Therapist – General Psychiatry & Substance Use Service Program
Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.
Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.
Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
Type: Replacement
An exciting opportunity as a Regular Full-Time, Therapist exists within the General Psychiatry Program and the Substance Use Service Program. The General Psychiatry is a mental health service that provides assessment and time-limited treatment to patients of WCH with broad mental health concerns that may be secondary to or complicated by a concurrent medical illness. In addition, the General Psychiatry Program provides assessments and short-term treatment to patients with concurrent disorders as well as offers care and psychotherapy groups within addiction psychiatry.
The Substance Use Service (SUS) (Addiction Medicine program) offers a holistic, trauma-informed approach to the assessment and support of people who use alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines, cannabis or other substances.
Summary of duties, but not limited to:
Patient Assessment:
• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments with an awareness of and comfort level in assessing patients who present with suicidality, self-harm, or who pose other safety risks.
• Use of standardized tools for assessment
• Formulate assessment findings and determine the suitability for appropriate resources
• Consult with team members and participate in team discussion regarding assessment and treatment, when required.
Care Planning:
• Develop an intervention plan in collaboration with patients, families, significant others and the interdisciplinary team, based on identified needs.
• Document intervention plan according to specific hospital and professional standards.
Interventions:
• Provide individual and group therapy/treatment using the principles of women’s centred health care and draw upon recognized psychotherapy models including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness-based therapy, trauma-informed therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy and acceptance commitment therapy, and crisis management. Additional Addiction specific psychotherapy skills are required to support co-facilitating Seeking Safety as well as Early Recovery groups.
• Consult and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members, as required.
Education, Professional Development, and Quality Improvement:
• Provides in-service education internally and to our community partners
• Supervises health disciplines students
• Participates in professional development
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives
• Contribute to the development of group therapy programming and psychoeducational materials for the Substance Use Service
As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.
The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.
Qualifications:
• Current registration in good standing with a regulated professional college (Social Worker, Psychotherapist or Occupational Therapist) required
• Master degree in a mental-health related discipline required
• Three years of clinical mental health experience required, preferably in a hospital setting
• Experience delivering a mental health day treatment program
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of psychotherapies including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness-based therapy, trauma-informed therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy and acceptance commitment therapy, and crisis management
• Experience in individual and group therapy to patients with addictions and concurrent psychiatric conditions
• Comfort and experience in participating in peer supervision
• Knowledge of appropriate community resources related to this patient population
• Ability to work independently and manage complex and high-acuity mental health patients
• Excellent time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Exceptional written/verbal communication skills
• Proven attendance and punctuality.
• Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all
Why Choose Us?
• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).
Women’s College Hospital may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision-making tools during various points in the recruitment and selection processes. Please note that third-party job boards may apply their own automated features when displaying or promoting this posting. Women’s College Hospital has no control over these external platform tools.
If you suspect any recruitment related advertising, communication or content did not originate from Women’s College Hospital, please report it immediately by providing the relevant details to WCH Job Advertisement Fraud Reporting Form.
Employment at Women’s College Hospital is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine-preventable diseases, in alignment with WCH Communicable Disease Surveillance protocols. Successful candidates will be required to complete the Employee, Physician and Volunteer Immunization Record Submission Form and the Pre-Placement Health Review Form prior to commencing employment. Submission instructions will be provided in the new hire package and all requirements must be satisfied prior to commencing employment.
Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.
Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.
Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
Type: Replacement
An exciting opportunity as a Regular Full-Time, Therapist exists within the General Psychiatry Program and the Substance Use Service Program. The General Psychiatry is a mental health service that provides assessment and time-limited treatment to patients of WCH with broad mental health concerns that may be secondary to or complicated by a concurrent medical illness. In addition, the General Psychiatry Program provides assessments and short-term treatment to patients with concurrent disorders as well as offers care and psychotherapy groups within addiction psychiatry.
The Substance Use Service (SUS) (Addiction Medicine program) offers a holistic, trauma-informed approach to the assessment and support of people who use alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines, cannabis or other substances.
Summary of duties, but not limited to:
Patient Assessment:
• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments with an awareness of and comfort level in assessing patients who present with suicidality, self-harm, or who pose other safety risks.
• Use of standardized tools for assessment
• Formulate assessment findings and determine the suitability for appropriate resources
• Consult with team members and participate in team discussion regarding assessment and treatment, when required.
Care Planning:
• Develop an intervention plan in collaboration with patients, families, significant others and the interdisciplinary team, based on identified needs.
• Document intervention plan according to specific hospital and professional standards.
Interventions:
• Provide individual and group therapy/treatment using the principles of women’s centred health care and draw upon recognized psychotherapy models including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness-based therapy, trauma-informed therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy and acceptance commitment therapy, and crisis management. Additional Addiction specific psychotherapy skills are required to support co-facilitating Seeking Safety as well as Early Recovery groups.
• Consult and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members, as required.
Education, Professional Development, and Quality Improvement:
• Provides in-service education internally and to our community partners
• Supervises health disciplines students
• Participates in professional development
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives
• Contribute to the development of group therapy programming and psychoeducational materials for the Substance Use Service
As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.
The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.
Qualifications:
• Current registration in good standing with a regulated professional college (Social Worker, Psychotherapist or Occupational Therapist) required
• Master degree in a mental-health related discipline required
• Three years of clinical mental health experience required, preferably in a hospital setting
• Experience delivering a mental health day treatment program
• Demonstrated experience with a variety of psychotherapies including cognitive behavioural therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, mindfulness-based therapy, trauma-informed therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy and acceptance commitment therapy, and crisis management
• Experience in individual and group therapy to patients with addictions and concurrent psychiatric conditions
• Comfort and experience in participating in peer supervision
• Knowledge of appropriate community resources related to this patient population
• Ability to work independently and manage complex and high-acuity mental health patients
• Excellent time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Exceptional written/verbal communication skills
• Proven attendance and punctuality.
• Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all
Why Choose Us?
• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).
Women’s College Hospital may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated decision-making tools during various points in the recruitment and selection processes. Please note that third-party job boards may apply their own automated features when displaying or promoting this posting. Women’s College Hospital has no control over these external platform tools.
If you suspect any recruitment related advertising, communication or content did not originate from Women’s College Hospital, please report it immediately by providing the relevant details to WCH Job Advertisement Fraud Reporting Form.
Employment at Women’s College Hospital is conditional upon the verification of credentials, completion of a health review, and proof of immunity and vaccination status for vaccine-preventable diseases, in alignment with WCH Communicable Disease Surveillance protocols. Successful candidates will be required to complete the Employee, Physician and Volunteer Immunization Record Submission Form and the Pre-Placement Health Review Form prior to commencing employment. Submission instructions will be provided in the new hire package and all requirements must be satisfied prior to commencing employment.
Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.