Full Time Psychiatrist – Woodstock Hospital, ON

Woodstock Hospital is a full service 178 bed Community Hospital and Schedule 1 facility. We are located at 310 Juliana Drive, Woodstock, ON N4V 0A4. Our Inpatient Mental Health Unit has 19 adult care beds. Woodstock Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient/outpatient psychiatric services to residents in Oxford County, total catchment population of over 135,000, which include Tillsonburg, Ingersoll and surrounding area.

We are currently seeking two (2) Full-Time Psychiatrists to join our Department of Psychiatry, including Family Physicians, skilled Nurses and Social Workers who assess, diagnose and develop a treatment plan with clients.
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Job Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Psychiatrist, you will strive to ensure that each patient has a caring and compassionate experience. As a Schedule 1 psychiatric facility, our Mental Health Department promotes seeking help through a variety of programs and services, free of stigma. We treat our clients with dignity and respect, and ensure we promote an inclusive and open environment. More specifically, you will be responsible for providing psychiatric consultations, evaluations, treatment planning, and medication management services through our following programs:

• Inpatient Mental Health: Inpatient Mental Health is a 16-bed program with three Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) beds. The inpatient care team provide observation, care and treatment to persons experiencing moderate to severe mental health symptoms. Our team works with patients and their families or caregivers to develop individualized care plans to stabilize symptoms.
• Medical Social Work Program: The Medical Social Work Program is designed to support people admitted to an inpatient unit or connected to an ambulatory care service within Woodstock Hospital. Our social workers collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure quality care is provided during the person’s admission, and we help facilitate transitional discharge plans.
• Crisis Response: Our crisis team provides three core crisis services: emergency room crisis response, brief crisis follow-up, and consultation liaison. Crisis response includes a mental health crisis assessment and brief follow-up intervention. Post crisis follow-up is organized with healthcare professionals and community supports, as needed. Consultation liaison services are available for patients who are already admitted, and are experiencing psychiatric crises within Woodstock Hospital.
• Talk-In Counselling: Talk-In Counselling is a drop-in program designed to support residents of Oxford County or patients affiliated with an Oxford County physician, who are experiencing mental health issues or concerns. A single session therapy approach addresses the immediate problem that is identified by the person seeking support. This program is offered through a collaborative partnership with other community agencies.
• Outpatient Psychiatric Care: Psychiatric care is available to children, youth and adults who may require an assessment for diagnostic and/or treatment recommendations. All referrals to outpatient psychiatry require a Physician’s referral.
• Therapy: Individual and group therapy sessions promote stabilization and provide necessary ongoing care, treatment and transition to people experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues or concerns. Individual therapy services are available for people of any age. For group therapy, you must be 18+. Individual and group therapy sessions are available to individuals who have attended our Talk-In Counselling AND completed our Brief Therapy Program. It is also available to individuals who are currently being treated by our Outpatient Psychiatry Team.
• Med Clinic: The Medication Clinic is an outpatient mental health program available to people who require regularly scheduled appointments with a registered nurse for the administration of a prescribed intramuscular antipsychotic medication. Metabolic monitoring and management of potential medication related side effects are monitored by the nurse during scheduled appointments. People involved with Medication Clinic must be followed by a Woodstock Hospital consulting Psychiatrist or a Physician with Woodstock Hospital privileges.
• Eating Disorders: The Outpatient Eating Disorder Program is a satellite outreach program funded and modeled after London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) Child & Adolescent and Adult Eating Disorders programs. The program provides evidence-based, short-term treatment options including: Family Based Treatment (FBT) for adolescents and, Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E) for adults (18+ years).
• Prevention & Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP): This program is part of the Early Psychosis Intervention Ontario Network (EPION). PEPP is for people between ages 14 and 35 who are experiencing symptoms of a psychotic disorder and have not received treatment for psychosis or have had 6 months or less of treatment for psychosis. Outside the 14 to 35 age range, clients will be assessed on an individual basis and the program will either provide treatment or refer the client to another more appropriate service. Key components of the PEPP program includes: access and early identification, comprehensive assessment, treatment, psychosocial support, as well as, family education and support.
• Behaviour Supports Ontario (BSO): BSO is a program designed to support older persons (primarily 65+ year old) living in the community with cognitive impairments due to mental health issues, addictions, dementia and other neurological conditions that can often cause responsive behaviours. Responsive behaviours may include aggression, wandering, physical aggression and at times wandering without specific purpose, most often related to the older person’s condition of cognitive decline.
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Skills & Qualifications:

If you possess the following skills and qualifications, you will be a great fit as a Psychiatrist. Notably, you have:

• Inpatient and/or Outpatient psychiatric care experience.
• Drug and/or alcohol psychiatric care experience.
• Child and adolescent psychiatric care experience.
• Adult psychiatric care experience.
• Senior psychiatric care experience.
• Early intervention for psychosis psychiatric care experience.
• Certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and eligible for licensure in Ontario.
• Effective English communication skills.
• Effective organizational skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A team player, able to interact effectively with patients, colleagues, staff and management, and function well in a high volume environment with a commitment to provision of high quality patient and family centered care.
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Wages:

Wages as a Psychiatrist are Fee for service pursuant to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan Schedule of Benefits and Fees
(https://www.ontario.ca/files/2026-03/moh-schedule-benefit-2026-03-27.pdf)
for 37.5 hours per week. Psychiatrists are entitled to 4 weeks’ vacation.
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How to Apply:

If you possess the skills above, please apply by email at hscherer@woodstockhospital.ca