Mental Health Clinician (Masters) - Adult (Early Psychosis Intervention)

Vancouver Coastal Health • Vancouver, BC

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Mental Health Clinician at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in Early Psychosis Intervention performs comprehensive psychosocial assessments for adults experiencing or at risk of psychosis. This role involves coordinating client care, implementing therapeutic interventions, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to determine the best approach to care. The clinician develops, implements, and adjusts individualized treatment plans based on client needs, established standards, policies, and best practices. Treatment services include individual counseling, family sessions, groups, and psycho-education. The clinician also initiates and participates in case conferences and meetings with clients, families, service providers, and multidisciplinary team members to ensure ongoing assessment and revision of treatment plans. Additionally, the role involves collaborating, consulting, and providing clinical support to colleagues for continuity of care, treatment concerns, early identification strategies, specialized services, and community resource coordination.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in a Behavioural Science.
• Three (3) years’ psychiatric/mental health experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Valid B.C. driver's license.
• Local area travel requires the use of a personal vehicle for which mileage reimbursement is paid.
• Knowledge of the principles of recovery in mental illness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of psychiatric theory and practice within a client centered approach.
• Broad knowledge of developmental theory/issue and family systems.
• Broad knowledge of crisis intervention and community resources.
• Broad knowledge of the principles of adult education and utilization of education tools and materials.
• Broad knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
• Demonstrated ability in psychiatric assessment, treatment planning and care, and case co-ordination.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients their families, service providers, colleagues, physician, and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promotes communication and lead to a co-operative approach to problem solving within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan, organize and prioritize workload and adapt to a changing workload.
• Demonstrated ability to provide crisis intervention, psychoeducation, family sessions, and group therapy.
• Demonstrated ability to provide consultation and work direction.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare case summaries and clinical records.
• A willingness to work in a culturally diverse population.
• Ability to work effectively in an inter-disciplinary team environment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized client care information system and word processing, Internet and e-mail software.
• Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.
• As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive psychosocial assessments with adults experiencing psychosis or those who are a risk of developing psychosis.
• Coordinates care for clients and implements therapeutic interventions.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to determine priority and best of approach to care.
• Develops, implements and adjusts individualized treatment plan based on client needs, standards, policies and best practices.
• Provides treatment services including individual counseling, family sessions, groups and psycho-education according to EPI best practices.
• Initiates and participates in case conferences/meetings with clients and their family, service providers and members of the multidisciplinary team in order to foster communication, ongoing assessment and revision of treatment plans.
• Collaborates, consults and provides clinical support to colleagues for continuity of care, treatment concerns, early identification strategies, specialized services and community resource coordination.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees