Psychiatrist PES FMC
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- Psychiatry
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- MED0004FI Requisition #
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- 1 day ago Post Date
Mental Health, Recovery Alberta is inviting applications for an Adult Psychiatrist to join PES Foothills Medical Centre backup team.
Psychiatrist to work in Psychiatry Emergency Services at Foothills Medical Centre to provide back-up coverage to the CORE staff group. Shifts available will either be weekday mornings 8h00-12h00, or weekday afternoons 12h00-16h00, or weekend days/holidays 8h00-16h00. Successful applicants will be part of our back-up coverage group and get priority notifications to sign-up for shifts.
Job Expectations:
- Psychiatric Assessments for patients waiting for a unit bed in emergency department (ED) for a unit bed
- Psychiatric Assessment for patients newly referred to PES by the ED physician
- Participation in handover meetings at 8:00 am and 4:00 pm (by conference call or in person)
- Providing advice to FMC ED physicians and PES staff nursing where required
- Coordinating care and transferring patients to their assigned units and sites
- Responding to calls/pages where needed
- Providing teaching opportunities to resident physicians in Psychiatry, clinical clerks, Family Medicine, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, and other specialties as a part of affiliation with University of Calgary Cummings School of Medicine
Qualifications:
The candidate must be eligible for Licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
Must read, write, and speak English.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and Permanent Residents will be given priority.
Only suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.