Mental Health Social Worker-clinical Research - Toronto, Canada - University Health Network

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2 weeks ago

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Job Posting #912055

Position
:
Mental Health Social Worker-Clinical Research Coordinator II

Site:
Toronto Rehab, University Centre, University Health Network

Department:
Outpatient Clinics

Reports to:
Manager, Program Services

Salary Range:
$71, 643 to $89, 544 per annum commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN Compensation Policy

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Status:
Permanent Full-time

University Health Network (UHN) is looking for an experienced professional to fill the key role of
Clinical Research Coordinator II in the Outpatient Clinics Department.

_ Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning._

The University Health Network, where _"above all else the needs of patients come first",_ encompasses
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN.

The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education.

With a long tradition of groundbreaking firsts and a purpose of _"Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning",_ the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,600 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers.

UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

University Health Network (UHN) is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network.

The scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care.

Research across UHN's seven research institutes spans the full spectrum of diseases and disciplines, including cancer, cardiovascular sciences, transplantation, neural and sensory sciences, musculoskeletal health, rehabilitation sciences, and community and population health.

Find out about our purpose, values and principles here.

We are looking for a Social Worker who has a deep interest and experience in the Brain and Mental Health for the development of a novel, multidisciplinary clinical research program for the rehabilitation of movement disorders.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, collaborative and creative individual with an interest an innovative person-centered model.

This project is a new initiative led by the Integrated Movement Disorders Program, a collaboration between the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre at Toronto Western Hospital and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.

The social worker will be a part of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team and will play an integral part in building our program, with an aim to fulfill the goals and mission of our Center of Excellence, through supporting the psychosocial needs of patients and families and with community outreach.

The clinical populations of interest are Parkinson's disease and related conditions, and Functional Movement Disorder.

Because these are complex disorders with physical, emotional and cognitive sequelae, the team includes specialists in neurology, rehabilitation, and mental health.

We have developed integrated approaches to assessment and treatment that are patient-centered and go beyond traditional multidisciplinary models to focus on emotional and psychological health and quality of life.

The model has a strong component of patient education and self-management. An essential skill set to the role is the provision of some counselling and time-limited psychotherapy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical care:
Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems that may arise as a result of neurological illness
Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. Interventions may include crisis intervention, brief and longterm individual, marital, family and/or group therapies as well as grief and bereavement work.
Participate in multidisciplinary health care in clinics and provide leadership in representing clinical social work perspective/liaison with patient and family.
Provide independent followup visits, either in person, phone or via telehealth
Maintain a working knowledge of re levant medical/legal issues that impact on patient care, e.g., advance directives, child and elder abuse.
Act in a leadership capacity to build a community network of trained providers.
Program coordination and development:
We aim to recruit an individual at an earliest stage of program development (our program is 3 years old) to work closely and grow with the Clinical Leads (Neurologist, Neu