RECOVERY ALBERTA: Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Summit

This position is part of Recovery Alberta, supporting our ongoing efforts to enhance healthcare services across the province.

Mental Health, Recovery Alberta seeking a child psychiatrist to support the Intensive Community Treatment Service  and Walk In Service at The Summit - Marian & Jim Sinneave Centre for Youth Resilience. This position would entail an approximate 0.4 FTE time commitment supporting both services as described below.

ICTS Program:

Intensive Community Treatment Services is a step-up intensive community-based treatment program for children and youth experiencing or are at risk of a mental health crisis or hospitalization and their family. This service aims to prevent a hospital admission.

Intensive Community Treatment Services (ICTS) is designed to provide appointment based intensive individual, family, and group therapies for 1-4 hours daily for a period 4-6 weeks and does not have a school-based component. An individualized treatment plan will be developed based on the unique needs and goals that may include assessment, treatment and medication management as needed.

Psychiatrists are expected to attend 2-hour weekly Kardex rounds to review patients with the multi-disciplinary team, including psychology, psychometry, dietician, pharmacist, occupational therapist and family counselor. Psychiatrists typically complete an admission consultation, follow-up during the 6 weeks to support diagnostic clarification, medication management and therapy strategies. They will complete a discharge summary to send to family physician and other community providers. They are also expected to provide general support and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary team.

Walk-In Service:

Youth and their families can present to the Summit for crisis counseling or support. If deemed appropriate, psychiatry can complete one-time consultation to support with diagnostic clarification, service navigation and medication management which will be sent to community providers. Psychiatry will review previous documentation and psychometry to support with diagnostic formulation. A nurse will room the patient to check vital signs and discuss case with psychiatry.

Time commitment would be approximately 1.5 days per week for ICTS and 0.5-1 day per week providing walk-in consultations commensurate with demand depending on time of year.

Providing call coverage approximately once per month

We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, across the Calgary Zone.  We are an equal opportunity employer. Recovery Alberta values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.