Clinical Practice Lead (Masters) - Adolescent Outreach Services - Mental Health & Addictions
Req ID: 193811
Location: Provincial Zone, All Locations
Department: Community Wellness and Supports, Mental Health and Addictions
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Union jurisdiction will be determined at the time of hire
Posting Closing Date: 29-Jan-25
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
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About the Opportunity
Reporting to the manager of Adolescent Outreach Services, Community Wellness and Supports, the Clinical Practice Lead (CPL) with Adolescent Outreach Services is responsible for providing clinical oversight, consultation, education, and supervision for the Adolescent Outreach Services team. The CPL role is focused on advancing evidence-based tier 2 care by providing training, supervision and coaching opportunities on an individual and group basis and will support the development and implementation of tier 2 care pathways for Adolescent Outreach Services. The CPL will have a role in orientation, peer supervision, team building, and provincial committees. This position is remote and subject to change based on the successful candidate’s location.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
• Master’s degree in Social Work
• Registered, or eligible to register with the appropriate regulatory body within the Province of Nova Scotia
• Minimum three years experience providing assessment and treatment for adolescents within Mental Health & Addictions
• Minimum three years of Mental Health and Addictions clinical experience within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledgeable in evidence-based and best practices used to support clients in Metal Health and Addictions
• Experience in developing and facilitating clinical training in evidence-based best practices for Mental Health and Addictions
• Experience in creating a safe and collaborative learning environment to support clinicians in transferring their clinical skills into practice.
• Experience in providing a range of clinical supervision within Mental Health and Addictions
• Excellent public speaking, communication, organization, and problem solving skills
• Accessible to reliable transportation required
• Proficiency with in MediTech/ OpNote etc.. preferred
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Permanent, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
Compensation and Benefits
$46.84 - $56.52 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.