Mental Health Clinician – 37.5 hours/week, Permanent
Top Benefits
About the role
October 8th, 2025
Overview The Mental Health Clinician is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team who provides psychosocial assessment, a range of psychosocial/psychiatric treatments/interventions, psychosocial health education, crisis intervention, and advocacy on behalf of rostered and referred patients within the Family Health Team. This is a permanent 37.5 hour/week position with the Medical Centre FHO.
Responsibilities Clinical:
- Provides bio-psychosocial assessment of individual patients and their families
- Coordinates referrals and facilitates access to other health care providers and community organizations
- Initiates and provides a variety of treatments including supportive, psychotherapeutic, psycho-educational, and crisis interventions
- Individual sessions are by phone, virtual and/or in-person and groups may be virtual or in-person
- Assists in overcoming barriers within the healthcare system to ensure timely delivery of services
- Monitors patient goals and outcomes through ongoing assessment and documentation of treatment progress
- Participates in treatment planning with other team members as required
- Facilitates clinical groups and services when needed
- Provides cognitive behavioural and supportive therapy to identified patients as required to effect change
- Consults with team members and external professionals involved in the care of patients as required
- Liaises and consults with other agencies/programs/services as required
- Participates in case presentations/reviews and discussions from the mental health perspective within the team
- Advocates on behalf of patients in their care
Administrative
- Maintains an organized appointment schedule
- Monitors and manages referrals from the team
- Maintains workload measures data as required
- Participates in evaluations processes as required
- Maintains up-to-date charting on the patient within the team medical record
- Completes documentation required to facilitate care for the patient (reports, referrals, forms, etc)
- Actively participates in the functioning of the team (business meetings, CQI, etc.)
- Participates in mental health program planning and development within the team or externally as appropriate in order to facilitate integration of services
- Regular attendance to all FHT/FHO meetings is mandatory.
Educational
- Maintains current discipline specific standards of practice in line with the professional college
- Establishes and implements an annual plan for professional development in order to maintain evidence-informed clinical skills
- Participates in local educational presentations
- Accesses formal/informal supervision or peer consultation
- Maintains awareness and understanding of current Mental Health legislation and Privacy legislation
Other Related Duties
- Contributes to the team by performing related tasks as required
- Complies with all Privacy Legislation
- Assists in training and orientation of new staff
- Demonstrates basic computer skills or willing to learn
Qualifications
-
3+ years clinical experience in the community
-
Bachelor of Social Work is an asset (Master of Social Work is preferred)
-
OCSWSSW registration or M.ED/MA in Counselling Psychology
-
CRPO registration
-
Experience leading groups is an asset
-
Addition training/experience also considered an asset:
-
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
-
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
-
Trauma Informed Approach
-
Comfort level and experience working with issues across a broad spectrum
-
Other degrees will be considered; however, you must belong to a related professional college.
Additional Benefits Of Joining The Peterborough Family Health Team
- A provincial leader among Family Health Teams in Ontario
- Excellent team/office environment
- Multidisciplinary team expertise
- PFHT provides clinical supervision
- Organizational commitment to work-life balance
- HOOPP Pension Plan
- Optional Health and Dental Plan
- Life/Disability Insurance Plan
- Health Care Spending Account
- EAP
The Peterborough Family Health Team are leaders in advocating for full vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and its variants, for persons who are medically able to receive the vaccination. All applicants should know that PFHT employees are expected to support this position. Interested candidates can email their resume and cover letter to resumes@peterboroughfht.com by the application deadline.
- Application deadline: October 22, 2025
- Hours: 37.50 hrs/ week
- Expected start date: November 17, 2025
- Job type: Permanent
- Salary: $74,261 to $81,152 per year based on full-time equivalent
The Peterborough Family Health Team is actively committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. The Peterborough Family Health Team offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment processes. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Posted in Careers, PFHT Employed Opportunities
About Peterborough Family Health Team
Founded at the turn of the millennium, Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) supports the primary health care sector in Peterborough City and County. As one of the largest Family Health Teams in Ontario, the organization works with over 100 primary care physicians providing comprehensive care to their patients. Collectively, we have over 100 inter-professional healthcare providers, comprised of: mental health clinicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, a physician assistant, registered dietitians, registered nurses and registered practical nurses.
In addition to one-on-one care, PFHT administers many programs, services, and workshops as a means to redirect patients from the providers practice to a more focused area of care. This approach increases capacity at the practice level while providing patients with an opportunity to learn how to manage their health. These programs, workshops, and services are offered at no charge and derive from irrefutable patterns displayed in the perpetual symptoms patients present.
PFHT is a Queen's residency site, allowing our primary care physicians to have the chance to teach new physicians. As Peterborough has a robust medical community, the PGY1s and PGY2s have the opportunity to not only work in primary care but also in emergency care, palliative care, sports medicine, subacute care and so much more.
