Top Benefits
About the role
The Island Health Department of Psychiatry has a full-time opportunity for a Psychiatrist in the beautiful community of Parksville.
In this position you will provide consultation to patients and their families/caregivers, primary care physicians and fellow health care professionals in an outpatient setting. The practice is located in the Oceanside Health Centre, which offers an interdisciplinary team environment comprised of physicians and all allied and community health care providers in one state-of-the art location serving the communities of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. You will be available to your registered outpatients, with coverage as needed. Community services may consist of attachment to community mental health and substance use treatment teams providing rehab support and case management for adults or with consultation and psychiatric clinical services for primary care referrals.
The successful candidate would be joining a collegial psychiatrist group from acute and community settings across the Central Island region including Oceanside, Port Alberni, Ladysmith, and Nanaimo. Psychiatrists are valuable members of a collaborative interdisciplinary team that includes case management clinicians, nursing, occupational therapists, rehab support, social workers and psychologists working together to provide comprehensive psychosocial rehabilitation within a recovery orientated, culturally safe, and trauma informed framework.
Administrative duties of the position, funded by a sessional payment plan, include attending Departmental and multidisciplinary meetings. We provide administrative staff, computer system, integrated EMR, and office space.
Caseload expectation for the community practice is approximately 240-300 clients (ca. 30 per 0.1 FTE), and involves seeing a few new clients every week, managing and discharging community caseload patients, and receiving discharges from ED, hospital inpatient units, and referrals from Oceanside community family physicians.
Full-scope general psychiatric practice would include evaluation and treatment of mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, OCD, PTSD, personality disorders, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, adjustment disorders, somatic symptom or functional disorders, brain injury, neurological disorders, and psychiatric aspects of medical conditions.
Start Date
As soon as possible
Benefits
Furnished office, computer, telephone and administrative support provided.
May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA), including (subject to change):
- Recruitment Incentive: up to a maximum of $10,000 (pro-rated based on FTE)
- Relocation: up to a maximum of $15,000 (amount based on location relocating from)
- Flat fee: $7,159.68
- Fee Premium: 4.62%
- CME: $3,000/annum year 3-4 and $6,000/annum after 4 years in the community.
<https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner- pro/rrp_points.pdf>[](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner- pro/rrp_points.pdf)
**Community Information **
The friendly and beautiful cities of Parksville and Qualicum, population approximately 48,000, are picturesque scenic seaside communities located on the east side of central Vancouver Island.
With its temperate climate, expansive sandy beach and easy access to a host of recreational activities, Parksville/Qualicum offers an enviable West Coast lifestyle. The major centres of Nanaimo and Victoria are readily accessible via the Island Parkway, and regularly scheduled ferry, air and float plane services from Nanaimo offer easy access to Vancouver.
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has 224 acute care beds and a 24-bed inpatient psychiatry unit. In September 2012 our new Emergency Department opened, which a 4-bed Psychiatric intensive Care Unit (PICU) and busy Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES). It’s catchment includes Oceanside residents from Nanoose Bay to Qualicum Beach.
Job Types
Permanent Specialty
Department
Psychiatry
Facility/Site
Oceanside Health Centre
City
Parksville
Contact
For more information on this and other Psychiatry opportunities please contact:
Christal Lawson, Medical Staff Recruiter
Island Health
Email:
christal.lawson@islandhealth.ca
Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and CV to medstaffrecruitment@islandhealth.ca
Shift/Hours of Work
Full Time
Remuneration
Mixed fee-for-service and sessional billing.
Education, Training and Experience
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) – Desired
- Eligible for licensure with the College of Physician and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC)
- Strong Commitment to collaborative team-based interdisciplinary practice and excellent communication skills are essential
About Island Health
Island Health operates primary care clinics in Anacortes and on Orcas Island, and serves patients across three counties (Skagit, Island and San Juan). Our specialty services are extensive and rapidly adapting to meet the needs of our community. At Island Health, our patients are cared for by dedicated medical professionals who live and work in the community. We are a small but mighty health system, renowned for our holistic approach to patient care where our healthcare professionals treat our patients with compassion and respect. As a 5-star rated Medicare hospital and a top 100 rural hospital in the United States, patients can expect the highest quality of care where they actively participate in their healthcare planning and goal-setting.
Island Health is a Public Hospital District (Skagit County PHD No. 2) governed by a board of five commissioners whose boundaries include Fidalgo, Cypress, Guemes and Sinclair islands.
Island Health provides an innovative and growing environment for our employees to further their careers, and as a 43-bed hospital we provide a range of services and exceptional quality of care typically found in a larger facility including cancer care: physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; sleep wellness; psychiatry and behavioral services; family practice and specialty clinics; and much more.
Located in Anacortes, Washington, a vibrant seaside community focused on wellness, residents enjoy the exceptional quality of life the region offers including excellent schools, abundant recreational activities, and a community for artists.
To experience the culture of Anacortes, please visit: www.anacortes.org.
Island Health is your destination for opportunity and we are always recruiting. Please visit our careers page to learn more about our current positions, www.islandhealth.org/careers.
