Addictions Counsellor

7 months ago

Toronto, Canada Humber River Hospital Full time

Position Profile:
**Build your career at the hospital that’s building for the future**

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital and we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team. At Humber River Hospital, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Hospital is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Hospital, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Right now we are looking for a **Addictions Counsellor** to work with our **Mental Health & Addictions Program** team**.**

**Employee Group**:OPSEU 590

**Hourly Rate**: $27.38 - $33.35

**Location**:Humber River Hospital - all sites

**Responsibilities**:

- Completes screening and a detailed addiction assessment for all newly referred patients.
- Supports the patient during all phases of recovery from usage to abstinence.
- Plans, implements, and evaluates individual and/or group treatment in accordance with the program philosophy and objectives.
- Provides individual counseling and goal setting to assigned patients.
- Provides education to patients, families and significant others on various aspects of chemical dependency.
- Develops and coordinates the discharge plan in conjunction with the treatment team including connection/referral to appropriate internal and/or community resources.
- Completes patient documentation, workload measurements and data requirements in accordance with Hospital, Ministry of Health, CLHIN and departmental standards.
- Responds to clinical crisis in an effective and efficient manner.
- Other duties as assigned

**Requirements**:

- Possesses an Addiction Counselor Diploma and/or is regulated health professional with the required addiction knowledge and experience.
- 2 years experience providing addiction counseling required.
- Experience working with individuals with coexisting mental illness preferred
- Demonstrated experience - individual and group counseling - chemically dependent individuals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required in order to facilitate effective communication with patients, families and team members
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Extensive knowledge of community based addictions resources.
- Knowledge of adult teaching principles is an asset.
- An awareness and Knowledge/experience in Trauma Informed Care preferred
- Ability to respond rapidly and decisively to crisis situations.
- Knowledge of DATIS is an asset
- Experience, familiarity and comfort with technology-assisted healthcare delivery, specifically video conferencing using MS teams and Zoom
- Ability to use mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets to connect patients, preferred
- Technology literacy and usage skills preferred
- Experience with communication and assessment skills during video appointments, preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work well individually and within a team structure.
- Demonstrated cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize a varied workload.
- Experience, familiarity and comfort with technology-assisted healthcare delivery, specifically video conferencing using MS teams and Zoom
- Ability to use mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets to connect patients, preferred
- Technology literacy and usage skills preferred
- Experience with communication and assessment skills during video appointments, preferred
- Excellent attendance and discipline free record is a requirement

**Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Humber River Hospital, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the hired employee’s first date of employment Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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