Clinical Supervisor

Your Opportunity:

Reporting to the Program Manager, Children, Youth and Families, RAH Acute Care and GRH Tertiary Services, the successful applicant will work collaboratively across services to provide support for clinical health teams in the planning, implementation and delivery of services for clients and their families. This position will provide clinical supervision to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital clinical teams. The Clinical Supervisor will also provide direct care to clients and families within this program, including assessments and group/individual treatment to clients. Also, this individual will participate in the planning, evaluation and quality improvement initiatives, including the development of clinical frameworks, workflows and protocols. Eligible candidates should possess one of the following: Master’s degree in Psychology; Master’s degree in Social Work including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy and who have Psychosocial Intervention Authorization; Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; Master’s degree in Nursing including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Registration with Appropriate Regulatory College under the HPA is required for the role.

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.