Point of Care Mentor TIC, MHA

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Company : IWK Health
Req ID:
#
Department/Program:
Mental Health And Addictions,
Mental Health & Addictions Program 
Location: Halifax  
Type of Employment:
Permanent 
Hourly FT (
100% FTE) 
x
1 position(s)
Start Date:
February 2024
Union Status: 
NSGEU Hlthcare,
Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $
32.3166 - $
40.6057 
/hour
Closing Date: February 08, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
 
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
 
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
The Opportunity
The Point of Care (POC) Mentor is a leader within the interprofessional care team that consistently demonstrates excellence in trauma informed practice in all domains of the position. The POC Mentor will support the ongoing development of the milieu setting across the MHA program. The POC mentor will work with milieu staff to promote skill development and consistency in practice, as an interprofessional team member who is providing care and treatment to children, youth, and families. The POC mentor will identify practice development needs of staff and staff skills and abilities in their role. The POC mentor provides direction and guidance to staff to ensure the endorsed best practice model approach and skills are evident in practice while supporting children, youth, and families. The POC mentor acts as a trauma informed care role model and coach at the Point of Care and is accountable to regulated healthcare professionals. 
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
-Under the direction of the Trauma Informed Care team, the POC mentor role models, supports and provides feedback around trauma informed practice and the Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model with the goal of enhancing skill and performance. 
-Assist staff to implement practices of the IWK’s Integrated approach: person centered care, trauma Informed care, and EDIRA (Equity Diversity, Inclusion, Reconciliation and Accessibility.
-Role Models and coaches staff to understand integrating expertise in MHA specific models such as Non-violent Crisis   Intervention (NCI), Attachment Regulation and Competency (ARC). Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), and Connect Model etc. 
-Identification of staff opportunities for practice improvement.   
-Supports staff wellness and development in a trauma exposed environment.
-Provides in the moment feedback on interactions, relationships, rounds, treatment plan implementation, client communication and the transfer of knowledge to practice.
-Observes and assesses staff practice to ensure interactions with clients, families and staff are supportive, trauma informed and therapeutic in nature.
-Participates in milieu leadership team meetings to share feedback, strengths, and opportunities for improvement, 
-Consults with the professionals overseeing case as required and appropriate 
Hours of Work
Monday to Friday, 8am - 4pm with some evenings required, so flexibility is essential.
Your Qualifications
-Successful completion of an undergraduate degree in Child and Youth Care Studies, or successful completion of an undergraduate degree in Nursing or a successful completion of an undergraduate degree in Social Work.  
-CYC Practitioner certification preferred.
-Registered or eligible for registration with the college of registered Nurses of Nova Scotia
-Registered or eligible for registration with the college of Social Work Nova Scotia
-Trauma Informed Care training and Attachment Regulation and Competency (ARC) training required.
-Minimum five (5) years’ experience working with patients, families and interprofessional teams within a day treatment and inpatient mental health and addiction setting required.
-Minimum two years related experience in leadership and or as an instructor required.   
-Minimum three (3) years experience mentoring health care providers and precepting students and new learners.
-Training in core Foundational Models across the MHA program.
-Demonstrated understanding of the needs of children, youth and families served in the Mental Health and Addictions program. 
-Annual certification CPR and NCI required.
-Sound understanding and ability to respond to risk and safety issues required.
-Demonstrated ability to engage with team members in a way that promotes competency development required.
-Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with interprofessional team members.
-Demonstrated ability to engage and partner with patients and families required.
-Valid Nova Scotia driver's license.
-Reliable vehicle with appropriate liability insurance.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Healthcare 
bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
An  offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis
 
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