Staff Physician – Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children

Healthier Children. A Better World.

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is a world renowned state-of-the-art paediatric health care facility affiliated with the University of Toronto. The hospital is committed to ongoing learning and development and features a caring and supportive work environment.

The Department of Psychiatry is comprised of approximately 17 full-time psychiatrists and other inter-professional clinicians providing care to children and youth with a wide range of mental health challenges, especially to those with medical comorbidities.

Staff Physician – Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children

Responsibilities include full clinical psychiatry practice, research, education, and administrative responsibilities as required by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Evidence of excellence in teaching, creative professional activity or research is required. The preferred candidate will have extensive experience in the evidence-based clinical care of various child and youth mental health conditions (e.g., ADHD, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, medical psychiatry and eating disorders).

The successful candidate will provide effective and collaborative leadership at the hospital, and eventually at the provincial, national and international levels. The candidate must be eligible for appointment at the University of Toronto and be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and licensure with The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Compensation will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Life, Group Insurance, and Pension.

Please submit applications and curriculum vitae to: Dr. Peter Szatmari, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8. E-mail: peter.szatmari@utoronto.ca

For more information about the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, please visit our home page at http://psychiatry.utoronto.ca