Advanced Practice Leader

6 days ago


Port Hawkesbury, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID: 133913**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: Provincial Zone, Flexible Within The Province**
**Department: MHA Professional Practice Adult APL**
**Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)**
**Status: Healthcare P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date: 20-Dec-22**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**Responsibilities**:
Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) operates out of various hospitals, clinics, and community locations across the province. It is comprised of specialized teams of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Health Promoters, Recreation Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Secretaries, and other members of the allied health and support team. The Advanced Practice Leader (APL) will be part of the Provincial Center for Training, Education, and Learning (PCTEL) and will report to the Provincial Clinical Leader and Manager of Training and Education.

This position has a special focus on training mental health clinicians within the MHA Program to provide assessment and psychotherapy that has been adapted to meet the needs of people from under-represented and/or marginalized populations. As such, the APL will possess attributes, values, knowledge, and skills that demonstrate an understanding of equity and a commitment to diversity. They will have experience engaging across difference, articulating bias, and training clinicians in cultural humility and responsiveness. They will be knowledgeable about minority stress and resilience and have experience working with clients from under-represented and historically, persistently, or systematically marginalized groups.

The APL will use 0.2 FTE for clinical work and will attend PCTEL team meetings. They will have training and experience delivering evidence-based interventions for a range of disorders, including mood, anxiety, substance use, and trauma-related disorders, as well as adapting evidence-based interventions for clients from under-represented and/or marginalized groups. Certification in cognitive-behavioural therapy is an asset. Content expertise in program development and evaluation, group therapy, and adult learning are required.

The focus of this role is on training clinicians to adapt evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy interventions for people from under-represented and/or marginalized groups; as such, a person from an under-represented and/or marginalized group would be preferred.

**Qualifications**:

- PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology
- Registered, or eligible to be registered/licensed with the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology.
- Minimum of four (4) years of formal training & clinical experience in adult mental health & addictions, including two (2) years’ experience providing clinical consultation and supervision for mental health problems, including group-based supervision, live supervision, and case consultation. Have received supervision/consultation regarding own supervision and consultation skills.
- Skills and experience providing identity-affirming, racially
- and culturally
- sensitive and responsive assessment and psychotherapy
- Skills and experience in promoting learning cultures that emphasize anti-racist and intersectional values, analysis, and actions, clinical humility, and the responsible use of power and privilege.
- Training and experience in the provision of cognitive and behavioural interventions for a range of mental health disorders (e.g., behavioural activation, cognitive therapy for depression, protocol-based treatments for anxiety disorders, prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy, exposure and response prevention). Certification in cognitive-behavioural therapy is an asset.
- Knowledge of adult learning principles and experience providing training and consultation in mental health and addictions
- Experience with program evaluation and research
- Knowledge of and experience with the DSM-5-TR diagnostic classification system.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Skills in leadership, advocacy, and team building
- Skills and experience in promoting learning cultures that emphasize anti-racist and intersectional values, analysis, and actions, clinical humility, and the responsible use of power and privilege.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
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