Horizon Health Network, Saint John Area, is actively seeking a permanent, full-time salaried Child and Youth Psychiatrist. The physician shall provide support to clients the Child and Youth community-based teams and support to children and youth admitted to the Saint John Regional Hospital. We work within an Integrated Service Delivery Framework in collaboration with our community partners and Government Departments (Education, Department of Social Development, and Justice and Public Safety). The successful candidate will work closely with the Area Manager to ensure quality of service delivery within a multidisciplinary team. This would include helping to review and develop treatment protocols and programming that would best support individuals and families.
Teaching of medical students, psychiatry residents and family medicine residents is an integral part of this position as we are an Academic Department. The successful candidate should ideally have experience teaching in an academic setting and would be required to apply for a clinical academic appointment from the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, Halifax and Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador as both faculties of medicine have medical learners training in Saint John.

JOB DUTIES:

These responsibilities are basic. Additional duties may be assigned from time to time as may be necessary to the operation of Horizon Health Network:
• Ensure adequate coverage for your patients during time of absence.
• Participating in the after-hours on-call schedule.
• Coverage for other physicians when they are on leave or vacation.
• Participate in medical practice that is compatible with the Health Authority’s mission, values, and strategic directions.