Top Benefits
About the role
The Island Health Department of Psychiatry has a full-time opportunity for a Psychiatrist in the beautiful community of Parksville.
In this position you will provide consultation to patients and their families/caregivers, primary care physicians and fellow health care professionals in an outpatient setting. The practice is located in the Oceanside Health Centre, which offers an interdisciplinary team environment comprised of physicians and all allied and community health care providers in one state-of-the art location serving the communities of Parksville and Qualicum Beach. You will be available to your registered outpatients, with coverage as needed. Community services may consist of attachment to community mental health and substance use treatment teams providing rehab support and case management for adults or with consultation and psychiatric clinical services for primary care referrals.
The successful candidate would be joining a collegial psychiatrist group from acute and community settings across the Central Island region including Oceanside, Port Alberni, Ladysmith, and Nanaimo. Psychiatrists are valuable members of a collaborative interdisciplinary team that includes case management clinicians, nursing, occupational therapists, rehab support, social workers and psychologists working together to provide comprehensive psychosocial rehabilitation within a recovery orientated, culturally safe, and trauma informed framework.
Administrative duties of the position, funded by a sessional payment plan, include attending Departmental and multidisciplinary meetings. We provide administrative staff, computer system, integrated EMR, and office space.
Caseload expectation for the community practice is approximately 240-300 clients (ca. 30 per 0.1 FTE), and involves seeing a few new clients every week, managing and discharging community caseload patients, and receiving discharges from ED, hospital inpatient units, and referrals from Oceanside community family physicians.
Full-scope general psychiatric practice would include evaluation and treatment of mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, OCD, PTSD, personality disorders, ADHD, ASD, eating disorders, adjustment disorders, somatic symptom or functional disorders, brain injury, neurological disorders, and psychiatric aspects of medical conditions.
Start Date
As soon as possible
Benefits
Furnished office, computer, telephone and administrative support provided.
May be eligible for additional remuneration in accordance with the Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA), including (subject to change):
- Recruitment Incentive: up to a maximum of $10,000 (pro-rated based on FTE)
- Relocation: up to a maximum of $15,000 (amount based on location relocating from)
- Flat fee: $7,159.68
- Fee Premium: 4.62%
- CME: $3,000/annum year 3-4 and $6,000/annum after 4 years in the community.
<https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner- pro/rrp_points.pdf>[](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner- pro/rrp_points.pdf)
**Community Information **
The friendly and beautiful cities of Parksville and Qualicum, population approximately 48,000, are picturesque scenic seaside communities located on the east side of central Vancouver Island.
With its temperate climate, expansive sandy beach and easy access to a host of recreational activities, Parksville/Qualicum offers an enviable West Coast lifestyle. The major centres of Nanaimo and Victoria are readily accessible via the Island Parkway, and regularly scheduled ferry, air and float plane services from Nanaimo offer easy access to Vancouver.
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has 224 acute care beds and a 24-bed inpatient psychiatry unit. In September 2012 our new Emergency Department opened, which a 4-bed Psychiatric intensive Care Unit (PICU) and busy Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES). It’s catchment includes Oceanside residents from Nanoose Bay to Qualicum Beach.
Job Types
Permanent Specialty
Department
Psychiatry
Facility/Site
Oceanside Health Centre
City
Parksville
Contact
For more information on this and other Psychiatry opportunities please contact:
Christal Lawson, Medical Staff Recruiter
Island Health
Email:
christal.lawson@islandhealth.ca
Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and CV to medstaffrecruitment@islandhealth.ca
Shift/Hours of Work
Full Time
Remuneration
Mixed fee-for-service and sessional billing.
Education, Training and Experience
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) – Desired
- Eligible for licensure with the College of Physician and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC)
- Strong Commitment to collaborative team-based interdisciplinary practice and excellent communication skills are essential
About Island Health
Island Health operates primary care clinics in Anacortes and on Orcas Island, and serves patients across three counties (Skagit, Island and San Juan). Our specialty services are extensive and rapidly adapting to meet the needs of our community. At Island Health, our patients are cared for by dedicated medical professionals who live and work in the community. We are a small but mighty health system, renowned for our holistic approach to patient care where our healthcare professionals treat our patients with compassion and respect. As a 5-star rated Medicare hospital and a top 100 rural hospital in the United States, patients can expect the highest quality of care where they actively participate in their healthcare planning and goal-setting.
Island Health is a Public Hospital District (Skagit County PHD No. 2) governed by a board of five commissioners whose boundaries include Fidalgo, Cypress, Guemes and Sinclair islands.
Island Health provides an innovative and growing environment for our employees to further their careers, and as a 43-bed hospital we provide a range of services and exceptional quality of care typically found in a larger facility including cancer care: physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; sleep wellness; psychiatry and behavioral services; family practice and specialty clinics; and much more.
Located in Anacortes, Washington, a vibrant seaside community focused on wellness, residents enjoy the exceptional quality of life the region offers including excellent schools, abundant recreational activities, and a community for artists.
To experience the culture of Anacortes, please visit: www.anacortes.org.
Island Health is your destination for opportunity and we are always recruiting. Please visit our careers page to learn more about our current positions, www.islandhealth.org/careers.