Aboriginal Mental Health Specialist

4 weeks ago


Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Fraser Health Full time

Join Fraser Health as an Aboriginal Mental Health Specialist and contribute to delivering exceptional healthcare services to the diverse communities in our region.

About Fraser Health

At Fraser Health, we're dedicated to providing high-quality care to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon. Our team of nearly 45,000 medical staff and volunteers is passionate about serving our patients, families, and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

About the Role

This challenging and rewarding role requires a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with a minimum of two years' experience working with individuals with mental health and/or concurrent disorders. You'll be responsible for providing clinical mental health nursing services to Aboriginal clients in community programs, working closely with other members of the interprofessional care team to assess clients' mental status, formulate plans of care, implement planned care, and evaluate outcomes.

You will work collaboratively with clients, caregivers, facility managers, and staff of relevant community and regulatory agencies, aboriginal and non-aboriginal service partners, participating in developing mental health services and providing culturally sensitive education to local Mental Health Centre staff and agencies that work with Aboriginal clients with a mental illness.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develops and delivers educational events to clients and/or families as needed that are culturally sensitive and relevant.
  • Functions as a primary nursing therapist and case manager, providing diagnostic client assessment and short and long term individual, group, and family therapy, using a variety of interviewing, counseling, and assessment methods.
  • Liaises with tertiary and acute care hospitals, and the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital to ensure appropriate referral of clients and to facilitate assessment and care planning for client discharge from hospital.
  • Monitors the effects of treatment in an ongoing relationship with the client, their family, and the team, evaluates the effectiveness of own nursing interventions.

As an Aboriginal Mental Health Specialist, you will enjoy a competitive salary range of $41.42 - $59.52/hour, plus additional benefits such as a comprehensive pension plan, extended health and dental coverage, and opportunities for professional growth and development. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of Aboriginal clients and contributing to a dynamic and inclusive workplace culture, we encourage you to apply today



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