Clinical Supervisor Job at Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services Calgary, AB

Your Opportunity:

This advanced clinical position is responsible for providing supervision and program development for the Shared Mental health Care program (i.e., behavioral health consultants or shared care clinicians). The position will provide leadership and work collaboratively with team members, psychiatrists, and community partners to provide the highest quality of care to clients. The clinical staff provides assessment, consultation and referral services to children, youth, adults, and families presenting with varied and complex mental/behavioral health needs. In addition, they teach skills to family physicians and allied health professionals within the SMHC program.

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. Supervision may be provided to regulated staff, those requiring supervision to meet 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.

  • Classification: Clinical Supervisor
  • Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
  • Unit and Program: Shared Mental Health Care
  • Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: Not Applicable
  • FTE: 1.00
  • Posting End Date: 24-MAY-2023
  • Employee Class: Regular Full Time
  • Date Available: 05-JUN-2023
  • 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 Required
Required Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Psychology or Social Work or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable regulatory body. Must hold general registration prior to starting in the position. 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree from an accredited clinical or counselling program. Registered or eligible for registration with their discipline specific college and has not been under college sanction. Minimum of 8 years demonstrated experience in assessment and treatment of mental health disorders and 5 years of supervisory experience. Training and experience in evidence-based interventions and basic health psychology. Knowledge of basic medications. Demonstrated ability to teach mental health concepts to front line staff and family physicians through application of principles of adult learning. A history of consulting and teaching with front line staff and primary care providers on their assessment, treatment, and management of patients with mental health/behavioral problems. An ability to effectively assess and treat patients with a wide variety of presenting problems and complex treatment needs. Successfully organized and conducted education/training sessions with clinical staff, primary care providers, and other professional groups on mental health and behavioral issues, including the development of training/education sessions. Possession of valid Driver s License and a vehicle is necessary as travel is required throughout the Calgary Zone.

Preferred Qualifications:

Good knowledge of the appropriate mental health/psychiatric resources within the Calgary Zone and the community. Presented at national and international conferences. Evidence of effective program development and evaluation.




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