Mental Health Clinician

3 weeks ago


Edmonton, Canada Alberta Health Services Full time

Your Opportunity:

The Adult Community Services Northgate provides a wide range of addiction and mental health treatment to the residents of Edmonton and surrounding suburban areas. The ACS program adheres to the Principles of Care providing quality, client focused, recovery based, concurrent capable, culturally appropriate care to those seeking services within Addiction and Mental Health. Services are offered to clients and their families in the least intrusive manner. Interventions may be done in the clinic, community, or in a client’s home, dependent on their needs.In this Mental Health Clinician (MHC) position you will work within an interdisciplinary team to provide individual supportive counselling and case management to clients with a wide variety of clinical presentations. The MHC engages clients on their caseload in ongoing mental status assessment including risk assessment, supportive therapy, and case management including coordination of medication administration, coverage and other financial assistance for clients with complex addiction and mental health needs. The MHC works collaboratively with the client’s primary care provider to transition care back to their medical home once stabilized. The ideal candidate will be able to navigate with external stakeholders to ensure the coordination of services to best meet the client’s needs. This candidate will have a good working knowledge of legislation regarding mental health care including the Alberta Mental Health Act and Community Treatment Orders (CTO).

Description:

As a Mental Health Clinician, you will work as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team collaborating on the delivery of care for the needs of individuals, families and/or communities. You will be responsible for the intake, clinical interviews, and screening of clients with addiction and mental health disorders. You will liaise with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and work collaboratively with other team members as required. You may have the opportunity to participate in program planning, development and to provide supervision to practicum students. This position is open to Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Registered Social Workers, Registered Psychologists, and Registered Occupational Therapists.

Required Qualifications:

Completion of one of the following programs: a Master¿s degree in Psychology, a Bachelor¿s degree in Social Work incorporating education in mental health assessment, brief counseling, and crisis intervention, a Master¿s or Bachelor¿s degree in Occupational Therapy with similar educational components, a Bachelor¿s degree in Nursing with training and experience in mental health assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling, or a Bachelor¿s degree in Psychiatric Nursing. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.

Additional Required Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications:

Extensive knowledge of the resources of Addiction and Mental Health and the community.A strong understanding of client resources in the community and knowledge of mental health legislation including Community Treatment Orders is an asset.



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