Mental Health Clinician – 37.5 hours/week, Permanent
Top Benefits
About the role
October 8th, 2025
Overview The Mental Health Clinician is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team who provides psychosocial assessment, a range of psychosocial/psychiatric treatments/interventions, psychosocial health education, crisis intervention, and advocacy on behalf of rostered and referred patients within the Family Health Team. This is a permanent 37.5 hour/week position with the Medical Centre FHO.
Responsibilities Clinical:
- Provides bio-psychosocial assessment of individual patients and their families
- Coordinates referrals and facilitates access to other health care providers and community organizations
- Initiates and provides a variety of treatments including supportive, psychotherapeutic, psycho-educational, and crisis interventions
- Individual sessions are by phone, virtual and/or in-person and groups may be virtual or in-person
- Assists in overcoming barriers within the healthcare system to ensure timely delivery of services
- Monitors patient goals and outcomes through ongoing assessment and documentation of treatment progress
- Participates in treatment planning with other team members as required
- Facilitates clinical groups and services when needed
- Provides cognitive behavioural and supportive therapy to identified patients as required to effect change
- Consults with team members and external professionals involved in the care of patients as required
- Liaises and consults with other agencies/programs/services as required
- Participates in case presentations/reviews and discussions from the mental health perspective within the team
- Advocates on behalf of patients in their care
Administrative
- Maintains an organized appointment schedule
- Monitors and manages referrals from the team
- Maintains workload measures data as required
- Participates in evaluations processes as required
- Maintains up-to-date charting on the patient within the team medical record
- Completes documentation required to facilitate care for the patient (reports, referrals, forms, etc)
- Actively participates in the functioning of the team (business meetings, CQI, etc.)
- Participates in mental health program planning and development within the team or externally as appropriate in order to facilitate integration of services
- Regular attendance to all FHT/FHO meetings is mandatory.
Educational
- Maintains current discipline specific standards of practice in line with the professional college
- Establishes and implements an annual plan for professional development in order to maintain evidence-informed clinical skills
- Participates in local educational presentations
- Accesses formal/informal supervision or peer consultation
- Maintains awareness and understanding of current Mental Health legislation and Privacy legislation
Other Related Duties
- Contributes to the team by performing related tasks as required
- Complies with all Privacy Legislation
- Assists in training and orientation of new staff
- Demonstrates basic computer skills or willing to learn
Qualifications
-
3+ years clinical experience in the community
-
Bachelor of Social Work is an asset (Master of Social Work is preferred)
-
OCSWSSW registration or M.ED/MA in Counselling Psychology
-
CRPO registration
-
Experience leading groups is an asset
-
Addition training/experience also considered an asset:
-
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
-
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
-
Trauma Informed Approach
-
Comfort level and experience working with issues across a broad spectrum
-
Other degrees will be considered; however, you must belong to a related professional college.
Additional Benefits Of Joining The Peterborough Family Health Team
- A provincial leader among Family Health Teams in Ontario
- Excellent team/office environment
- Multidisciplinary team expertise
- PFHT provides clinical supervision
- Organizational commitment to work-life balance
- HOOPP Pension Plan
- Optional Health and Dental Plan
- Life/Disability Insurance Plan
- Health Care Spending Account
- EAP
The Peterborough Family Health Team are leaders in advocating for full vaccination against the COVID-19 virus and its variants, for persons who are medically able to receive the vaccination. All applicants should know that PFHT employees are expected to support this position. Interested candidates can email their resume and cover letter to resumes@peterboroughfht.com by the application deadline.
- Application deadline: October 22, 2025
- Hours: 37.50 hrs/ week
- Expected start date: November 17, 2025
- Job type: Permanent
- Salary: $74,261 to $81,152 per year based on full-time equivalent
The Peterborough Family Health Team is actively committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applications from all qualified candidates. The Peterborough Family Health Team offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment processes. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Posted in Careers, PFHT Employed Opportunities
About Peterborough Family Health Team
Founded at the turn of the millennium, Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) supports the primary health care sector in Peterborough City and County. As one of the largest Family Health Teams in Ontario, the organization works with over 100 primary care physicians providing comprehensive care to their patients. Collectively, we have over 100 inter-professional healthcare providers, comprised of: mental health clinicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, a physician assistant, registered dietitians, registered nurses and registered practical nurses.
In addition to one-on-one care, PFHT administers many programs, services, and workshops as a means to redirect patients from the providers practice to a more focused area of care. This approach increases capacity at the practice level while providing patients with an opportunity to learn how to manage their health. These programs, workshops, and services are offered at no charge and derive from irrefutable patterns displayed in the perpetual symptoms patients present.
PFHT is a Queen's residency site, allowing our primary care physicians to have the chance to teach new physicians. As Peterborough has a robust medical community, the PGY1s and PGY2s have the opportunity to not only work in primary care but also in emergency care, palliative care, sports medicine, subacute care and so much more.