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About the Role
Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario focused on health for women, health equity, and health system solutions. Join an institution where innovation, discovery, and system thinking are limitless, and be part of a team revolutionizing the future of healthcare. WCH is committed to equity, quality, and patient safety as key professional values.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments, including for patients with suicidality, self-harm, or other safety risks.
- Consolidate assessment findings and determine suitability for appropriate resources.
- Consult with team members and participate in team discussions regarding assessment and treatment.
- Develop intervention plans collaboratively with patients, families, significant others, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Document intervention plans according to hospital and professional standards.
- Provide individual, couples, and group therapy using women-centered care principles and various psychotherapy models.
- Consult and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members as required.
- Monitor waitlists and determine group requirements.
- Participate in the TTP intake process.
- Participate in program development, student education, and research in an academic setting.
- Participate in personal professional development.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes and systems for quality patient care in a mental health setting.
- Develop and deliver education and training about trauma to promote knowledge and improve client outcomes.
- Provide in-service education internally and to community partners.
- Supervise nursing and other health discipline students.
- Participate in professional development related to trauma therapy.
- Participate in research initiatives.
- Act as a role model and champion for safe, best practices to foster safe and exemplary care.
Requirements
- Reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
- Current registration in good standing with a regulated professional college (Social Worker, Psychotherapist, or Occupational Therapist).
- Master's degree in a mental-health related discipline.
- Three years of clinical mental health experience, preferably in a hospital setting.
- Knowledge of appropriate community resources for the patient population.
- Demonstrated experience with a variety of psychotherapies including trauma-informed therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, relational group therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, body orientated therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and crisis management for both individual and group therapy.
- Experience in the treatment of trauma-based mental health issues.
- Skilled in assessing issues related to childhood trauma.
- Ability to facilitate relational groups.
- Ability to and experience in participating in peer supervision.
- Ability to work independently and manage complex and high-acuity mental health patients.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Experience with a hospital-based Electronic Medical Record, preferably EPIC.
- Exceptional written/verbal communication skills.
- Professional behavior and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association and Women’s College Hospital.
- Plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all.
- Conditional upon verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine-preventable diseases.
Skills
- Mental health assessment
- Suicidality assessment
- Self-harm assessment
- Safety risk assessment
- Care planning
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Documentation
- Individual therapy
- Couples therapy
- Group therapy
- Women's centered health care
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Relational group therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Body orientated therapy
- Mindfulness-based therapy
- Crisis management
- Team development
- Program development
- Student education
- Research
- Quality improvement
- Professional development
- Trauma education
- In-service education
- Supervision
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience (preferably EPIC)
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Professional behavior
- Advocacy for safety
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Temporary Full-Time
- Replacement
- Department open Monday to Friday during core day hours
Experience Level
- Three years of clinical mental health experience
Education Level
- Master degree in a mental-health related discipline
Benefits
- Excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP)
About the Company
- Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions.
- Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future.
- Our strategy reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone.
- Women’s College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto.
Equal Opportunity
- Women's College Hospital is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices.
- We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community.
- Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy.
- Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.