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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Truro (one year Maternity Leave)

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Company Description

Job Description

Mental Health & Addictions services at Colchester East Hants Health Centre (CEHHC) is seeking a full time Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join their team for a one-year term position. This group provides inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction care to the catchment area of people living in Colchester, East Hants, Cumberland and Pictou Counties through a wide range of mental health and addiction services.

CEHHC is approximately one hour from the region's tertiary care pediatric facility, the IWK Health Centre, which provides neonatal support. CEHHC is approximately a 125-bed facility with physicians practicing in a variety of medical specialties and sub-specialties.  The physician team are a collegial, and supportive group, further supported by excellent nursing staff. There is also a Mental Health Inpatient Unit (the only one in the Northern Zone).

Psychiatrists are joined by colleagues in:

Services:
addiction services
ambulatory care
anesthesiology
cancer and supportive care
cardio respiratory
chronic pain services
diabetes education services
diagnostic imaging
dialysis unit
dietary and nutrition services
emergency medicine
hearing and speech
inpatient psychiatric unit
intensive care unit
laboratory services
medical units
mental health outpatient services
nutrition and diabetic counselling
obstetrics
palliative care
pharmacy
public health
rehabilitation services – inpatient and outpatient
respiratory therapy
spiritual care services
surgical unit
urology service
volunteer services
women and children’s unit/services
wound care services

 

Qualifications

  • provide direct clinical outpatient care
  • provide emergency medicine services in conjunction with our cisis team
  • full-time, part-time
  • 37.5 hours per week
  • 46 weeks per year
  • four weeks vacation
  • two weeks Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Additional Information

Community Details:

Truro is home to more than 12,000 residents and a thriving business community. Residents of Truro enjoy active living. They often boast about Victoria Park, a natural 400 acre woodland park in the centre of town, and their state-of-the art recreation centre (Rath Eastlink Community Centre) that offers an NHL sized arena, a competition-sized (25m) swimming pool, a water slide, a fitness centre, and a rock climbing wall. Truro is known for its excellent education offerings for students of all ages in English and French, particularly its high school level arts programs and extra-curricular performances. Truro is home to a campus of Nova Scotia Community College, The Institute of Human Services Education, and the Agricultural Campus of Dalhousie University. Truro is conveniently located less than one hour's commute to Halifax and 30 minutes to the Halifax International Airport.


Locally-crafted wine? Winter adventures? Fresh lobster? This beautiful part of the province has something for everyone. It's as diverse in landscape as it is in recreational opportunities. Spanning from the warm water beaches of the Northumberland Straight to the surreally stunning Bay of Fundy, the region features vibrant towns, the province’s best downhill skiing, festivals and events galore, and a terroir ideal for the production of wine.

 

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.  

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.