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: New An exciting opportunity as a Regular Part-Time, Therapist.

The General

Psychiatry/Mental Health in Medicine Program is an inter-professional team of psychiatrists, social workers and occupational therapists who offers psychiatric assessment, pharmacotherapy, and time-limited psychotherapy (both individual and group treatment) to both women and men.

The Mental

Health in Medicine Program is a specialized mental health service that provides assessment and time-limited treatment to clients with mental health concerns that are secondary to or complicated by a concurrent medical illness. This does not include specialized services in eating disorders.

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

Consult and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members, as required.

Facilitate leading the Day Treatment Program

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

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

Experience with offering a day treatment intervention

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 setting 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.

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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.

📌 Therapist - Mental Health in Medicine/General Psychiatry (Toronto)
🏢 Women's College Hospital
📍 Toronto