Clinical Lead of Programming (TFT 1.0 FTE)

Duties

Clinical Leadership :

• Oversees Mental Health clinician onboarding and mentorship, to create an environment that encourages professional development and strengthens the skill base within the FTU.
• Participates in opportunities for leadership development, mentoring, and professional development / advancement.
• Provides supervision for clinicians gaining the competency for autonomous practice under the controlled act of Psychotherapy
• Leads the development of treatment planning that are grounded in research evidence / best practice to individuals, families, and / or groups.
• Works with the interdisciplinaryteam to foster, facilitate, enhance and support best practice for the Forensic patient population(s)
• Identifies gaps in care delivery, develops plans to enhance care with members of the interdisciplinary team and supports quality improvement initiatives.
• Co-Chairs the Quality Improvement meetings held monthly.
• Manages the group referral and group schedule list, ensuring that FTU groups and therapies are evidence based and updated.
• Assists Manager and Director with the completion of the annual Ministry reporting, including providing interpretation and analysis of program effectiveness.
• Works collaboratively with the Director, Patient Care Services and the Clinical Director to foster good communication in all aspects of FTU program functioning, and to problem-solve issues as they occur.

Teaching, Education & Consultation :

• Leads teaching, education, and consultation activities, providing supervision, consultation, and training / didactics to other health professionals and / or for psychiatry and psychology residents / students
• Provides professional consultation to members of other disciplines to support the implementation of evidence based practices, and measure outcomes.
• Provides within-service training to program staff consistent with the program’s mandate and client and family needs.
• Oversees the development of groups using evidence-based forensic practices as well as other best practices.
• Supervises and supports all the group facilitators and overseeing the programs provided by allied health professionals, both clinically and administratively, to ensure smooth and effective functioning of groups and programs
• Supervises students conducting research projects affiliated with various local universities and PhD candidates gaining clinical competency toward a Psychologist.
• Provides supervision of risk assessments, and clinical supervision to allied health in seeking registration with the College of Registered Psychotherapy, and providing supervision for behavioral therapists.

Program Development :

Develops new programming (., group interventions) for services for the FTU forensic) and develops metrics for evaluating outcomes and effectiveness.

Adapts evidence-based treatment to meet client and family needs.

Serves and participates on various hospital committees (., Professional Practice Council, Quality Councils, and / or discipline-specific activities and committees) and may serve on community, regional, provincial, and national committees and / or organizations.

Quality Improvement :

• Participates in organizational committees with a clinical research, program evaluation, or quality improvement focus.
• Identifies gaps in care delivery, develops plans to enhance care with members of the interdisciplinary team and supports quality improvement initiatives.
• Leads activities related to program evaluation and / or quality improvement, including responsibilities like gathering data about program needs, designing program operations and service delivery, program development, determining program clinical outcomes, and cost and efficiency.
• Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient / client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
• Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment, & Discrimination Free Workplace Policy

Qualifications :

• Doctorate from a CPA / APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program
• Registered or eligible for registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario is mandatory. Autonomous practice is preferred.

Authorized area of practice in Clinical Psychology mandatory.Authorized client population in Adults is mandatory.Competency with older adults and / or couples an asset

• CPA / APA accredited internship / residency (or equivalent) in Forensic Psychologist
• Didactic training and applied clinical experience in evidence based assessment and treatment based on program needs.
• Three to Five years experience working as a Forensic Psychologist.
• Ability to be an effective change agent.
• Demonstration of leadership and facilitator / coaching skills and Ability to learn and apply hospital policies and procedures, related legislation, Canadian Hospital Accreditation Standards, Professional Discipline Standards for Ontario.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with patients, families, community partners, multidisciplinary team members, students, and supervisees.
• Ability to assess fundamental psychological processes such as mental state, cognition, emotions, and behaviours and to formulate diagnosis and to conduct effective, fair and ethical psychological assessments and interventions, including with persons with disabilities.
• Ability to establish therapeutic rapport and elicit information through interviewing and to communicate diagnostic information clearly and sensitively.
• Ability to provide culturally competent services and awareness of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, which are required to evaluate research, interpret test results, evaluate treatments, develop statistics research design, and research methodology.
• Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
• English level A- is mandatory in oral comprehension, expression, reading, and writing. Bilingual (French / English) is considered an asset.

Salary Range : $71.60 (Plus an additional 8% stipend) to