Join Our Team

Apply to join our compassionate multi-disciplinary team in our Calgary-based SABI Healing Centre.

About SABI Mind

SABI Mind represents a collective recognition of the global mental health crisis and the promise of new healing. We are a dedicated, practitioner-led organization supporting those discouraged by conventional methods or seeking new ways of healing with safe, evidence-based and accessible psychedelic-assisted therapies.

At its core, SABI relies on human connection. It is people healing people. It is empathy in action, trained medical professionals and practitioners providing the latest forms of ketamine-assisted therapies for chronic pain management and retractable mental health conditions.

How you can help and what we can accomplish together

The Psychiatrist is responsible for patient assessments, screening, and prescribing as outlined in our psychedelic-assisted therapy protocols. This position will be an integral part of our clinical team and provide critical functions related to providing competent, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care for clients accessing services at SABI.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Providing consultative services to other SABI Physicians, clinicians and practitioners when requested to support safe and effective care for clients with complex medical, psychological or social needs.
• Act as the most responsible provider for some patients, being responsible for directing and coordinating the medical care and management of patients assigned to them within the Practice.
• Conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.
• Collaborate with a broader team of physicians, psychologists, therapists, nurses, and administrative staff.
• Develops a treatment plan for patients with psychological, emotional, or behavioural issues.
• Generate accurate charting notes for all required documentation in patient records
• Provide education and guidance to clients in relation to therapies provided, including possible side effects and intended outcomes.
• Ensure policies and procedures are applied and used effectively to support clients, co-clients, and staff safety.
• Provide ongoing risk assessments in collaboration with other disciplines to ensure the level of care is appropriate for risk and, where appropriate, implement intervention to mediate risk or transfer to the appropriate level of care.
• Participate in interdisciplinary meetings and collegially share information that will identify client strengths and concerns and assist clients in achieving their health and therapy goals.
• Participate in research where required.
• Collaborate with the Site Medical Director and Clinic team to ensure medical continuing education opportunities and standards are available and adhered to by the medical clinic team.
• Act as a resource for the development of evidence-informed best practice guidelines to support high-quality client care.

Let's Talk About You

• A Medical Degree and eligibility for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
• Specialist qualifications in Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Psychiatry and a valid license to practice medicine are required.
• Strong working knowledge of general psychiatric principles and practices
• Must be able to establish rapport with a patient and gain their trust.
• Effective computer and electronic recording skills.
• Experience managing client flow and working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience working to provide trauma-informed mental health care, ideally with exposure to mindfulness and process-oriented psychotherapies, is considered an asset for this role.
• Experience with screening for, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders.
• Experience working in start-ups and quickly changing environments is an asset.
• Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty and ambiguity.
• Results-driven, detail-oriented, organized self-starter.

SABI MIND is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We advocate for diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage those from excluded and marginalized communities to apply, such as but not limited to: indigenous, black and racialized communities, trans and non-binary, LGBTQ2S+ and disabled people.