Psychiatrist

Are you a compassionate psychiatrist who is passionate about caring for people with complex mental health and social needs? Do you enjoy working as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team? Ready to make a meaningful impact in your community? If so, we invite you to apply and join The Alex.

What We Do

Since 1973, The Alex has been a community-based, not-for-profit organization providing integrated primary health care, community support services, and housing-focused programs to individuals and families who experience barriers to accessing traditional health, housing, and social service systems. Services are grounded in principles of health equity, low-barrier access, trauma-informed practice, cultural safety, harm reduction, and person-centered care.

The Community Health Clinic provides team-based primary health care and integrated social supports for individuals and families of all ages experiencing barriers to accessing traditional services, with a focus on comprehensive wraparound care that addresses medical, mental health, and social needs.

Psychiatrists at The Alex Community Health Clinic provide appointment-based psychiatric services in a non-judgmental, holistic, and opportunistic manner. Working alongside interdisciplinary team members and primary care physicians, psychiatrists provide consultative psychiatric care with a trauma-informed and harm reduction perspective.

This is a part-time position.

What You Will Do

• Consultative outpatient psychiatry practice for individuals referred from primary care providers at The Alex Community Health Clinic.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with family physicians, nurses, mental health clinicians, social workers, client resource specialists, pharmacy, etc.
• Facilitate and support team members to work to full scope of practice.
• Complete Mental Health Act forms when appropriate.
• Respond to acute concerns as appropriate for a psychiatrist in an outpatient setting.
• Support The Alex in quality improvement, quality assurance, and evaluation initiatives, as appropriate, to advance the organization’s theory of change and clinical practice.
• Maintain accountability for ARP billing processes,including the completion of accurate and timely shadow billing for both direct and indirect client care using EMR systems.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Bring

Required

• Member in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
• Familiarity with the Alberta Mental Health Act.
• Compassion for clients with challenging socioeconomic and life situations.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage medical IT systems – EMR, Netcare.
• Medical references, a satisfactory vulnerable sector criminal record clearance and child welfare intervention check.

Preferred

• Prior experience working with vulnerable populations (e.g. homeless serving sector, refugee health, remote outreach medicine, or similar).
• Strong understanding of addiction medicine.
• Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action.

Work Environment and Hours:

• Work is primarily conducted at The Alex Community Health Centre: 2840-2 Ave SE, Calgary, AB.
• 0.2FTE (7hrs/wk).
• TELUS Collaborative Health Record(CHR)EMR.
• Tali AI Scribe access is available for provider use.
• Compensation for direct, indirect, and collaborative patient care through The Alex Alternative Relationship Plan (ARP).
• Administrative supports are provided in the areas of patient panel management, appointment flow management (including bookings, confirmations, and rooming), referral facilitation, and other related services.
• Integrated, team-based medical practice with multidisciplinary team members.
• Onsite phlebotomy.
• This position involves constant extended periods of sitting, standing, walking, and occasionally requires climbing stairs.

How To Apply

Interested applicants, please apply directly through ADP or contact Dr. Erik Singendonk at [email protected] and include a copy of your CV.

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. We are committed to accommodating candidates’ schedules and needs throughout all stages of the hiring process.

The Alex is committed to embedding the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion across the organization. We are committed to removing barriers to employment that are faced by equity-seeking groups and encourage (but not require) members of these groups to self-identify as such in their cover letters.

In accordance with our strategic priorities, we particularly encourage applications from individuals who self-identify as racialized* or Indigenous (First Nation, Metis, or Inuit).

*The term “racialized” is used here instead of the more outdated and inaccurate terms “racial minority, “visible minority”, “person of colour”, or “non-White”.

For further information about The Alex and its programs, we encourage you to visit our website at www.thealex.ca.

At The Alex, we place a high value on strong, ethical, and professional relationships between clients and primary care providers. Clear boundaries are essential to ensuring safe, respectful, and effective care. To protect clients, medical professionals and staff, employees and contractors of The Alex are not permitted to access internal physicians, nurses, mental health clinicians, or other allied health professional services during their employment.

We recognize that some applicants may have had, or may currently have, meaningful care relationships with The Alex at the time of applying. If you are currently a client and wish to continue in our recruitment process, you are asked to disclose your service provider relationship. Should you be hired, you will be required to transition your care to an external provider within your first 90 days of employment and maintain this external care relationship for the duration of your employment. Reasonable extensions of the 90-day deadline may be considered where absolutely necessary and in the sole discretion of The Alex.

This approach helps us maintain clear boundaries, uphold professional standards, and protect our workers’ rights to privacy and confidentiality.