INTERNAL POSTING - Senior Clinician - CYDS

Purpose of Position: 

The Senior Clinician (SC) is a key member of the FIREFLY clinical services team. Working closely with front-line clinicians, the SC is a role model, mentor, and leader for clinicians in their own profession, demonstrating and promoting excellence in evidence-based practice, ethical behavior, organizational practices, and current knowledge of professional standards. The SC promotes the mission, vision and values of FIREFLY and supports implementation of FIREFLY strategies, goals, objectives while abiding by policies and procedures and any applicable legislation. 

Key Job Functions: 

• Reporting to a Clinical Manager, the Senior Clinician (SC) maintains a clinical caseload, and provides clinical supervision, mentorship, and support to assigned clinicians while consistently practicing at college standards in all performance areas and commonly exceeding standards in several areas of
  performance. 

• Adheres to college standards and keeps current with legislative changes pertinent to profession. 

• Models evidence-informed practices.
  


• Collaborates with Clinical Manager to monitor caseload and waitlists and implementation of waitlist strategies. 

• Provides clinical supervision to clinicians assigned within discipline. 

• Shares knowledge by mentoring and coaching clinicians regarding clinical reasoning, professional practice, and ethical issues. This includes provision
  of college mentorship as . 

• Participates in the interview process and supports recruitment and retention
  activities. 

• Promotes and cultivates a collaborative team culture; encourages work/life balance; stimulates and supports creative thinking and problem solving. 

• Identifies professional development needs and supports achievement of
  same. 

• Contributes to developing best practice guidelines with Clinical Manager(s). 

• Supports research initiatives as appropriate. 

• Promotes service excellence by contributing to the Performance Appraisal process in collaboration with the Clinical Manager. 


• Shares responsibility with other SCs to support discipline meetings and/or discipline-specific discussions, linking with other internal SCs to develop clinical meetings and/or inter-disciplinary discussions. 
  

• Leads orientation process for new staff and students as assigned. 


• Collaborates with the Clinical Manager to address discipline-specific trends and issues. 


• Facilitates student placement and observation requests within the discipline. 


• Accepts the changing nature and requirements of the position, including the addition and/or deletion of responsibilities as negotiated. 

Education/Experience/Skills/Knowledge Required: 

• Master’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education or
  experience. 


• Minimum 4 years’ experience in clinical service provision in field of expertise. 


• Progressive experience in leadership and/or clinical supervision
  preferred. 


• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, diplomacy, and good judgement. 


• LEAN Six Sigma Yellow Belt is preferred. 

Conditions of Employment: 

• The ability to manage a reasonable workload; effective priority setting and follow up. 


• Role model the vision and values of the Agency. 


• Value the concept of teamwork and ability to work independently. 


• Ability to deal with conflict, mediate and problem solve. 


• Quality of work to meet or exceed Agency specifications. 


• Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen that is free of any offences is required.


• Actively promotes and abides by Agency Health and Safety policies. 


• Must have a valid Driver’s License.

Application Deadline: July 31, 2025