Sun Life Chair in Youth Mental Health

Job title:

Solar Life Chair in Youth Psychological Well being

Firm

Dalhousie College

Job description

The Division of Psychiatry, Dalhousie College and IWK Well being are accepting functions for a tenure-stream place because the Solar Life Chair in Youth Psychological Well being.The profitable applicant will lead the event of a medical analysis program which is able to additional develop progressive, evidence-based interventions in youth psychological well being and psychological sickness. It’s anticipated the Chair will work collaboratively with different analysis teams, regionally, nationally, and internationally in addition to inside Dalhousie College and the IWK Well being Centre.The profitable candidate for this Chair shall be a gifted and energetic chief with an MD and/or PhD and a very good, established file of analysis accomplishments associated to youth psychological well being. The profitable applicant will reveal the power to develop and direct an internationally acknowledged analysis program in psychological sickness/psychological well being, emphasizing the potential for translation and utility to medical follow. Candidates shall be collaborative and dedicated to the event of a technique for youth psychological well being analysis, medical practices and group outreach within the area and past. A demonstrated capability to draw exterior funding and maintain a powerful analysis program is important.The Chair place gives a mix of wage, analysis funding and infrastructure help, and the incumbent shall be anticipated to compete efficiently in regional, nationwide and worldwide funding competitions to additional improve the productiveness of their analysis program. The flexibility to meet roles as a frontrunner, mentor, collaborator and facilitator is a crucial asset. Proof of excellent collaborative, interdisciplinary analysis achievements, each nationally and internationally, are valued attributes. Expertise in medical analysis working with various and equity-deserving populations is very advisable for this Chair place.The IWK Psychological Well being and Addictions Program gives a full vary of psychological well being and psychiatric therapies for youngsters and adolescents up till their nineteenth birthday, inside a affected person and family-centered context, with 50,000 visits per 12 months supplied by over 450 inter-professional employees and 17 Youngster and Adolescent Psychiatrists. Psychiatric providers are built-in inside the program which incorporates group clinics, specialty clinics, intensive providers, dependancy providers, forensic providers, emergency psychiatric providers and an acute psychiatry inpatient unit. The precise care clinics present session providers associated to their specialty areas to little one and adolescent psychiatrists inside the Maritime Provinces. The IWK inpatient psychiatric unit is a provincial little one and adolescent unit for acute extreme psychiatric sickness requiring inpatient psychiatric care. The IWK Psychological Well being and Addictions Program has a powerful steady enchancment course of that facilitates real-time, data-informed decision-making with the goal of enhancing patient-centered outcomes, entry to top quality care, and employees expertise.The Dalhousie College Division of Psychiatry is dwelling to 6 tutorial chairs: The Killam Chair in Temper Problems, the Solar Life Chair in Youth Psychological Well being, the Dr. Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Problems, and three Canada Analysis Chairs (CRCs) within the following areas: Early Intervention; Addictions and Psychological Well being; and Developmental Psychopathology and Youth Psychological Well being. The IWK Well being Centre undertakes vital analysis into issues and illnesses affecting ladies, kids, youth and households and is dwelling to 2 of those CRCs, in addition to the Sobey Household Chair in Youngster & Adolescent Psychological Well being Outcomes (Division of Group Well being and Epidemiology).The Chair experiences to the IWK Chief of Psychiatry and Head of the Division of Psychiatry. Working carefully with the School of Drugs, the IWK Well being Centre, and psychological well being researchers and clinicians, the Chair will:· Develop and lead a medical analysis program in youth psychological well being with enter from the Head, Dalhousie College Division of Psychiatry; Affiliate Dean of Analysis, School of Drugs; Head, Division of Youngster and Adolescent Psychiatry, the IWK Psychological Well being and Addictions Program; and VP Analysis, IWK Well being Centre.· Develop and lead a medical analysis program in youth psychological well being with enter from the Head, Dalhousie College Division of Psychiatry; Affiliate Dean of Analysis, School of Drugs; Head, Division of Youngster and Adolescent Psychiatry, the IWK Psychological Well being and Addictions Program; VP Analysis, IWK Well being Centre, Affiliate; and the Chair, Advisory Board of the Solar Life Chair in Youth Psychological Well being (as soon as established).· Conduct impartial externally funded analysis in features of youth psychological well being which might be in line with the strategic plan/targets of the Division of Psychiatry, Dalhousie School of Drugs and IWK Psychological Well being and Addictions Program.· Take part in medical actions in keeping with the analysis packages with medical reporting relationships inside IWK Well being, and the expectation of 25% medical and 75% analysis time allocation (if the chair is a clinician/doctor).· Along with different leaders in analysis, develop a coaching program directed towards producing impartial researchers in youth psychological well being.The profitable candidate shall be appointed to a five-year restricted time period appointment because the Solar Life Chair in Youth Psychological Well being and to a tenure-track or tenured tutorial appointment on the rank of Affiliate or full Professor (commensurate with {qualifications}) within the Division of Psychiatry at Dalhousie College. The Chair appointment is renewable and topic to a profitable evaluate previous to the top of every five-year time period.Overview of functions will start March 1, 2024 and proceed till place is stuffed. All functions are to be submitted through PeopleAdmin: .All certified candidates are inspired to use; nevertheless Canadians and everlasting residents shall be given precedence.Dalhousie College commits to attaining inclusive excellence by frequently championing fairness, range, inclusion, and accessibility. The college encourages functions from Indigenous individuals (particularly Mi’kmaq), individuals of Black/African descent (particularly African Nova Scotians), and members of different racialized teams, individuals with disabilities, ladies, and individuals figuring out as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the variety of our group. For extra data, please go to .If you happen to require any help for the aim of lodging, corresponding to technical aids or various preparations, please tell us of those wants and the way we could be of help. Dalhousie College is dedicated to making sure all candidates have full, truthful, and equitable participation within the hiring course of. Our full Lodging Coverage could be considered .Posting Element DataOpen Date
Shut Date 03/01/2024
Open Till Stuffed Sure
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Location

Halifax, NS

Job date

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:27:55 GMT

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