Clinician, Specialized Mental Health & Substance Use Outreach

Northern Health; Dawson Creek; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Dawson Creek is seeking a registered Clinician for the Addiction Specialist role. The position involves providing therapeutic, case management, and mental health support services across various settings. Applicants should possess a baccalaureate degree in a relevant field and have experience in client assessment and communication. The role offers comprehensive benefits, including extended health and vacation, as well as professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefit packages

Four weeks vacation

Financial Support for Moving Expenses

Employee referral program

Employer-paid training

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in a mental health and substance use related discipline, plus two years of recent related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, and medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary therapeutic support services for clients.
• Collaborate with inter-professional clinical teams on care plans.
• Assist clients in various community settings.

Skills

Assessment and Treatment

Teaching

Knowledge Integration

Communication

Critical Thinking

Human Caring and Relationship Centered Practice

Culturally Safe and Trauma Informed Care

Management

Leadership

Teamwork

Equipment

Education

Baccalaureate degree in a relevant field

Job description

Position Summary

Are you a registered Clinician looking to highlight your knowledge, skills, and abilities in a new and dynamic environment? We currently have an opportunity for you to bring your excellent work ethic to our Specialized Services department. Under the administrative direction of the Team Lead/designate, the Clinician is responsible for providing primary therapeutic, case management and mental health and substance use support services for assigned clients, whether they are in hospital, residential or other community settings. Such services are provided where and as required, in accordance with care plans agreed to by the inter‑professional clinical team, the individual and family. This is the Addiction Specialist role.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work

Monday to Friday, Days - 08:00 to 16:00

Dawson Creek & District Hospital

Dawson Creek and District Hospital is a full service community hospital that provides service to Dawson Creek and surrounding communities. It has 31 Acute Care beds and 15 regional adult psychiatric beds. Dawson Creek is the Orthopaedic Trauma and Surgical centre for the Northeast Region of BC. Services include:

• Emergency
• ICU
• Day Surgery
• Respiratory Therapy
• Primary Care
• Acute Care
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Laboratory
• Urology
• Dermatology
• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Construction is underway on the new Dawson Creek & District Hospital, anticipated to open in Spring 2027. This state‑of‑the‑art facility will be over 50% bigger than the current hospital and will feature 70 beds, modern patient care spaces, and expanded and enhanced services to meet the growing needs of the community. Designed with innovation and comfort in mind, the new hospital represents a transformative step forward in health care for the region. Join us now and be part of this exciting transition to the new facility! To learn more, visit Let's Talk DCDH (https://lets.talkdcdh.com).

Dawson Creek

Wide blue skies and the rolling foothills of the Northern Rockies surround Dawson Creek. The city is also known as the Mile Zero City, as it marks the start of the Alaska Highway, a 2,400 km long highway connecting Alaska and the Yukon to Western Canada and the United States. Dawson Creek has a population of approximately 12,500. It provides primary service to a population of approximately 20,000 and helps serve the larger population of the Peace River Region of 60,000. There are eleven elementary schools, one middle school and one secondary school. The Northern Lights College provides adult education. Check out Dawson Creek for more information about this community where the northern lights shine.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

• Comprehensive benefit packages including extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• "Loan Forgiveness Programs" are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.

IMPORTANT NOTE

• Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession)
• Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position.
• Program certificates or diplomas
• High school/college/university transcripts etc.
• It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resume

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Qualfications

Baccalaureate degree in a mental health and substance use related discipline, plus two years of recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Assessment and Treatment: Demonstrated ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning) through appropriate/prescribed technical, therapeutic, safety type interventions.
• Teaching: Ability to teach clients and others both one‑on‑one and in groups.
• Knowledge Integration: Integrates best practice and current research evidence to support professional practice decisions and actions with strong competency in harm reduction and trauma informed theory and evidence‑based approaches to supporting individuals’ who are active in substance use, inclusive of: harm reduction supply provision, naloxone training, overdose prevention services, drug checking services, and overdose response. Understanding of the BC Mental Health Act as it applies to community mental health care, such as Section 28, Directors Warrants, and Extended Leave. Competence and confidence in common mental health and substance use related risk assessments and behavioural care planning.
• Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, the public, medical staff, and members of the interdisciplinary team using verbal, written, computer communication means. Ability to effectively apply conflict resolution skills.
• Critical Thinking: Demonstrated ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) to problem‑solve and make decisions effectively. Applies the problem‑solving process demonstrating critical thinking and decision‑making skills using a systems approach.
• Human Caring and Relationship Centered Practice: Ability to promote client‑focused care that demonstrates care for and with clients and significant others, sensitivity to diverse cultures and preferences, client advocacy and social justice concerns.
• Culturally Safe and Trauma Informed Care: Ability to create culturally safe, trauma informed health care settings through individualized care planning and collaborative approaches to service provision, including Indigenous health services as possible.
• Management: Demonstrated ability to organize work, set objectives and establish priorities. Manages time and resources, implements activities to promote cooperation among the interdisciplinary team and collaborates across disciplines.
• Leadership: Promotes staff morale, engagement, and empowerment. Demonstrates creative planning for change and innovation, implementation of NH policies or other protocols, and ongoing professional development of self and others.
• Teamwork: Demonstrated ability to foster teamwork and a commitment to excellence in the provision of client care.
• Equipment: Demonstrated computer skills including the use of Meditech and Windows based programs. Demonstrated data analysis skills including appropriate data analysis and reporting tools. Demonstrated ability in the use of e‑mail and word processing. Ability to operate other related equipment as required in the specific practice area.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Who we are

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometres and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation’s communities. We deliver hospital and community‑based health care for a population of 300,000. Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC. There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long‑term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.