectation to provide input and leadership, in conjunction with Team Lead, in all aspects of team management as required.
- Participation in development and maintenance of working relationships with other Shared Health Manitoba and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Mental Health services and other government agencies (e.g. Family Services and Housing).
- Expectation to provide supervision to residents and medical students who may be on rotation, elective, or community exposure, etc.
- Participating in a variety of evaluative measures and research studies as well as supervising psychiatric residents and other medical students.
- Equitable participation in an on-call rota.
- Attendance and participation in ACT staff meetings and Community Psychiatry Program meetings.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications The successful candidate must hold a Doctor of Medicine Degree with specialization in Psychiatry. The successful candidate must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
Experience
- Strong clinical skills and experience providing treatment to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness.
- Training and experience in psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery models.
- Clinical supervisory experience.
- Excellent communication, inter-professional and inter-personal skills.
- Clinical experience with severe mental illness disorders, addictions, intellectual disabilities.
- Knowledge of, experience with, or research interests in the area of severe mental illness.
Compensation Compensation is as per Doctors Manitoba agreement.
Specialty Physicians may be eligible for a recruitment incentive. Please contact physicianrecruitment@sharedhealthmb.ca for further information.
Primary Site Location: Addictions Foundation of Manitoba – 1031 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0R8
Contact Physicianrecruitment@sharedhealthmb.ca
PMAO 3448
About Shared Health-Soins Communs
Shared Health was founded in values that celebrate the diversity of our province and pursue equity of access to health services for all Manitobans by bringing together clinical experts from across the province to deliver a patient-centred, accessible and responsive health system.
We work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible. Shared Health’s scope and services continue to evolve as part of Manitoba’s broader health system transformation.
We are committed to ongoing innovation in delivering health care services and recruiting, developing, and retaining dedicated employees. As health care providers, it is essential to understand and acknowledge that people experience and access health care in different ways. Shared Health strives to create inclusive environments that welcome and value the diversity of all Manitobans.
As a health system, we deliver services to diverse patient populations on the original lands of First Nations and Inuit peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. This acknowledgement is an important part of our continued efforts to identify, develop and implement culturally safe environments, practices and health-care services.
Respect for every individual, accountability, value and continuous improvement and learning are four pillars guiding Manitoba’s Quality and Learning Framework. A deep and ongoing commitment to this framework and its principles are key to creating a health care environment that is free of judgement, equally safe and inclusive.
To find out more visit sharedhealthmb.ca/careers/ or https://healthcareersmanitoba.ca/.
This page is intended for informational purposes only. We do not provide clinical advice. Account not monitored 24/7. Emergency: Dial 911 or go to the emergency department.
Psychiatrist - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
Top Benefits
About the role
Description Job Description
Shared Health (1502-155 Carlton Street, Winnipeg MB, R3C 5R9), and the Department of Psychiatry (business addresses noted below), are seeking a Psychiatrist to fill our labour shortage in Manitoba.
Responsibilities As a member of the inter-disciplinary team, the psychiatrist in collaboration with the team leader, has overall clinical responsibility for monitoring client treatment and staff delivery of clinical services. The psychiatrist will be responsible for providing community services to individual who have the following duties and responsibilities:
- Psychiatric and medical assessment, treatment and management of program participants within scope of expertise or liaising with appropriate services when out of scope.
- Participation in planning and coordination of comprehensive team services for program participants.
- Participation in assessment of new referrals and facilitating intake of accepted participants to ACT.
- Provide psychiatric support to the HUB on a consult basis.
- Participation in supporting/facilitating participant discharge from ACT when appropriate.
- Clinical supervision, education, and training of other staff.
- Development, maintenance, and supervision of medication and psychiatric and medical treatment policies and procedures.
- Review, follow-up, and order blood work, in conjunction with Team Lead/Nursing, for assigned participants.
- Will arrange for clients to be admitted to hospital when it is required and liaise with hospital staff while the ACT client is in hospital.
- Expectation to provide input and leadership, in conjunction with Team Lead, in all aspects regarding participant recovery and community living as required. Participate in the development of the recovery plan and ensure it is implemented.
- Expectation to provide input and leadership, in conjunction with Team Lead, in all aspects of team management as required.
- Participation in development and maintenance of working relationships with other Shared Health Manitoba and Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Mental Health services and other government agencies (e.g. Family Services and Housing).
- Expectation to provide supervision to residents and medical students who may be on rotation, elective, or community exposure, etc.
- Participating in a variety of evaluative measures and research studies as well as supervising psychiatric residents and other medical students.
- Equitable participation in an on-call rota.
- Attendance and participation in ACT staff meetings and Community Psychiatry Program meetings.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications The successful candidate must hold a Doctor of Medicine Degree with specialization in Psychiatry. The successful candidate must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
Experience
- Strong clinical skills and experience providing treatment to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness.
- Training and experience in psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery models.
- Clinical supervisory experience.
- Excellent communication, inter-professional and inter-personal skills.
- Clinical experience with severe mental illness disorders, addictions, intellectual disabilities.
- Knowledge of, experience with, or research interests in the area of severe mental illness.
Compensation Compensation is as per Doctors Manitoba agreement.
Specialty Physicians may be eligible for a recruitment incentive. Please contact physicianrecruitment@sharedhealthmb.ca for further information.
Primary Site Location: Addictions Foundation of Manitoba – 1031 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0R8
Contact Physicianrecruitment@sharedhealthmb.ca
PMAO 3448
About Shared Health-Soins Communs
Shared Health was founded in values that celebrate the diversity of our province and pursue equity of access to health services for all Manitobans by bringing together clinical experts from across the province to deliver a patient-centred, accessible and responsive health system.
We work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible. Shared Health’s scope and services continue to evolve as part of Manitoba’s broader health system transformation.
We are committed to ongoing innovation in delivering health care services and recruiting, developing, and retaining dedicated employees. As health care providers, it is essential to understand and acknowledge that people experience and access health care in different ways. Shared Health strives to create inclusive environments that welcome and value the diversity of all Manitobans.
As a health system, we deliver services to diverse patient populations on the original lands of First Nations and Inuit peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. This acknowledgement is an important part of our continued efforts to identify, develop and implement culturally safe environments, practices and health-care services.
Respect for every individual, accountability, value and continuous improvement and learning are four pillars guiding Manitoba’s Quality and Learning Framework. A deep and ongoing commitment to this framework and its principles are key to creating a health care environment that is free of judgement, equally safe and inclusive.
To find out more visit sharedhealthmb.ca/careers/ or https://healthcareersmanitoba.ca/.
This page is intended for informational purposes only. We do not provide clinical advice. Account not monitored 24/7. Emergency: Dial 911 or go to the emergency department.