Position Description:
The NBRHC Service of Forensic Psychiatry is seeking a Psychiatrist to join our dedicated team providing compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care to adults with serious mental illness who have been found Unfit to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible.

Our program offers a unique opportunity to participate in court assessments and to provide patient care within an interprofessional, collaborative team environment. The service includes:

• An assessment and stabilization unit
• Rehabilitation and specialized transition-to-community units
• A specialized treatment unit for women
• Community outreach services

As an affiliated academic teaching center with NOSM University, we welcome candidates with an interest in medical education. The preferred candidate will contribute to the teaching and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate medical learners.

The successful applicant will also participate in the Department of Psychiatry hospital on-call rotation and provide consult-liaison services to the organization’s medical units.

Organization & Community Info:
North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) is a unique health care organization with three primary roles: providing acute care services to North Bay and its surrounding communities, functioning as the district referral center providing specialist services for smaller communities in the area, and it is the specialized mental health service provider serving all of northeast Ontario.

NBRHC is a 480 bed hospital with acute care services including a 24/7 emergency department, 8 theatre OR, 13 bed PACU, endoscopy suite, ophthalmology suite, labour & delivery suite and a 16 bed CCU.

North Bay is located 3.5 hours north of Toronto, just down the four-lane highway from the Muskokas, and 3.5 hours west of Ottawa. With a population of 54,000 within a regional catchment area serving 557,000, it is a safe and welcoming community that offers a healthy and balanced environment for working, living and raising a family. North Bay is situated on the banks of two large lakes and boasts beautiful scenery and four distinct seasons. Whatever your interests are, you will have access to numerous activities and amenities within minutes of home – reclaim your work-life balance and join us!

For further information about North Bay Regional Health Centre, please visit NorthBayDocs.ca or www.nbrhc.on.ca

To view beautiful North Bay and our lifestyle please visit www.northbay.ca or tourismnorthbay.com

Qualifications:
Applicants require certification in Forensic Psychiatry by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and must be independently licensed to practice Psychiatry in Ontario by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).

NBRHC also welcomes interest from fellows in their final year of specialty training.

Remuneration:
This position will be remunerated with a competitive monthly clinical stipend with opportunities for additional OHIP billing income, Northern Specialist APP, Hospital On-Call Compensation (HOCC) stipends and teaching stipends.

The hospital has a competitive physician recruitment incentive package which includes a $25,000 recruitment stipend, $25,000 practice start-up grant, assistance with relocation expenses and up to $94,000 through the Northern Rural Recruitment & Retention Initiative (NRRRI).

To Apply:
Interested candidates should contact Chastity Saudino, Manager of Medical Affairs, with an expression of interest and their CV at physicianrecruitment@nbrhc.on.ca