"Assistant or Associate Professor in Psychiatry"

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

The Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in partnership with the UBC Institute of Mental Health and the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health), invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE) faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) or Associate Professor (tenure).

This position will primarily be based at the distributed Island Medical Program (IMP) site in Victoria, BC, at Royal Jubilee Hospital, serving Island Health.

As part of one of the world’s leading universities, the UBC Department of Psychiatry supports outstanding research and engages local, national and global communities. We create an exceptional learning environment, advance mental health research and promote sustainable care for mental illness and addictions. The UBC Department of Psychiatry consists of more than 950 Department members, including academic and clinical faculty, trainees, students and staff with broad expertise in basic neuroscience to translational and clinical research. The Department's medical education programs are some of the most widely distributed within the Faculty of Medicine consisting of faculty appointees and trainees located within each of British Columbia’s Health Authorities.

The IMP is one of five distributed sites in the Faculty of Medicine’s MD Undergraduate Program. The IMP provides innovative community-based training for physicians at hospitals and clinical sites in Victoria and across Vancouver Island, in alignment with the social accountability principle of the UBC Faculty of Medicine strategic plan. Along with the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program, the Southern Medical Program, and the Northern Medical Program, this distributed medical program was the first of its kind in North America and has proven to be a highly successful model of distributed education.

This position will report to the Head of the UBC Department of Psychiatry. The successful candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with other clinicians and scientists to develop and lead a mental health and addictions research portfolio on Vancouver Island with research focus on early intervention, concurrent disorders, mood disorders, psychosis or interventional psychiatry. The successful candidate will also be expected to actively participate in the teaching activities of the Department of Psychiatry, as well as provide mentorship and training to undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate learners, as well as to clinicians with research interest in Island Health.

The expected starting salary for this position is $160,000 to $165,000 per annum at the Assistant Professor rank and $185,000 to $190,000 per annum at the Associate Professor rank. The Faculty of Medicine is committed to offering equitable and competitive salaries, commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate. At UBC, in addition to a generous benefit package and highly valued pension plan, faculty members also have access to a comprehensive range of leaves, services, resources and career development opportunities. For more information, please visit: https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc.

We invite applications from qualified candidates who share our commitment to employment equity and inclusive excellence, and we welcome applications from candidates belonging to historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized groups: Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, Inuit) Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and trans and non-binary people.

The successful candidate will hold an MD and certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) or equivalent qualifications in Psychiatry. They will have a proven interest in promoting and supporting evidence-based and culturally appropriate care. Clinical experience demonstrating the potential to make a significant contribution to patient care and psychiatric education is required. If appointed at the Assistant Professor level, the successful candidate will have demonstrated evidence of ability in teaching, demonstrated ability in scholarly activity, and will be expected to provide service to the University and the broader academic and professional community. If appointed at the Associate Professor level, the successful candidate will have demonstrated evidence of successful teaching and ability to direct graduate students, evidence of sustained and productive scholarly activity, and must be willing to participate in the affairs of the Department and the University.

The successful candidate will join the Department of Psychiatry, Island Health, as an active medical staff, with part time clinical duties in areas such as interventional psychiatry, inpatient units or outpatient clinics.

In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate a willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own, and a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Candidates who bring diverse perspectives and lived experiences are encouraged to apply as we strive to enhance diversity, inclusiveness, socio-cultural representation, and perspective of the Department. An application package should include: a letter of application with a detailed curriculum vitae that addresses (i) scholarly, professional and creative work, (ii) teaching (including summary of academic and/ or clinical teaching), (iii) administrative service and experience fostering collaboration across partners, and (iv) a brief statement of your current or previous contributions to advancing anti-racism, equity, diversity, decolonization, Indigenization and inclusion in an academic, professional, or community context; publications record; and at the rank of Assistant Professor, the names of three references or at the rank of Associate Professor, the names of four arm’s length references.

Please submit your application package to: Dr. Lakshmi Yatham, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia, c/o Margaret Koshi, Director of Administration, Email: margaret.koshi@ubc.ca, Subject Line: Academic Faculty Position – VIHA.

Review of applications will begin on July 20, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date for this position is September 1, 2025 or upon a date to be mutually agreed.