Mental Health Clinician

Job Description

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health is looking for a Mental Health Clinician to support our Medical Psychiatry Clinic and Clinic for HIV-Related Concerns within our Outpatient Program in the Department of Psychiatry at our Mount Sinai Hospital Campus.

Responsibilities :

• Coordinate and provide clinical care for clients that both facilitates integrated care and supports recovery for adults facing a broad range of mental health challenges together with acute and chronic medical illness
• Ability to triage, complete mental health assessments, formulate and develop treatment plans, provide resource navigation and psychosocial interventions with ongoing collaboration and communication with the inter-professional team and with the client’s social network and community circle of care
• Ability to provide both individual and group treatments in various modalities
• Assist with resource navigation and linkage with community mental health services to support transition and ongoing care
• Facilitate and maintain community engagement with relevant external partners and agencies
• Adapt 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
• Ongoing clinical documentation
• Contribute to program development, provide education and support to learners of all disciplines
• 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 related clinical discipline, or Bachelors of Nursing
• Registration and current membership in good standing with a relevant regulatory college
• Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in a mental health setting with preference for experience in working with people living with HIV, the medical psychiatry patient population and an outpatient mental health setting
• Familiarity with therapeutic interventions 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, written and verbal communication, time management and interpersonal skills, along with ability to work effectively as a team member in a dynamic, inter-professional environment
• Knowledge of the Ontario Mental Health Act, the Substitute Decisions Act, the Health Care Consent Act and PHIPA requirements
• Ability to adapt to changing work environment
• Proactively 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
• Ability to work effectively, both independently and together with the team under high pressure conditions
• Strong decision making, problem recognition, problem solving skills and conflict resolution skills
30+ days ago