Advanced Practice Lead PhD Clinical Practice MHA 199956
Advanced Practice Lead PhD Clinical Practice MHA 199956
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Company :IWK Health
Req ID: 199956
Department/Program: MHA Advanced Practice Leads Mental Health And Addictions
Location:Halifax
Type of Employment: PermanentHourly FT 100FTE) x 1position(s)
Start Date: April 2025
Union Status:Nonunion Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $51.1386 $67.9479/hour
Closing Date: April 11 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax Nova Scotia providing tertiary and primary care for two million children youth adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees physicians volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each others talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home align our work to our values and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an antiracist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mikmaki the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mikmaq people. Working in Mikmaki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long deep and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and nonbinary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination but have more work to do to build that trust acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who selfidentify as Indigenous Black/African Nova Scotians Persons of Colour Immigrants/Newcomers Persons with Disabilities 2SLGBTQIA to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients families and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Director of Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) the Advanced Practice Leader (APL) Clinical Practice is responsible for providing leadership direction support and oversight for clinical practice across the MHA program. The APL Clinical Practice will provide oversight and consultation to MHA clinical staff and teams around professional development and training. The APL Clinical Practice works closely with MHA coleadership (manager psychiatry and clinical team leaders) to identify the needs and/or gaps in clinical training and consultation/direction around program wide training needs and/or opportunities to enhance services. The APL Clinical Practice is responsible for creating a structure and standardizing a process for clinician onboarding orientation and clinical skill development within the MHA program. This position will work closely with other MHA Advanced Practice Leaders Clinical Team Leaders and Program Educators to meet the professional development goals of clinicians and the program wide priorities identified in the MHA Strategic Plan. These priorities are set to ensure that clients and their families receive optimal professional care.
The APL Clinical Practice will provide leadership and direction across the MHA program to ensure the development of skills and competencies of MHA clinicians are realized and that program wide goals and objectives are met. The APL clinical practice is dedicated to advancing evidencebased care and will include training and supervision within a variety of supervision models. The APL clinical practice role is responsible for knowledge translation and clinical research within the field of training and supervision. He/she/they will have specific skills and training in a range of evidencebased interventions and specifically in the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA). The APL will work within a learning health system framework and utilize specific skills within an adult learning model to enhance quality services and optimize highperformance teams. This leadership role is focused on advancing the development of highquality evidencebased interventions through clinical training and supervision. Responsibilities also include consultation as needed with other organizations across the province to support clinical training for child and adolescent interventions including but not exclusively Nova Scotia Health. The APL clinical practice is actively involved in committee work throughout the MHA program and has leadership responsibilities for the clinical training in the program. The APL clinical practice will be a key colead in the recruitment and retention strategy work underway and actively engage in competency development and performance development planning for individuals and staff groups as required. The APL will carry a .2 clinical practice role in the MHA program and provide treatment to clients and families as part of the clinical APL role.
Hours of Work
8:30am4:30pm MondayFriday (some flexibility may be required)
Your Qualifications
- PhD/PsyD in Social Work/Psychology required.
- Registered or eligible to be registered / licensed with the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers or Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology required.
- Minimum of five 5 years of formal training and clinical experience in child and adolescent mental health and addictions required.
- Minimum of two 2 years experience providing a range of supervision with a mental health and addictions program including (groupbased supervision live supervision case consultation peerbased supervision) required.
- Minimum two 2 years experience in healthcare leadership required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the DSM 5 R diagnostic classification system required.
- Demonstrated competence in application of the Choice and Partnership approach (CAPA) required.
- Demonstrated cultural competence and a strong understanding of how the social determinants of health impact on mental/physical health required.
- Demonstrated specialized training and experience in the supervision and mentoring of child/adolescent mental health and addictions treatment an asset.
- Experience with developing curriculum as well as developing implementing and evaluating adult education programming an asset
- Fosters a collaborative climate and builds the confidence of team members
- Experience in conducting research and supervising research projects required.
- Demonstrated organizational time management and problemsolving skills required.
- Experience can competency with change initiatives building commitment to change and leading highperformance Teams required.
- Excellent critical thinking communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills required.
- Demonstrated ability in team building and working from an interprofessional approach required.
- Competencies in other languages an asset.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
If you are an employee ofIWK Health please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.
Employment Type
Full-Time
