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Psychiatrist Opportunities (3 Opportunities Available in Beautiful Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)

Three Opportunities Available

1. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Inpatient, Outpatient & Urgent Care

This role provides psychiatric care for children and adolescents across acute and community-based settings.

Practice highlights include:

- 6-bed Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit (CAPU)
- Family & Youth Clinic (outpatient assessment and treatment)
- Child & Adolescent Urgent Care Clinic
- Consultation to the Pediatric Medical Unit
- Opportunities to support:
- Eating Disorders programming
- Dual Diagnosis Community Consultation (in partnership with CMHA and Tri-County Behavioural Services)

The role offers a mix of urgent and scheduled care and can be tailored to specific clinical interests. Strong collaboration with families, schools, community partners, and local First Nations communities is a core feature of this program.

2. General Adult Psychiatrist

Adult Inpatient, Outpatient, Emergency Psychiatry & Consultation-Liaison

This role focuses on the care of adults with moderate to severe mental illness across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Practice highlights include:

- 24-bed Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit
- 3-bed Crisis Response Unit (CRU) located in the Emergency Department, with nursing staff providing 24-hour crisis assessments and monitoring
- Adult Outpatient Program with:
- Rapid Assessment Program (RAP)
- Urgent Care Clinic
- Mood & Anxiety and Complex Trauma streams
- Evidence-based individual and group psychotherapies
- Neurofeedback (psychology-supported)
- Consultation-Liaison services across medical and surgical units
- Neurostimulation program (ECT; rTMS expansion planned)

This is an excellent opportunity for psychiatrists interested in breadth of practice, interdisciplinary care, and program development, with optional teaching involvement.

3. Geriatric Psychiatrist

Outpatient, Outreach & Inpatient Geriatric Care





This role focuses on mental health care for older adults through both hospital-based and regional services.

Practice highlights include:

- Psychiatric Assessment Services for the Elderly (PASE), with community and long-term care outreach to Northumberland, Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes
- Integrated Geriatric Medicine Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison service
- 12-bed Geriatric Assessment Behavioural Unit (GABU)
- Opportunities to co-facilitate CBT Depression & Anxiety groups

This position offers the chance to work within a highly specialized, well-supported psychogeriatric team, addressing complex cognitive, behavioural, and psychiatric needs.

Shared Across All Three Roles

- Strong multidisciplinary teams (nursing, social work, psychology, OT, NP, dietetics, CYWs)
- Teaching opportunities with Queens affiliation
- Flexible role design to match clinical interests
- Remuneration via OHIP fee-for-service, Sessionals, and HOCC
- Support for licensure-eligible international candidates, including work permit assistance

Why Practice in Peterborough?

- 90 minutes from Toronto
- Identified as a stop on the Alto high-speed rail corridor, positioning Peterborough for enhanced connectivity, growth, and improved access to the GTA
- Minutes to lakes, trails, and cottage country
- Short commutes and real community connection
- Home to Trent University and Fleming College
- Vibrant arts, culture, and food scene
- Here, physicians can build long-term practices without sacrificing life outside of work

Interested in One of These Roles? We’d be happy to connect.

Laura Gollohe

Medical Affairs Business Partner

[email protected]

PRHC is an equal opportunity employer and an accessible workplace.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Position Qualifications:





- Fellowship status with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent (e.g., American Board Certification)
- Currently registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or eligible to obtain registration – Evidence of ongoing continued medical education
- Eligible for staff privileges at Peterborough Regional Health Centre
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with physicians, nursing, allied health, patients, directors, managers, and the community as required
- Demonstrated interest in patient safety and quality improvement

Adult Psychiatry Position Qualifications:

- Currently registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or willing to obtain registration
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or eligible
- Solid interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with physicians, nursing, staff, patients, directors, managers, and the community as required
- Demonstrated analytical ability
- Actively encourage a spirit of co-operation amongst team members
- Eligible for staff privileges at Peterborough Regional Health Centre
- Evidence of ongoing continued medical education
- Interested or has experience working with complex developmental trauma and borderline personality disorder

Geriatric Psychiatry Position Qualifications:

- Currently registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or willing to obtain registration
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or eligible
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with physicians, nursing, staff, patients, directors, managers, and the community as required
- Demonstrated analytical ability
- Actively encourage a spirit of co-operation amongst team members
- Eligible for staff privileges at Peterborough Regional Health Centre
- Evidence of ongoing continued medical education

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📌 Psychiatrist Opportunities (3 Opportunities Available in Beautiful Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)
🏢 American Psychiatric Association
📍 Peterborough