Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorders Initiative (Temporary Full-Time)
About the role
Position: Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorders Program
Dept/Program: Mental Health Program
Posting ID: 4056
Status: Temporary Full-Time (approx. 18 months)
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Hours of Work/Shift: Primarily Monday to Friday (8:30am to 4:30pm), Flexibility Required; 37.5 hours per week
Posted: August 14, 2025
Internal Deadline: August 21, 2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
As a member of the inter-professional team, the Mental Health Clinician will work collaboratively to provide evidence based, patient-centred care to individuals living with an Eating Disorder.
Professional Attributes & Responsibilities:
- Experienced in the implementation of CBT-E
- Experienced in leading/ co-leading DBT & CBT Skills groups
- Experienced providing individual counselling
- Experienced in Risk Assessments (self-harm, harm to others, suicidality, safety)
- Demonstrates commitment to hospital-based patient and family-centered care.
- Experience working with individuals with acute and chronic mental health challenges
- Experienced completing comprehensive assessments and formulation to help inform treatment planning
- Takes initiative to tackle important issues, problems and tasks pro-actively
- Demonstrates flexibility and adapts to change and variety on the job (e.g., effectively perform job during unexpected situations or changing conditions)
- Possesses strong clinical, organizational and documentation skills
- Demonstrates commitment to best practice guidelines and quality improvement
- Commitment to the vision and goals of THP mental health strategic plan
- Demonstrated awareness and a good understanding of the principles/protocols that govern health and safety issues
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree (preferred) in regulated health care profession (Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Registered Psychotherapist (authorized to practice independently).
- Membership with professional college, in good standing and authorized to practice independently.
- Minimum three years of clinical experience working with individuals living with mental health and/or concurrent disorders.
- Minimum of one year of experience working with individuals living with an Eating Disorder
- Extensive training and experience providing time limited, evidenced based treatment, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
- Solid individual and group psychotherapy skills required and essential.
- Knowledgeable with data collection tools.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills combined with the ability to work independently as well as part of an inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritize competing demands, positive work and attendance record, required
- Hospital based experience is considered an asset.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications.
Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorders Initiative (Temporary Full-Time)
About the role
Position: Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorders Program
Dept/Program: Mental Health Program
Posting ID: 4056
Status: Temporary Full-Time (approx. 18 months)
Site: Credit Valley Hospital
Hours of Work/Shift: Primarily Monday to Friday (8:30am to 4:30pm), Flexibility Required; 37.5 hours per week
Posted: August 14, 2025
Internal Deadline: August 21, 2025
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
As a member of the inter-professional team, the Mental Health Clinician will work collaboratively to provide evidence based, patient-centred care to individuals living with an Eating Disorder.
Professional Attributes & Responsibilities:
- Experienced in the implementation of CBT-E
- Experienced in leading/ co-leading DBT & CBT Skills groups
- Experienced providing individual counselling
- Experienced in Risk Assessments (self-harm, harm to others, suicidality, safety)
- Demonstrates commitment to hospital-based patient and family-centered care.
- Experience working with individuals with acute and chronic mental health challenges
- Experienced completing comprehensive assessments and formulation to help inform treatment planning
- Takes initiative to tackle important issues, problems and tasks pro-actively
- Demonstrates flexibility and adapts to change and variety on the job (e.g., effectively perform job during unexpected situations or changing conditions)
- Possesses strong clinical, organizational and documentation skills
- Demonstrates commitment to best practice guidelines and quality improvement
- Commitment to the vision and goals of THP mental health strategic plan
- Demonstrated awareness and a good understanding of the principles/protocols that govern health and safety issues
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree (preferred) in regulated health care profession (Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Registered Psychotherapist (authorized to practice independently).
- Membership with professional college, in good standing and authorized to practice independently.
- Minimum three years of clinical experience working with individuals living with mental health and/or concurrent disorders.
- Minimum of one year of experience working with individuals living with an Eating Disorder
- Extensive training and experience providing time limited, evidenced based treatment, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
- Solid individual and group psychotherapy skills required and essential.
- Knowledgeable with data collection tools.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills combined with the ability to work independently as well as part of an inter-professional team
- Ability to prioritize competing demands, positive work and attendance record, required
- Hospital based experience is considered an asset.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications.
Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.