Advanced Practice Clinical Leader - Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program

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Job Description

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is seeking a full-time, permanent Advanced Practice Clinical Leader in the Child Youth and Emerging Adult Program. Reporting to a Clinical Director of CYEAP with shared accountability to the Professional Practice Office, you will be part of a team of an Advanced Practice Clinical Leaders (APCL’s) that support a variety of patient populations in CAMH’s Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program.

Aligned with CAMH and Professional Practice strategic initiatives, you will support child and youth inpatient/outpatient point-of-care teams, provide team-based clinical supervision and advance clinical care for specialized populations (e.g., addictions; early psychosis; and child and youth). You will advance clinical practice and provide systems leadership through the implementation and evaluation of best practices in the assessment, care planning and discharge planning of client populations with severe mental health challenges, substance use and trauma histories. You will also provide consultation services to interprofessional teams in other clinical programs across the organization on an as needed basis. Support of family engagement initiatives, quality improvement initiatives, and patient and staff safety strategies is required. Preceptorship of graduate students; engagement in evaluation and research; and participation in interprofessional academic opportunities are all expectations of this role. Together with clinical program operational leaders, you will participate in program planning and evaluation; develop and maintain integrated care pathways to enhance patient population outcomes; participate on internal and external committees; and serve as a clinical resource and subject matter expert in program-level and organizational-level strategic planning activities. You will support a workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable standards and requirements.

Job Requirements

The successful candidate will possess a Master's Degree in a regulated health discipline and will be a member of good standing in the regulatory body. In addition 5 years’ experience in mental health and addiction treatment is required.. Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of the complex psychiatric and physical health needs of this clinical population. Proficiency in psychotherapy and ability to provide supervision is an asset. Eligibility for cross-appointment at the University of Toronto is also required. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to provide professional practice leadership; the ability to challenge and motivate others; a commitment to enhancing academic and research endeavours; experience in leading change and the ability to provide advanced clinical care in a culturally diverse environment. Previous advanced practice/administrative/academic scholarship is an asset. The candidate will also have excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, teaching and computer skills. Bilingualism (French/English) or proficiency in a second language is considered an asset.

All applicants offered and accepting employment must complete a Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check. The offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of the satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Police Records Check.