Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager for Rural Community Mental Health & Addiction SZ west, the clinical supervisor is a leadership position and is responsible for the daily clinical operations of Mental Health and Addition Services for the rural sites in Fort Macleod and Cardston. Providing leadership to an inter-disciplinary team, this position coordinates and facilitates daily activities, ensuring effective use of resources. Duties include supervising and contributing to the clinical competency of staff, providing leadership and coaching to assist staff with complex cases, completing health record audits, completing professional development and achievement of service/program goals as well as facilitating regular case conference amongst our teams. Further duties include taking a broad view of operations and client service delivery and following through on issues that impact the quality of services provided. The incumbent contributes to the monitoring and developing of the operating plan; leads quality and risk management activities of the clinics and engages in program and community development. This position is also expected to maintain a small caseload of clients for the purposes of treatment of mental health disorders. This position would assist in hiring and orientation of new staff and support of students. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Description:
As a Clinical Supervisor, you will provide clinical supervision for a discipline, practice area or service sector supporting clinicians to provide excellence in professional practice and enable quality, patient and family-centered care. In this clinical leadership role, you will provide clinical supervision to staff providing addiction and/or mental health services to individuals, families, and groups. This role involves supervision related to a range of assessment, mental health (psychosocial and psychological interventions), and other activities. You will be required to supervise regulated staff requiring supervision to meet the regulatory requirements for practice, and/or to unregulated staff providing the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention. This may include observing clinical sessions, reviewing clinical documentation and written reports, conducting team case consultations and offering support, and providing guidance and direction to clinical staff with challenging and urgent cases in a timely manner. In your role, you may work with members of the interdisciplinary team, psychiatrists and community partners in support of effective professional and collaborative practice. You may contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of mental health treatment services in a hospital setting or community. You may also identify and address gaps in clinical practice as well as facilitate addressing of system level gaps and risk management issues. You may provide support to leadership in the hiring, orientation and performance evaluation of clinical staff.

Acute Care Alberta:

N

Primary Care Alberta:

N

Recovery Alberta:

Y

Classification:

Clinical Supervisor

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Mental Health and Addiction

Primary Location:

Fort MacLeod Community Health

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Multisite

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

02-JUN-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available:

12-JUN-2025

Temporary End Date:

31-MAY-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$46.44

Maximum Salary:

$60.78

Vehicle Requirement:

Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in Psychology or Social Work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Active or eligible for full registration (not provisional) with the applicable regulatory college. A minimum of 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

Additional Required Qualifications:

As Required.

Preferred Qualifications:

As Required.