Mental Health Clinician - Repost

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 51,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Shared Health in Winnipeg is seeking a Mental Health and Addictions Intake Clinician. Reporting to the Manager Health Services, Access, Intake, Assessment, and Coordination, you will be the welcoming contact for individuals and families seeking services.

You will triage, assess risk, and provide crisis intervention where indicated. The clinician works with care teams to determine the service best suited to meet needs.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years’ experience in mental health and addictions.
• Master's degree in a relevant health discipline is required.
• Active member in good standing of a regulatory body.
• Experience in intake is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide a welcoming point of contact for individuals seeking services.
• Triaging and evaluating risk with crisis intervention when indicated.
• Collaborate with primary health care providers and services to determine appropriate care.
• Liaise with provincial MH/ addictions services and youth programs as needed.

Skills

Assessment and triage

Culturally diverse populations

Crisis intervention

Service consultation

Education

Master's degree in a health discipline

Active regulatory body member

Tools

Altera Sunrise

Job description

Requisition ID: 410089

Position Number: 20078431

Posting End Date: 09/17/2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Shared Health

Site: Shared Health - Mental Hlth & Addic - St Mary's Road

Department / Unit: SH - Intake And Assessment

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: September 25, 2026 - March 31, 2028

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 0.70

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $50.535, $52.986, $55.556, $58.251, $61.068, $63.515

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

Reporting to the Manager Health Services of Access, Intake, Assessment, and Coordination, the incumbent is responsible for providing a welcoming point of contact for individuals and their families/natural supports and referral sources seeking services for individuals experiencing mental health and addictions concerns. The role includes developing effective alliances with callers, collecting information, triaging and evaluating risk, and crisis intervention where indicated. The clinician works collaboratively with primary health care providers, individuals, families/natural supports, and services/agencies to help determine the service best suited to meet the individual’s needs. The clinician is responsible for liaising with provincial mental health and addictions services for individuals across the lifespan, the stabilization facility designated under the Youth Drug Stabilization Act, and Compass, the in-house program for youth to address their substance use.

Experience

• 4-5 years’ experience working with individuals in mental health and addictions required.


• Experience in the intake process will be considered an asset.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Master's degree in a relevant health discipline from an accredited education institution required.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Active member in good standing of an associated regulatory body.

Qualifications And Skills

• Demonstrated skill in assessment and triage, as well as the ability to provide service consultation to a variety of referral sources.


• Current and comprehensive knowledge of regional health authorities’ (inclusive of Shared Health’s) Mental Health and Addictions program services, as well as community services and resources.


• Ability to use ambulatory module of Altera Sunrise.


• An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work flexible hours.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

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.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.