The successful candidate will work with the Island Health Child and Adolescent Virtual clinic which provides assessment, management and follow up as needed to children and youth with mental health and substance use issues island wide. The concerns of the patients may include but are not limited to anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar illness, psychosis, substance use, developmental disabilities, eating disorders, ADHD, behaviour disorders, and family conflict. The patients referred will be between the ages of 6-18. Clinical services may include one time only consultations or there may be consultation with time limited ongoing care including pharmacotherapy. The applicant will be expected to work collaboratively with the child’s local care team and physicians. Care will be in a shared model such that the child psychiatrist will not hold sole responsibility to care for these remote patients.

The telepsychiatry platform is BC Virtual Visit.

The applicant will be exp...