ED and Inpatient On-Call Psychiatry at GTA Community Hospital

Detail:
Would you like to have experience with independent practice prior to graduating from your
psychiatry residency program? Would you like to participate in a Transition-to-Practice
clinical experience that would allow you to put your skills into practice, while still offering
educational and medico-legal backup supervision? Would you like to have a supplemental
income to your residency income, and simultaneously gain experience with OHIP billing?

If so, please consider applying for the Resident Provisional Registration program at North
York General Hospital, covering weekend on-call positions. This is the first Psychiatry
Resident Provisional Registration opportunity for residents in the Greater Toronto Area. As of March
2025, we have had over 25 residents participate in this very successful program.

Resident Provisional Registration Responsibilities include:
- inpatient rounds on 3 Psychiatry inpatient units (Adult, Geriatrics, Child & Adolescent)
and ED Purple Zone
- ED consultations 
- managing inpatient ward calls
- consultation/liaison psychiatric consults 
- contribution to establishment and improvement of this innovative program, including
entrance- and exit- interviews

Three shifts are available per weekend:
- Friday 5pm to Saturday 8am (15 hours)
- Saturday 8am to Sunday 8am (24 hours)
- Sunday 8am to Sunday 11pm (15 hours)



Supervision:
- 24/7 Telephone supervision
- If necessary, in-person supervision
- The staff psychiatrist remains as the Most Responsible Physician for the duration of the
shift

Min Requirement:
Prerequisites for the applicant include:
- From https://rprpontario.ca/eligibility/ At minimum, Residents must:
o Have successfully completed the MCCQE Part 1
o Have completed 18 months of residency training
o Be in good academic standing
o Be actively engaged in their residency training program (i.e. not on leave).

- In addition, our own departmental criteria would require:
o Successful completion of PGY3 Child Psychiatry rotation
o Successful completion of PGY3 Geriatric Psychiatry rotation

Additional Requirement:
As above.

Remuneration:
50% of OHIP billings

Start Date:
Following CPSO/CMPA certification and hospital credentialing

Call:
An on-call room will be provided.
Contact:
Dr. Michael Tseng
michael.tseng@nygh.on.ca