Clinical Team Leader - Crisis Services

Requisition ID: 342465

Position Number: 20090274

Posting End Date: August 15, 2023

City: Winnipeg

Site: Shared Health

Work Location: Downtown Comm Health & SS

Department / Unit: Mental Health Crisis Stabilization Unit

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: SHMGEUCommunity

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Daily Hours Worked: 8.00

Annual Base Hours: 2080

Salary: $34.843 , $36.099 , $37.626 , $38.984 , $40.523 , $42.073 , $43.771 , $45.468 , $47.290

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

The Shared Health Mental Health and Addictions program provides a range of mental health and addiction services across the healthcare continuum that support and promote recovery. Through collaboration and partnership across various health, social service and community sectors the program strives to promote mental health and well-being for all, to reduce inequities and the impact of mental health and addiction problems and to work towards sustainability of mentally healthy individuals and communities.

The Crisis Response Centre is a ground-breaking development in the delivery of crisis services within Winnipeg, and upon completion, will be the first of its kind in Canada to offer a constellation of walk-in, mobile and scheduled crisis response services. Once complete, this new service will offer mental health crisis services seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The Centre will include a multi disciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, social workers along with other clinicians and support workers with expertise in mental health as well as an understanding of the service needs of persons with an accompanying substance use disorder. The Crisis Stabilization is a separate but linked service that will remain at a separate location. Up to 20,000 people are anticipated to access the Crisis Response Services each year.

Responsibilities

Under the general supervision of the Manager, Crisis Response Services, Adult Mental Health, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the Mobile Crisis Service, Walk-In Crisis Services and Crisis Stabilization Unit including

• Clinical Leadership and Coordination
• Clinical Therapeutic Interventions
• Information Management/Research
• Clinical Supervision and Collaboration
• Program Development and Practice Standards
• Clinical On-Call
• Education and Training

Experience

• Experience developing and delivering education and training sessions.
• 3 years’ experience in supervisory and managing in a unionized and interdisciplinary team environment.
• Minimum of four years related clinical experience in mental health, with experience in the provision of crisis response services required.
• Experience in acute care mental health considered an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in working with multi-sectoral partnerships: in developing and maintain excellent working relationships with a broad range of individuals and organizations, including the ability to facilitate, collaborate and resolve conflict.

The Crisis Response Centre has a mandate to provide service in French; preference will be given to bilingual (French/English) candidates

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• BSW, BScPN, BN, OT, RPN, RN, or related health/human service degree required.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Valid driver’s licensed and access to a vehicle.
• Must be able to physically access and work in a variety of community environments
• Eligibility for registration in area of professional practice required.

Qualifications And Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Mental Health Crisis Response System in the Winnipeg Health Region/Shared Health and advanced expertise in Crisis Intervention, Suicide Intervention, and mental health assessment processes specific crisis response services.
• Working knowledge of legislative acts governing healthcare, and specific knowledge of the Manitoba Mental Health Act, as it relates to service provision to clients in mental health crisis.
• Clinical knowledge and experience in the area of Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and the related implications for clinical practice with clients with this diagnosis.
• Ability to handle sensitive system level issues in a multi-level service system with professionalism.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Evidence Based Practice, including current knowledge of best practices in the area of mental health crisis response systems and service provision.
• Ability to work independently with an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and intrasectoral context.

Physical Requirements

Not Applicable

We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.

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This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.