Mental Health Nurse - Addictions Counselling

Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members.

Position Overview

Calian Health is seeking a full-time mental health nurse focused in addictions counselling with a passion for delivering outpatient addiction services. This role involves providing specialized addictions counseling services for Canadian Armed Forces members at an exclusive outpatient clinic located on Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg. As part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidate will deliver tailored support and evidence-based interventions, contributing to the health and readiness of military personnel.

In this role you’ll benefit from:

• Generous allotment of time for booked appointments.
• Daytime work schedule offering work/life balance.
• Motivated clients and diverse presenting concerns.
• Collaborative team approach.

Calian offers:

• A competitive base salary.
• Generous allotment of paid vacation time.
• Health and dental benefits effective your first day of work.

Responsibilities

• Assessing substance-use disorders, including differential assessment of concurrent disorder
• Assessing process addictions, such as pathological gambling, sexual behaviour, and gaming
• Participating in the development of a treatment plan with the client and the inter-disciplinary health care team to address the clients’ addiction
• Providing therapeutic interventions such as Secondary Substance-Abuse Intervention Programs consistent with the established addiction assessment for the client in an individual or group setting
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the counselling program, interventions, and the client’s progressing in resolving identified problems and movement toward personalized objectives
• Facilitating educational activities and group interventions such as pre-deployment briefings, psychosocial services overview presentations, and group psycho-education sessions
• Delivery of psycho-educational sessions such as addiction-free living
• Creating and maintaining confidential client reports on treatment services

Qualifications

• Must have either a diploma or degree in nursing or psychiatric nursing
• Must be licensed and in good standing with the appropriate licensing body in Manitoba
• Must have 2 years post-graduate experience in the last 5 years performing a range of clinical services including addictions assessment, treatment planning, individual therapy, and group therapy for an adult population.
• Current certification or willingness to obtain CPR Level C with AED.

Additional Requirements

You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level.