Lecturer/ Assistant/ Associate/ Professor - Academic Psychiatrist, Geriatric Mental Health

Date Posted: 12/06/2024
Closing Date: 01/10/2025, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 41025
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Department of Psychiatry of The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), are seeking to recruit a Psychiatrist – Adult Neurodevelopment & Geriatric Psychiatry Division, to provide care and psychiatric consultation to geriatric patients over the age of 50. The successful candidate must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant, Associate, or full Professor at the University of Toronto. Effective start date is July 1, 2025 or shortly thereafter.

Duties include psychiatric consultation and follow up of outpatients, teaching and supervision of medical students and psychiatry residents, and participation in research and other academic activities. Extensive prior experience with an older adult population care is required. Additional duties and opportunities include outreach work to transitional care, long term care, and/or other community settings, and consultation-liaison for geriatric inpatients admitted to non-geriatric units of the hospital.   Expertise in treating comorbid substance use disorders in the geriatric population is an asset for this position.

The successful applicant must hold an MD degree, must be Board certified or Board Eligible in Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Specialty, and must be eligible for medical licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The position requires an individual who has additional training or equivalent experience as well as a record of excellence in scholarship. The successful candidate will have a strong record of relevant research accomplishment.

Remuneration is in accordance with the compensation of a psychiatrist in the province of Ontario. Estimated remuneration will be in the range of $250,000 - $300,000 per annum, commensurate with academic rank, qualifications and experience. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by January 10, 2025. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Should you be interested in this opportunity, please forward a one-page statement of interest, curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of three referees via email to:

Dr. Eric Brown

Chief of Adult Neurodevelopment & Geriatric Psychiatry

80 Workman Way

Toronto, ON M6J 1H4

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Tel: 416-535-8501, ext 32338

e-mail: eric.brown@camh.ca

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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.