Geriatric Mental Health Clinician

Employer:

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site:
WRHA Corporate - Downtown catchment office at deer lodge - Sites may change as regional in scope

Department / Unit:
GMHT - Geriatric Mental Health Team

Job Stream:
Clinical

Union:
MAHCP

Anticipated Start Date - End Date:
ASAP - 06/02/2027

Reason for Term:
Maternity Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated

Shift:
Days

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base

Hours:

1950

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

• Minimum of three years geriatric and /or mental health experience required.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision as well as collaboratively in a team.

• Entry-to-practice academic credential in a relevant health care profession from an approved Canadian university program or the approved equivalent if internationally educated. Relevant health care related Master’s degree preferred.
• Must successfully complete individualized self-directed geriatric training provided through the program to each clinician in order to independently complete a comprehensive geriatric mental health assessment.

• Current registration/licensure with a Manitoba Health care professional licensing body (CRNM, COTM, MCSW).
• Valid Manitoba Driver’s License and access to a vehicle required.

• Community based work experience
• Self – directed
• A demonstrated interest in geriatrics
• Ability to establish good interpersonal relationships with clients and health care professionals
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Not Applicable

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 across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

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.