Clinical Lead of Programming

The Royal; Brockville; On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Royal is seeking a Clinical Lead of Programming for its Secure Treatment Unit. This temporary full-time position is critical for overseeing clinical programming, mentorship, and evaluation efforts. Candidates must hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with registration requirements. This role is essential in transforming mental health services and promoting best practices among staff, ensuring quality patient care.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Mentorship environment

Access to comprehensive training

Qualifications

• Registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario required.
• Three to five years experience working as a Forensic Psychologist.
• Demonstration of leadership and facilitator skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee mental health clinician onboarding and mentorship.
• Lead the development of treatment planning grounded in best practice.
• Participate in leadership development and mentoring opportunities.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Leadership

Analytical reasoning

Education

Doctorate from a CPA / APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program

CPA / APA accredited internship/residency in Forensic Psychology

Job description

Posting Number : BMHC25-076E Title : Clinical Lead of Programming Position Status : Temporary Full-time Contract End Date : 04 / 30 / 2026 FTE : 1.0 Job Schedule : Days Department : Secure Treatment Unit - BMHC Union : OPSEU Local 439 Site : Brockville Mental Health Centre Number of Vacancies : 1

About The Royal

As one of Canada's foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose : to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education.

As an integral member of the STU interdisciplinary team, the Clinical Lead Programming's role is to oversee, develop, and implement clinical programming, group development, program evaluation, and adherence to core clinical skills and risk assessments. This work enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of the treatment offered within the STU, thereby enhancing recovery and flow. It supports top of scope practice and enhances recruitment of all clinical disciplines.

Duties :

Clinical Leadership :

• Oversees Mental Health clinician onboarding and mentorship, to create an environment that encourages professional development and strengthens the skill base within the STU.
• Linking the needs of the STU residents with the recommendations of the Program Evaluation Unit (PEU- previously named PESAR).
• Ensuring adherence to the Risk-Need-Responsivity principles and core correctional practice guidelines.
• Participates in opportunities for leadership development, mentoring, and professional development / advancement.
• Providing clinical supervision to the psychometrics including the supervision of risk assessments, and clinical supervision to allied health in seeking registration with the College of Registered Psychotherapy, and providing supervision for behavioral therapists.
• Leads the development of treatment planning that are grounded in research evidence / best practice to individuals, families, and / or groups.
• Works with the interdisciplinary team to foster, facilitate, enhance and support best practice for the Forensic patient population(s)
• Chairing the Clinical Evaluation Team meetings held bi-monthly.
• Management of the group schedule and the large group referral list, ensuring that STU follows the Risk Need Responsivity model guidelines for residents' referrals to groups.
• Managing the STU database that includes all the data necessary to conduct evaluation of our program (e.g., demographic data, recidivism data, intake and discharge questionnaires raw data).
• Assist with the completion of the annual report submitted to SolGen every year, including providing interpretation and analysis of program effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively with the Director of Patient Care and the Clinical Director to foster good communication in all aspects of STU functioning, and to problem-solve issues as they occur.

Teaching, Education & Consultation :

• Leads teaching, education, and consultation activities, providing supervision, consultation, and training / didactics to other health professionals and / or for psychiatry and psychology residents / students
• Overseeing the development of groups using evidence-based correctional practices as well as other best practices.
• Provides within-service training to program Risk-Need-Responsivity staff consistent with the program's mandate and client and family needs.
• Overseeing the program evaluator at the STU.
• Supervising and supporting all the group facilitators and overseeing the programs provided by allied health professionals, both clinically and administratively, to ensure smooth and effective functioning of groups and programs.
• Supervises students conducting research projects affiliated with various local universities and PhD candidates gaining clinical competency toward a Psychologist.
• Provides supervision of risk assessments, and clinical supervision to allied health in seeking registration with the College of Registered Psychotherapy, and providing supervision for behavioral therapists.

Program Development :

• Develops new programming (e.g., group interventions) for services for the STU and develops metrics for evaluating outcomes and effectiveness. Adapts evidence-based treatment to meet client and family needs.
• Serves and participates on various hospital committees (e.g., Professional Practice Council, Quality Councils, and / or discipline-specific activities and committees) and may serve on community, regional, provincial, and national committees and / or organizations.

Quality Improvement :

• Participates in organizational committees with a clinical research, program evaluation, or quality improvement focus.
• Identifies gaps in care delivery, develops plans to enhance care with members of the interdisciplinary team and supports quality improvement initiatives.
• Leads activities related to program evaluation and / or quality improvement, including responsibilities like gathering data about program needs, designing program operations and service delivery, program development, determining program clinical outcomes, and cost and efficiency.
• Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient / client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
• Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal's Anti-Racism, Harassment, & Discrimination Free Workplace Policy

Qualifications :

• Doctorate from a CPA / APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program
• Registered or eligible for registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario is mandatory. Autonomous practice is preferred. Authorized area of practice in Clinical Psychology mandatory. Authorized client population in Adults is mandatory. Competency with older adults and / or couples an asset
• CPA / APA accredited internship / residency (or equivalent) in Forensic Psychologist
• Didactic training and applied clinical experience in evidence based assessment and treatment based on program needs.
• Forensic Phychologist.
• Three to Five years experience working as a Forensic Psychologist.
• Ability to be an effective change agent.
• Demonstration of leadership and facilitator / coaching skills and Ability to learn and apply hospital policies and procedures, related legislation, Canadian Hospital Accreditation Standards, Professional Discipline Standards for Ontario.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with patients, families, community partners, multidisciplinary team members, students, and supervisees.
• Ability to assess fundamental psychological processes such as mental state, cognition, emotions, and behaviours and to formulate diagnosis and to conduct effective, fair and ethical psychological assessments and interventions, including with persons with disabilities.
• Ability to establish therapeutic rapport and elicit information through interviewing and to communicate diagnostic information clearly and sensitively.
• Ability to provide culturally competent services and awareness of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, which are required to evaluate research, interpret test results, evaluate treatments, develop statistics research design, and research methodology.
• Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle.
• English level A- is mandatory in oral comprehension, expression, reading, and writing. Bilingual (French / English) is considered an asset.

Salary Range : $62.44 to $78.85 (Plus an additional 8% Stipend) to

Additional Information

• All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
• Please apply by clicking on the Apply button below.
• The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
• The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.

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