Mental Health Clinician – Wellness Centre

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At Sinai Health, we care, create possibilities and offer hope. We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Clinician to support our Scarborough Wellness Centre in the Department of Psychiatry at our Midland Ave Office.

Mount Sinai Hospital Wellness Centre –A Community Mental Health Program for Seniors and Caregivers.

Summary:

This position is within the Wellness Centre, a Mount Sinai Hospital community mental health program for seniors and caregivers. The incumbent will undertake clinical outreach in addition to office-based clinical services for Chinese speaking older adults living in the community. The successful candidate will possess skills in mental health, cognitive and psychosocial assessment, collecting medical histories, including details of medications used, and determining patient functioning in daily life. Assessment results will be presented for the Wellness Centre team of psychiatrists and consultants who make arrangements for ongoing patient care. Such care may include psycho-education, caregiver support, medication management, care coordination, psychotherapy, and supportive counseling.

Responsibilities:

• Performing initial screening of clients, obtaining client consent, conducting preliminary assessment interviews, and reviewing clients’ psychosocial situation and history.
• Providing assessment, treatment, continuous illness management, medication monitoring as well as caregiver support and training, either at the clinic or at patients/clients’ home, to enhance the feasibility and length that the patients/clients can be cared for at their home in the community.
• Identifying and counseling individuals at risk for developing serious mental illness.
• Participating in treatment planning, its implementation and outcome evaluation.
• Consulting psychiatrist and program manager in assessment, treatment and case management when necessary.
• Communicating with physicians, referring agencies, families, community organizations with regards to clients’ situations or case planning.
• Offers individual counseling, group and family therapy as part of the clinical intervention.
• Providing clinical outreach to clients and families who face challenges or difficulties to get out of home to receive needed psychogeriatric care or services and those who are socially isolated.
• Working in conjunction with families, caregivers and community partners, to early identify clients/patients in the community who are having a psychogeriatric concern, so that timely assessment and intervention become possible.
• Providing support/training to families in handling/resolving issues related to patients’ needs.
• Referring clients to MSH joint programs, community partners, community agencies, and self help groups and supporting them in their treatment.
• Maintain proper documentation using an electronic health record to document including intake assessment reports, progress notes and treatment plans.
• Offering clinical consultation and education to front-line staff of social and seniors service agencies who require specialized support in addressing and handling psychogeriatric issues.
• Exploring and developing new program initiatives with community partners and collaborators, including clinical and cultural consultation, to increase the overall capacity to reach out to and support clients/patients and families who are facing a psychogeriatric issue.
• Liaising with community partners and outside agencies to explore service collaboration and identify service needs.
• Organizing and coordinating health/mental health education and wellness programs.
• Participating in research and academic activities which benefit the service delivery and program development. Supervises placement students related to own profession.

**Please note that this role involves some in-city traveling and off-site visits. **

• Completion of a Master’s Degree in Social Work or Occupational Therapy or Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
• Current member in good standing with the appropriate governing college.
• Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in the care of seniors with mental illness.
• Knowledge of community mental health resources required.
• Clinical experience in general psychiatry, crisis and psychosocial intervention is required.
• Ability to provide field education to practicum students of a related discipline, when assigned.
• Must be a self-starter, work well independently and within a dynamic team, and should be able to demonstrate skilled ability to work with a variety of patients across the spectrum of mental illness.
• Excellent organizational, communication (verbal and written), computer literacy, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with suicide risk assessment required.
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record.
• Must be fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin and have the ability to deliver culturally competent care to effectively address the psycho-geriatric needs of the patients visiting the clinic.