Assoc Professor/ Professor - UHN Centre for Mental Health and Program Medical Director UHN-CAMH

Date Posted: 08/15/2024
Closing Date: 09/30/2024, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 39318
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Applications are invited for the position of Department Head, UHN Centre for Mental Health and Program Medical Director UHN- CAMH Partnership. This position is accountable for building and sustaining a strong foundation that supports the delivery of high-quality patient care, education and research in the area of Mental Health. The Department Head /PMD will be the catalyst for advancing all aspects of our culture of quality and safety at UHN, creating highly reliable systems, with a focus on exceptional experiences and continuous improvement and for advancing the new UHN-CAMH partnership.  The anticipated start date is January 1, 2025.

We seek an accomplished academic psychiatrist with demonstrated success leading in a complex academic health sciences centre. Supporting our vision of ‘A Healthier World’, you are committed to advancing clinical care, research and education in mental health at a very high international standard, commensurate with UHN and CAMH’s ranking and reputation as global leaders. This position anticipates a full-time academic appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada’s highest ranking university. As the successful candidate, you must possess MD and FRCPC or equivalent qualifications, and have, or be eligible for, licensure in Ontario.

The Department Head, UHN Centre for Mental Health and Program Medical Director UHN-CAMH Partnership role will play a key strategic and operational leadership role in advancing mental health care at UHN and increasing collaborative clinical and academic initiatives with CAMH. This joint leadership role is funded to support 2 days at UHN and 1 day at CAMH, reporting for UHN matters to the UHN Chief Medical Officer and in regard to the partnership, jointly to the CMOs at UHN and CAMH. It is anticipated that the incumbent will practice clinically approximately two days per week and will participate in the UHN Psychiatry Practice plan.

Responsibilities at UHN
The Department Head is responsible for all aspects of patient care, teaching and research in the UHN Centre for Mental Health Program. You will work within UHN's Program Matrix model, providing leadership in concert with a Clinical Vice President, as well as other Program Medical Directors and Clinical Directors. You will have primary responsibility for, quality and safety in the Centre for Mental Health and dyadic responsibility with the Clinical Vice-President/Clinical Director for Finances and clinical operations.

Responsibilities at CAMH
As the Program Medical Director for UHN-CAMH Partnership, you will attend the CAMH Clinical Executive and be responsible for leading integration efforts related to clinical care, education and research in mental health across CAMH and UHN. You will work with CAMH senior leadership including Clinical Vice-Presidents, Division Chiefs, Medical Directors to advance the partnership and the provision of high quality, integrate care for patients and families at in both the UHN and CAMH environments.

University Health Network is Canada’s leading Academic Health Sciences Center, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Located in downtown Toronto, University Health Network has four clinical sites – Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, as well as its own integrated Health Sciences School – the Michener Institute of Education at UHN and seven Research Institutes. UHN has extensive primary and community care services and provides secondary through quaternary care for Toronto, southern Ontario and beyond. University Health Network hosts annually approximately 1,183,968 ambulatory visits, and cares for over 42,260 inpatients in more than 1250 beds.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan America Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. With a dedicated staff of more than 4,000 physicians, clinicians, researchers, educators and support staff, CAMH offers outstanding clinical care to more than 37,000 patients each year and over 118 inpatient and outpatient clinical programs. The organization conducts ground-breaking research through its 11 research centres and provides expert training to over 13,000 health care professionals and scientists. In addition, CAMH delivers education programs to over 40,000 healthcare professionals each year and advocates on public policy issues at all levels of government.

If you’d like to be considered for this position please e-mail your curriculum vitae,
by September 30, 2024 to Dr. Brian Hodges, EVP Education & Chief Medical Officer, University Health Network at brian.hodges@uhn.ca.

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