Clinical Supervisor

Your Opportunity:

Enhancing community care options for Albertans continues to be a key priority for AHS.

Our goal is to provide high-quality diverse community, home, and individual well-being as well as support the long-term addiction and mental health wellness of patients and their families.

To support this goal, the North Zone Addictions and Mental Health department has an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Supervisor - Addictions.

The Clinical Supervisor participates in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the addiction's treatment services in the community.

In this clinical leadership role, you will provide clinical supervision to addiction staff providing services to individuals, families, and community groups.

This role involves supervision related to a range of assessments, including mental health (psychosocial, and psychological interventions), and other activities to support staff and promote wellness in the communities we serve.

Over time, this position may evolve to include other program areas and geographic responsibilities, and/or other duties as required.

Location of this position can be Barrhead Addictions Office or Westlock Provincial Building.

Description:

As a Clinical Supervisor, you will provide clinical supervision for a discipline, practice area or service sector supporting clinicians to provide excellence in professional practice and enable quality, patient and family-centered care.

In this clinical leadership role, you will provide clinical supervision to staff providing addiction and/or mental health services to individuals, families, and groups.

This role involves supervision related to a range of assessment, mental health (psychosocial, and psychological interventions), and other activities.

Supervision may be provided to regulated staff, those requiring supervision to meet regulatory requirements for practice, and/or to unregulated staff providing the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

This may include observing clinical sessions, reviewing clinical documentation and written reports, conducting team case consultations and offering support, and providing guidance and direction to clinical staff with challenging and urgent cases in a timely manner.

In your role, you may work with members of the interdisciplinary team, psychiatrists and community partners in support of effective professional and collaborative practice.

You may contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of mental health treatment services in a hospital setting or community.

You may also identify and address gaps in clinical practice as well as facilitate addressing of system level gaps and risk management issues.

You may provide support to leadership in the hiring, orientation and performance evaluation of clinical staff.

Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Psychology or Social Work or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable regulatory body. Must hold general registration prior to starting in the position. 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

Additional Information:

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary:
$45.53-$59.59 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
One location

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