Psychiatrist, Addictions & Mental Health

Exciting Opportunity:

Renascent, one of Ontario’s leading addiction treatment providers, is building its medical and concurrent mental health team, and has an opening for a Psychiatrist. Part-time opportunity.

For the successful candidate, the opportunity will provide a rich clinical team environment, bringing psychiatry, addiction medicine, and best practice clinical approaches together within an accredited treatment program. As a client-centred program, there is a breadth of career opportunities including delivery of psychiatric services within the residential program, delivery of educational and psychotherapy sessions, and assessment and consultations throughout the care continuum, from the assessment phase through to follow-up outpatient care.

About Renascent:

Renascent is one of Ontario’s leading Addiction Treatment Providers, and one of the largest residential facilities in the province with over 90 beds. Accredited by the Canadian Centre for Accreditation, Renascent has nearly 50 years of experience, and collaborates broadly with hospitals, universities, primary care and the community health sector. Renascent uses a client-centred, evidence-based approach in care delivery, integrating medical and clinical best practices with 12 step facilitation within an abstinence-based framework. Renascent’s treatment program is trauma-informed and facilitates concurrent treatment of mental health and addictions.

Role & Responsibilities:

As a psychiatrist working within the Renascent treatment program, your role will be to work individually with patients, providing psychiatric assessments, consultations and care to Renascent clients, including determination and provision of pharmacologic treatments. Responsibilities also include communication and collaboration with addiction medicine physicians and a strong clinical team. In addition to providing psychiatric care to clients admitted to Renascent’s programs, the role may also include clinical assessments prior to admission and outpatient follow-up care after residential treatment. Within Renascent’s residential treatment program, there are also opportunities for delivery of educational and psychotherapy sessions with clients, as well as providing staff clinical education.

Qualifications:

•  Membership with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario the Canadian Medical Protective Association
• FRCPC Psychiatry
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in addiction treatment and medical practice. 
• Strong communication abilities and team-oriented

Are you a fit?

If this sounds like you, submit a covering letter and resume to: saustin@renascent.ca.

Renascent would like to thank all candidates for their interest in the role. We are committed to accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity.