Lecturer/Assistant/Associate/Professor - Academic Psychiatrist - Geriatric Mental Health

Date Posted: 10/09/2026
Closing Date: 11/20/2026, 11:59PM ET, Open Until Filled
Req ID: 50498
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: Sinai Health System
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Lecturer/Assistant/Associate/Professor - Academic Psychiatrist – Geriatric Mental Health Outpatient Services, Sinai Health

The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Mental Health and Addictions Program at Sinai Health are seeking to recruit a geriatric psychiatrist. The successful candidate will qualify for an academic position as a Clinician-Teacher, Clinician-Investigator, Clinician-Educator, or Clinician in Quality, Innovation and Safety and must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor at the University of Toronto. The anticipated start date is January 1, 2027 or a mutually agreeable date.

Sinai Health is a leading academic health sciences centre fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It includes Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, and our system partner Circle of Care, united in the mission to deliver compassionate, integrated care across acute, rehabilitative, and complex continuing care settings.

The successful candidate will provide outpatient psychiatric consultations and ongoing care to older adults (over the age of 65). That individual may also provide consultation-liaison care to medical and surgical inpatients at Mount Sinai Hospital. Additional duties will include teaching and supervision of medical students, psychiatry residents, and geriatric psychiatry residents, and collaboration in research and other academic activities.

The successful applicant must hold an MD degree, must be Royal College/Board Certified or Royal College/Board Eligible in Psychiatry and must be eligible for medical licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Preference will be given to candidates who hold an FRCPC in Geriatric Psychiatry or an equivalent qualification. The candidate should have a track record of excellence in teaching, education, research, QI, or other academic endeavors.

Remuneration is in accordance with the compensation of a psychiatrist in the province of Ontario. Estimated remuneration will be in the range of $300,000 to $350,000 per annum, commensurate with academic rank, qualifications, and experience. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by October 31, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Should you be interested in this opportunity, please forward a one-page statement of interest, curriculum vitae, and three referees via email to:

Dr. David Gratzer

Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Medical Program Director

Sinai Health

600 University Ave.

Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5

416-586-8888

Email: [email protected]

For more information on the University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, please visit http://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca. For more information about Sinai Health, please visit https://www.sinaihealth.ca/.

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