Are you interested in a new pace of life on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, Canada? If you hold an American Board of Psychiatry diploma, you may be eligible for licensure with the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Island Health is seeking Child and Adolescent Services Psychiatrists for rural and urban communities on Vancouver Island. Find your perfect place for your career, family and future. Learn how we can support your family's move to Canada!

The Role

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry opportunities are currently available in both Nanaimo and Duncan on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Participation in the psychiatry on-call group is a requirement of Island Health Psychiatry services. Psychiatrists with Island Health work in a variety of settings including, in-patient services at tertiary facilities and hospitals, and out-patient services at Mental Health Substance Use programs and community out-patient centers.

The Island Health Psychiatry Department is strongly committed to undergraduate and postgraduate education. Clinical faculty appointments are available for all Psychiatrists through a joint application to the University of Victoria Island Medical Program and University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Opportunities exist to teach Medical Students, Family Practice and Psychiatry Residents.

Administrative duties of psychiatry positions include attending clinical team meetings and providing reports to the Department of Psychiatry meetings.

Sponsored site visits/interviews as well as relocation assistance to successful candidates may be available.

Benefits

Additional benefits may be available to successful candidates as per the Ministry of Health’s Rural Recruitment Contingency Fund in eligible communities. *Dependent on rural location. Benefits include recruitment incentive, relocation costs reimbursement, fee premium, annual flat fee and annual rural CME. 

• Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia/USA certified class
• FRCPC or FRCPC eligible
• Experience in collaborative, multidisciplinary, community care preferred.

About Island Health

Island Health is one of British Columbia’s five regional health authorities and the largest employer on Vancouver Island. We provide a comprehensive range of progressive health services to the 85,000 residents of Vancouver Island and adjacent coastal communities. As the Island’s Health Authority, we work collaboratively with Vancouver Island clinics, Divisions of Family Practice, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC), and Health Match BC; wherein we provide support for the licensing and immigration processes. Providing excellent health and care to everyone, everywhere, every time. Home to British Columbia’s historic capital, ancient rainforests, and carefree surf towns, our sprawling island is dotted with eclectic communities begging to be explored. The Island stretches for 460 kilometres, from the ornate colonial capital of Victoria in the south to Cape Scott’s windswept beaches and rocky headlands at its northern tip. Along with the Gulf Islands, this rugged paradise combines old-growth forests, snow-capped mountains, and untamed shorelines to create one of the planet’s most diverse ecosystems. Experience world-class whale watching, birding, and fishing, or... just let your worries drift away in the waves of the Pacific. Simply a great place to live, play and work, practicing medicine on Vancouver Island will meet and exceed your professional and lifestyle goals.

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