Osp Intake Clinician

Posting #:
**23420**
- Openings Remaining:
**1**
- Full/Part Time:
**Full Time**
- Reg/Temp/Casual:
**Temporary**
- Union:
**OPSEU**
- Hours of Work:
**Monday to Friday; days**
- Time of Day:
**Days**
- Shift Length:
- Open Date:
**20/12/22**
- Closing Date:
**27/12/22**

**Temporary Assignment - approximately 78 weeks**

**POSITIONS SUMMARY**:
The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) program aims to increase access to publicly funded, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and related approaches for Ontarians with depression, anxiety, and anxiety-related conditions (i.e. obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, health anxiety etc.). The program is delivered through regional psychotherapy networks as a coordinated provincial program. The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy West Region (OSP West) program is jointly operated by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. For this position, the applicant will be employed by SJHH and will be expected to support centralized screening, intake and triage for the OSP program across the entire Ontario West region.

The OSP Intake Clinician will utilize a stepped care clinical model and standardized assessment tools in conducting clinical intake and triage assessments to determine program suitability, main problem descriptor, treatment modality and/or appropriate service navigation. The OSP Intake Clinician will participate in training to ensure high quality assessment and triage in adherence with the OSP Clinical Model. The OSP Intake Clinician will additionally work in collaboration with the centralized intake team (e.g. administrative assistants, screeners, therapists etc.) to support all screening, referral management and intake processes for the OSP West program. This is a hybrid role that provides an opportunity to work both virtually and on-site. On-site requirements will be determined based on the needs of the service and location of the applicant’s residence.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Master’s degree in Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology or Psychotherapy required
- Registered member in good standing with relevant professional college/regulatory body.
- Minimum 2-3 years of clinical experience in the mental health and/or addictions field, including:

- Experience in screening, triage, clinical assessment, and service navigation in the mental health and/or addictions field.
- Experience working with people with depression and/or anxiety (including obsessive-compulsive concerns and post-traumatic stress).
- Demonstrated knowledge and practiced skills in providing culturally safe and responsive mental health services to clients of diverse ethno-racial and cultural backgrounds is preferred.
- Experience working in a community-based or outpatient setting.
- Comprehensive clinical intake assessment in mental health/addictions from a strengths-based, trauma-informed, client-centered framework.
- Standardized diagnostic assessment tools, e.g. DART, PHQ-9, GAD-7, OCI-R, SPIN, PCL-5 etc.
- Suicide risk assessment, safety planning and crisis intervention.
- A stepped-care clinical model/pathway and related utilization.
- Diagnostic categories and distinguishing features of in-scope problems (i.e. depression, anxiety and anxiety-related conditions) as listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), and the etiology and treatment of these disorders.
- The science and practice of structured, evidenced-based individual and group-based psychotherapy (i.e. CBT, CPT).
- Motivational interviewing techniques to assess treatment readiness.
- Local and provincial mental health and addictions programs/services and experience providing service navigation based on client need and program availability.
- Intersectionality and social determinants of health related to equitable access to, and participation in mental health care.
- Anti-racist, anti-oppressive theory and practice principles in mental health/addictions at a client and system-level.
- Relevant sections of legislation, i.e. Mental Health Act, Personal Health Information Protection Act, Regulated Health Professions Act, Health Care Consent Act, and professional standards to ensure compliance and consistency in provision of client care.
- Emergency patient care procedures as taught in Emergency First Response, Crisis Intervention and fire procedures to promote coordinated and consistent response to emergency events, i.e. Code Blue; Code White, Code Red.
- Program and hospital policies and procedures in order to practice within the expected standards of the organization and to recognize abnormal events that may affect client care, activities, or safety and need to be reported to a manager, in order to provide a safe environment for client and staff.
- Computer software to generate correspondence and input data for a variety program specific