Psychiatrist

Northern Health Authority/Mills Memorial Hospital Northern Health is seeking a psychiatrist to join the mental health team in Terrace, BC.  

Working in a community mental health team and in close consultation with family physicians, the psychiatrist will be responsible for: 

  • patient assessments and treatment planning

  • ongoing patient centered consultation

  • education to physicians and interdisciplinary mental health teams to advance effective treatment

  • participating in provision of area-based continuum of psychiatric services including assessment of patients in the regional hospital observation unit.  

Terrace is home to Mills Memorial Hospital, a fully accredited, 44 bed, acute care facility. Patient visits to the busy ER in Terrace are varied and reflects the population and activities in the area. Terrace is serviced by 

  • Regional psychiatry unit

  • Regional dialysis unit

  • Largest cancer clinic in Northwest British Columbia, including a regional breast cancer diagnostics program

  • Regional 5 bed ICU

  • Medical Imaging Unit includes regional Nuclear Medicine

  • CT

  • Echocardiography

  • MRI

  • Digital mammography

  • Stereotactic breast biopsy

  • Regional pathologist services 

Other facilities include Long Term Care, Community Health and Home Care Nursing.  

What is truly unique about the Terrace community is the exceptional specialist support, including: 

  • General Surgery

  • Internal Medicine

  • Anesthesiology

  • Gynecology

  • Urology

  • Otolaryngology

  • Radiology

  • Psychiatry

  • Ophthalmology

  • GP Oncology, GP Obstetrics (with C-Section Capabilities)

  • Pediatrics

  • Visiting neurology, oncology, and rheumatology  

$20,000 Sign-On Bonus and $15,000 Relocation Assistance is Available!  Compensation Estimate: $300,000-$400,000 Annually

Mills Memorial Hospital

4720 Haugland Avenue

Terrace, British Columbia

V8G 2W7 Canada

In order to be eligible for licensure in BC, your postgraduate training must meet the requirements of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Post graduate training must be obtained from an accredited and approved training program in a jurisdiction sanctioned by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Please refer to the attached PDF for a listing of those countries: http://www.royalcollege.ca/portal/page/portal/rc/common/documents/credentials/jurisdictions_e.html

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