Team Leader - Mental Health & Substance Use

The salary range for this position is CAD $49.25/Hr.

- CAD $61.52/Hr.

Come work as a Team Leader working in Mental Health & Substance Use with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Team Leader to join the Primary Care Networks Mental Health Support Team to join the team in North Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

• Be responsible to oversee and coordinate the delivery/daily activities of mental health and substance use services for the designated program.
• Plan and implement therapeutic mental health programs/services for clients with complex mental health and substance use issues, ensure services provide a high standard of care and promotes interdisciplinary practice and collaboration.
• Evaluate services to ensure program/service needs are met and liaises with key stakeholders on the achievement of program goals and objectives.
• Provide leadership and supervision to community health nurses and allied health professionals.
• Utilizes human resources policies and procedures to recruit and select staff.
• Develop policies and procedures, coordinates care and provides treatments for clients including group facilitation, planning and evaluation, as applicable to program.
• Conduct mental health and psychosocial assessments and coordinates requests for vacation, education and leaves of absence.

Primary Care Networks (PCN) will be the backbone of the provincial Primary Health-Care Strategy. This new model of care is enabled and managed locally through a partnership between Health Authorities, Divisions of Family Practice and First Nations communities. PCNs include multi-disciplinary teams of nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals, working alongside and supporting family physicians, nurse practitioners at primary care offices, Primary Care Community Health Centres, Urgent and Primary Care centres, and services delivered by not-for-profit community health partners.

PCNs are expected to provide patients and primary care providers with strong, effective links to hospitals and diagnostic service providers.

Team members involved in the patient’s care will work closely together, so that they can get a full picture of the health care needs. Under the new structure, patients will be able to more quickly and easily access a full range of health care options, have the ability to have a regular family physician or nurse practitioner and access to more health team members.

Adopting team based care approach in Primary Care Networks aims to increase patients' access to primary care services, strengthen the ability of existing physicians to expand - or remain in - their practice, and broaden the set of specific skills and expertise available to patients as they are receiving care. And it will ensure that the systems and tools required to make that care function are in place, and are well supported in the patient’s journey to better health.

• Master’s degree in Allied Health discipline from a recognized program.
• Five (5) years’ recent related experience providing mental health and substance use clinical services for designated program and/or group facilitation including three (3) years’ post masters level supervisory leadership experience, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

• Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness and substance use issues including current trends, best practices and modalities of treatment.
• Broad knowledge of mental health and substance use service delivery system, service mandates, referral guidelines, legislation and government policies.
• Broad knowledge of group treatment modalities as applicable.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct mental health assessments, and to provide treatment planning and case coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, facilitate and evaluate group programs, as applicable.
• Demonstrated ability to function as an effective team leader, motivator, coach/mentor, and team member within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to…