Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to provide intermittent locum coverage throughout the 2023.
TBRHSC is a state of the art, 395 funded bed acute care facility that services the people of Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario, covering a region of 250,000 residents that are scattered over a geographical area the size of France. TBRHSC is the Regional Trauma Centre and Cancer Referral Centre for all of Northwestern Ontario. For more information please visit http://www.tbh.net.
Our Hospital is the Schedule 1 facility for the district of Thunder Bay. We operate a 30 bed Acute Mental Health Care Inpatient Unit, with 6 Psychiatric Intensive Care Beds, a 20 bed Forensic Psychiatry Unit, an 8 bed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit, an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) ambulatory mental health team, and short-term bridging ambulatory mental health care. We provide Consultation Liaison mental health service throughout the Hospital and are developing a new Mental Health Emergency Service and Stabilization Unit to better meet the needs of our busy Emergency Department.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit is designed to meet the needs of youth with mental health issues that require emergency care. The Unit provides a safe and therapeutic environment for youth, offering an assessment, stabilization, and brief treatment. Admissions to the unit are through the Emergency Department at the Health Sciences Centre or a regional hospital for those living outside of Thunder Bay.
Inpatient services are delivered by a multi-discipline team which includes physicians, psychological associates, social workers, nurses, and child and youth workers. This team works with youth to help stabilize behaviours, and improve coping and problem solving skills. An important part of the process is developing a safety plan which all youth complete, sharing the information with parents. Admissions are typically three to five days in length.