Mental Health Clinician

**_This is a temporary opportunity for up to seven (7) months._**

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care. Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home. Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health is looking for a **Mental Health Clinician** to support our **General Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic** in the **Department of Psychiatry** at our **Mount Sinai Hospital** Campus.

**Position Summary**:

- Coordinates and provides clinical care that both facilitates and supports recovery for patients facing a broad range of mental health and addiction challenges
- Ability to triage, complete mental health assessments, formulate and develop care plans and psychosocial interventions and treatment plans with ongoing collaboration and communication with the inter-professional team and with the client’s social and community networks
- Utilizes and demonstrates a comprehensive theoretical knowledge base and clinical competence in caring for patients with psychiatric illness
- Assists with resource navigation and develops linkages within MSH/SH and with non-hospital community services and organizations to enhance continuity of care for patients
- Ability to provide both individual and group treatments in various modalities in a supportive and culturally sensitive manner
- Adapts approach to meet the demands and needs of constantly changing conditions, situations and people
- Promotes and supports the maintenance of safe patient care in a work environment that encompasses a trauma-informed care approach
- Participates in ongoing professional development activities and engages in reciprocal relationships of learning with colleagues to stay current in the field
- Supports the achievement of departmental goals
- Performs other duties consistent with the job classification, as required
- Job Requirements- Successful completion of Master’s degree in a health-related discipline, including Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Bachelors of Nursing
- Current member in good standing with a relevant regulatory college
- Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in a mental health setting
- Familiarity with psychotherapeutic techniques targeting mood, anxiety, trauma, substance use and motivation for change through both individual and group modalities
- Knowledge of psychiatric disorders, crisis intervention skills, support for addiction issues, interventions for severe and persistent mental illness
- Excellent organizational, communication, time management and interpersonal skills, along with ability to work effectively as a team member in a dynamic, inter-professional environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of the Ontario Mental Health Act, mental health reform principles, the Substitute Decisions Act, the Health Care Consent Act and PHIPA requirements
- Ability to adapt to a changing work environment
- Proactively able to identify opportunities for and make continuous process improvement to prevent harm and improve client outcomes.
- Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance
- Demonstrated commitment to collaborative practice
- Demonstrated decision making, problem recognition, problem solving skills, negotiation and conflict resolution skills