Job Description

Req ID: 142624
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Western Zone, Hants Community Hospital
Department: MHA Clinic Mental Health - HCH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (50% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 31-Oct-22

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Clinical Therapist practices as an advanced level therapist and provides mental health and addiction screening, assessment, crisis intervention, and treatment services to people of the First Nation communities. The Clinical Therapist operates as a member of the Health Centre's providing collaborative health care and also acts as a liaison between those teams and Mental Health and Addictions with the NSHA. This position works in partnership with the First Nation Communities and Mental Health and Addictions (MHA). Therefore, using shared leadership, the day to day accountability for this role will be to Health Center Directors, and clinical support will be provided by Mental Health and Addictions.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Master's degree in a clinical health-related discipline (Masters in Social Work, Psychology (Registered, Masters), Masters in Counseling, Masters in Nursing, Masters in Occupational Therapy)
• Must be registered with the relevant regulatory body
• Two years' related experience required (including assessment and planning, treatment and intervention and discharge planning).
• Non Violence Crisis Intervention (NVCI) preferred
• Suicide Risk Assessment preferred
• Ability to work effectively in multiple software applications required
• In-depth and critical understanding of the principles of harm reduction, the dynamics of addiction and evidence based interventions for the treatment of addiction.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of standard criteria used (DSM V) for the classification and diagnosis of mental health disorders.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in individual/ group cognitive behavioral therapy as well as psycho educational groups.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in crisis intervention, suicide and violence risk assessment/ intervention
• Non-violent crisis intervention, Standard First Aid, CPR, Mental Health First Aid training required.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently with limited supervision and participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Basic competencies in relation to identifying and treating concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
• Experience in interviewing, counseling and teaching health concepts to individuals, families and groups.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in collaborating with families in relation to sharing information, and implementing family-sensitive services that involve families in the care and recovery of people living mental illness and addiction.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Successful external applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) and Child Abuse Registry to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent Part Time (50%) position; 37.5 Hours Bi Weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$36.04 - $47.38 hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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