Mental Health Clinician (MHURS) - Trillium Health Partners Foundation
Date Posted: Apr 11, 2024
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Job Description
Job Description
Position: Mental Health Clinician
Dept/Health Program: Mental Health Urgent Response Unit (MHURS) - Mental Health Program
Posting ID: 2024-36928
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Hours of Work/Shift: Days (with flexibility for evenings and weekends as required); 8am to 4pm; 37.5 hours per week
Posted: March 25, 2024
Internal Deadline: April 1, 2024
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
Professional Attributes & Responsibilities:
- Extensive experience working with individuals experiencing acute and chronic mental health challenges, addictions, and/or complex psycho-social issues
- Experience in the completion of risk assessments (self-harm, harm to others, suicidality, safety, etc.) and associated care plans
- Experience in providing individual counseling, with special emphasis on the incorporation of best practice principles
- E xperience completing comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and clinical formulations in order to support with triage, treatment considerations, and discharge planning
- Extensive knowledge of community resources and referral pathways for outpatient support
- Master’s Degree (preferred) in regulated health care profession.
- Membership with professional college and in good standing.
- Minimum five years of clinical experience working with individuals living with mental health and/or concurrent disorders
- Extensive training and recent and relevant experience providing time limited, evidenced based treatment, including Brief Solution Focused, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Extensive training and recent and relevant experience completing risk assessments
- Excellent communication and organizational skills, combined with the ability to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team
- Ability to maintain a high-level perspective on the demand, capacity, and practical challenges of hospital and community-level systems
- Satisfactory performance and attendance required
- Commitment to hospital-based patient and family-centered care
- Commitment to the vision and goals of THP mental health strategic plan
