Eating Disorder Clinician

Island Health is seeking an Eating Disorder Clinician to join our growing team

As the Eating Disorder Clinician you will work in a community setting, providing therapeutic counseling to individuals and their families/caregivers living with eating disorders and weight preoccupation. This role also requires facilitating support groups and promoting community awareness.

**Qualifications**:

- Master's Degree in Social Work, Clinical Counselling or other health related discipline from an approved post-secondary institution; and
- Post basic education in the area of clinical counseling; and
- Knowledge of available eating disorder services, their interrelationships, and their function in delivering care in the community; and
- Knowledge of applicable legislation such as the Mental Health Act; and
- Two (2) years recent related experience working with eating disorder clients; and
- Eligible for registration with the appropriate Health Regulatory College and/or licensing body; and
- Valid BC Driver's License.

An equivalent level of education, training and experience may be considered.

Skills And Abilities
- Demonstrated specialized knowledge and training in current practices of eating disorder treatment across the age spectrum.
- Demonstrated knowledge of evidence based eating disorder intervention strategies for children, youth, families and adults.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake client assessments utilizing mental health and eating disorders standardized tools.
- Demonstrated therapeutic skills in the areas of case management, individual and group therapy with children, youth and adults with various mental health disorders including eating disorders.
- Demonstrated ability to connect and collaborate with medical professionals, multidisciplinary team members and tertiary centers around treatment of clients with eating disorders.
- Knowledge of the physiological impact and medical risks associated with eating disorders.
- Ability to make effective referrals, reflecting in-depth knowledge of community resources and strong collaborative skills in working with community partners.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Demonstrate sound organizational, problem solving and teaching skills
- Demonstrate sound judgment, good observation and client assessment skills, tact and empathy
- Demonstrate tact and empathy
- Ability to provide culturally sensitive care and services
- Ability to respect client's rights, values and preferences
- Knowledge of non-violent crisis intervention
- Ability to work independently, demonstrating initiative, with limited supervision
- Ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team
- Ability to promote positive change and independence
- Ability to prioritize and organize
- Ability to physically carry out the duties of the position
- Ability to demonstrate self awareness, social awareness and empathy in high stress situations
- Ability to operate a personal computer with a variety of windows based software
- Ability to foster good public relations
- Ability to operate related equipment

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**Why work with Island Health?**

Island Health offers health care services to more than 850,000 residents of Vancouver Island and adjacent coastal communities through hospitals, clinics, health centres, community-based health units, long-term care and assisted living facilities. As the largest employer on Vancouver Island, we employ 27,000 employees and 2,400 physician partners, as well as hosting more than 2,500 volunteers.

We believe that our values guide our actions and relationships, shaping how we make decisions and plan for the future. At Island Health, C.A.R.E. guides everything we do:

- Courage: To do the right thing - to change, innovate and grow.
- Aspire: To the highest degree of quality and safety.
- Respect: To value each individual and bring trust to every relationship.
- Empathy: To give the kind of care we would want for our loved ones.

Island Health continues to be selected for top employer awards, including BC Top Employer (2024). Employees may be eligible for exceptional employer-paid benefit packages including dental and prescription coverage, group life, long-term disability and an extensive extended health plan, as well as vacation, leave, and municipal pension benefits.

**Our Commitment**

Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka'wakw Peoples.

As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.

**About Vancouver Island**

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