Psychiatrist - Virtual Psychiatry Unit

Role Overview

Fraser Health has adopted virtual strategies to improve patient care, and this role offers fully remote clinical psychiatric services. The Virtual Psychiatry Unit pioneers acute Mental Health and Substance Use treatment across the Fraser Health Region, delivering care through team-based, inter-professional collaboration. The care is provided to patients in their homes via virtual platforms.

Key Responsibilities

As a qualified or eligible psychiatrist, you will provide expert care to adult patients within Fraser Health as part of an interdisciplinary team. Duties include consulting through the Virtual Psychiatry Unit, supporting patients virtually, and occasionally attending in-person team meetings. The role involves assessment, outpatient treatment, consultations, facilitating family meetings, organizing case conferences, discharge planning, and educating psychiatry residents and medical students.

Collaboration and Advocacy

You will ensure continuous care by building strong collaborative relationships with all healthcare providers involved and advocating for the psychiatric needs of individual patients.

Additional Information

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) has recently updated eligibility bylaws to create new opportunities for International Medical Graduates to practice in BC, supporting career development within Fraser Health.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health serves over two million residents in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, located on traditional territories of Indigenous communities in the Fraser Salish region. The organization employs more than 48,000 staff, medical staff, and volunteers. Fraser Health prioritizes diversity, inclusion, cultural safety, planetary health, and respectful working environments.

Terms

The compensation offers a combination structure, with further info available upon request.