Mental Health Clinician - Peterborough, Canada - Peterborough Family Health Team

Peterborough Family Health Team

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Peterborough, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Family Health Teams (FHT) use a patient-centered approach to primary care that brings together doctors, mental health clinicians, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, registered nurses, registered practical nurses and pharmacists to coordinate the highest possible quality of care for patients
- when they need it - as close to home as possible. FHTs, in collaboration with Family Health Organizations, are a key component of Ontario's healthcare plan to reduce wait times, improve access to primary care and keep Ontarians healthy. This is a.80full-time equivalent (30 hours per week), permanent position.

Overview:

The Mental Health Clinician is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team who provides psychosocial assessment, a range of psychosocial/psychiatric treatments/interventions, psychosocial health education, crisis intervention, and advocacy on behalf of rostered and referred patients within the Family Health Team.

Responsibilities:

Clinical:

Provides biopsychosocial assessment of individual patients and their families
Coordinates referrals and facilitates access to other health care providers and community organizations
Initiates and provides a variety of treatments including supportive, psychotherapeutic, psychoeducational, and crisis interventions
Individual sessions are by phone, virtual and/or inperson and groups may be virtual or inperson
Assists in overcoming barriers within the healthcare system to ensure timely delivery of services
Monitors patient goals and outcomes through ongoing assessment and documentation of treatment progress
Participates in treatment planning with other team members as required
Facilitates clinical groups and services when needed
Provides cognitive behavioural and supportive therapy to identified patients as required to effect change
Consults with team members and external professionals involved in the care of patients as required
Liaises and consults with other agencies/programs/services as required
Participates in case presentations/reviews and discussions from the mental health perspective within the team
Advocates on behalf of patients in their care

Administrative:

Maintains an organized appointment schedule
Monitors and manages referrals from the team
Maintains workload measures data as required
Participates in evaluations processes as required
Maintains uptodate charting on the patient within the team medical record
Completes documentation required to facilitate care for the patient (reports, referrals, forms, etc)
Actively participates in the functioning of the team (business meetings, CQI, etc.)
Participates in mental health program planning and development within the team or externally as appropriate in order to facilitate integration of services
Regular attendance to all FHT/FHO meetings is mandatory.

Educational:

Maintains current discipline specific standards of practice in line with the professional college
Establishes and implements an annual plan for professional development in order to maintain evidenceinformed clinical skills
Participates in local educational presentations
Accesses formal/informal supervision or peer consultation
Maintains awareness and understanding of current Mental Health legislation and Privacy legislation

Other Related Duties:

Contributes to the team by performing related tasks as required
Complies with all Privacy Legislation
Assists in training and orientation of new staff
Demonstrates basic computer skills or willing to learn

Qualifications:

3+ years clinical experience in the community
Bachelor of Social Work is an asset (Master of Social Work is preferred)
OCSWSSW registration or M.ED/MA in Counselling Psychology
CRPO registration
Experience leading groups is an asset
Addition training/experience also considered an asset:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Trauma Informed Approach
Comfort level and experience working with issues across a broad spectrum
Other degrees will be considered; however, you must belong to a related professional college.

Additional benefits of joining the Peterborough Family Health Team:

A provincial leader among Family Health Teams in Ontario
Excellent team/office environment
Multidisciplinary team expertise
PFHT provides clinical supervision
Organizational commitment to worklife balance
HOOPP Pension Plan
Optional Extended Health and Dental Plan
Life/Disability Insurance Plan
Health Care spending account
EAP

The Peterborough Family Health Team are leaders in advocating for full vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and its variants, for persons who are medically able to receive the vaccination. All applicants should know that PFHT employees are expected to support this position and if medically able, maintain full vaccination.
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Application deadline: May 23, 2023
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Hours: Monday to Friday - 30 hours/