Clinical Team Lead

**Clinical Lead Job Description**

**Title**

Clinical Lead

**Reports To**

Director

**Summary**

The Clinical Lead is responsible for organization, development, and management of the Clinical Services by ensuring quality of care, productivity and quality of work. The Clinical Lead is the main point of contact for addictions counsellors and program recovery techs. Liaising with the medical team and director is an important aspect of this role.

**Core Competencies**
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Decision Making
- Planning and Organizing
- Problem Solving
- Accountability
- Leadership

Job Duties
- Supervise counsellors and addiction recovery techs.
- Build and support sustainable and productive relationships with all individuals including staff, senior management, physicians, the community, patients and families
- Design and implement a care delivery model
- Translate strategic goals into practical actions
- Manage participant care activities within the budget and productivity goals
- Collaborate with Care Management team and assess the level of care and report issues to Senior Management
- Facilitate participant centered care
- Assume responsibility for direct participant care and promote interdisciplinary participant care planning and education taking into consideration different cultural, psychosocial, and age associated needs of participants
- Provide staff support in regards to product changes
- Develop an annual plan of clinical projects and manage the projects
- Develop and maintain documentation of all completed savings initiatives
- Collaborate with all levels to facilitate changes and create cost efficiencies
- Implement quality control programs
- Demonstrate effective communication skills, problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution
- Demonstrate leadership qualities in support of department needs and serve as a clinical resource
- Ensure qualified staffing to facilitate appropriate care
- Ensure staff development, orientation and training
- Conduct objective and constructive performance reviews including clinical reviews as scheduled
- Develop and revise policies and procedures and monitor adherence to them
- Act as a liaison among staff and other stakeholders to ensure that goals are achieved, processes are improved and resolutions provided to problems
- Assures financial stewardship for the facility in both operational and capital acquisition processes

**Requirements**:

- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Social Work or a Registered Psychologist
- Must be a registered Social Worker in the province of Alberta, in good standing with ACSW or a Registered Psychologist in good standing with Alberta College of Psychologists
- Minimum 4 years of clinical management experience
- Demonstrated leadership competency
- Demonstrated ability to assist participants, family members with concern and empathy; respecting their confidentiality and privacy and communicating in a courteous and respectful manner

**Working Conditions**
- May be exposed to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including exposure to the AIDS and hepatitis B viruses.
- Interacts with residents, family members, staff, visitors, government agencies/personnel under all circumstances, which may be traumatic situations.
- Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.
- Overtime as required
- Intermittent physical activity including walking, standing, sitting, lifting.
- Salary/wage is determined based on experience and qualifications._

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Red Deer, AB: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)

Work Location: In person