Mental Health Clinician, Addictions

Mental Health Clinician, Addictions - (12632)

Are you passionate about empowering individuals to overcome challenges and achieve their potential? As a Mental Health Clinician, you'll have the unique opportunity to make a tangible difference in people's lives, forging connections as you guide them on their journey to mental wellness.

This is a great opportunity for those seeking to expand their expertise within an interprofessional, collaborative academic hospital setting. Sinai Health’s Psychiatry Department offers an opportunity to provide direct patient care across a variety of clinical programs, utilizing therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and mindfulness-based interventions.

This opportunity is within the Addictions program serving both the Mount Sinai and Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital campuses.

Is this you?

You are a highly empathetic and compassionate individual with a deep understanding of the complexities surrounding mental health. Your calm and engaging demeanor allows you to connect with patients from diverse backgrounds, building trust and fostering a safe space.

Do you believe in meeting individuals where they are at in their recovery journey, utilizing harm reduction principles to support positive change? Are you skilled at motivational interviewing and change management? This role allows you to provide compassionate, evidence-based, trauma-focused care, to those struggling with substance use disorders. It requires flexibility and adaptability to determine the best approach for a specific client relative to the clinical context.

You are a lifelong learner, committed to staying at the forefront of evidence-based practices and expanding your therapeutic toolkit. This role enables you to utilize a wide range of clinical skills, including intake / triage, individual and group therapies, and resource connection.

About this team

Our addictions team supports and empowers patients experiencing the effects of substance use disorders. We work with patients to develop a care plan that is tailored to individual needs.

In this role you will :

• Coordinate and provide clinical care for clients that facilitates and supports recovery for patients facing a broad range of mental health and addictions challenges.
• Triage, complete mental health assessments, formulate and develop treatment plans, provide resource navigation and psychosocial interventions.
• Utilize and demonstrate a comprehensive theoretical knowledge base and clinical competence in caring for patients with substance use disorders and psychiatric illness.
• Provide both individual and group treatments in various modalities in a supportive and culturally sensitive manner.
• Develop linkages within Sinai Health and with non-hospital community services and organizations to enhance continuity of care for patients.
• Adapt your approach to meet the demands and needs of constantly changing conditions, situations and people.
• Promote and support a trauma-focused, equity-centred client care approach.
• Contribute to program development and provide education and support to learners of all disciplines.
• Participate in ongoing professional development activities and engage in reciprocal relationships of learning with colleagues.
• Provide care to inpatients through the addictions consultation service, and to outpatients through both drop-in clinic and booked appointments.
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification, as required.

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If this sounds like you and you’re ready to build your career within mental health, apply now and let us know why you would be a great addition to our team.

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