Mental Health Clinician

Description:

The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is seeking a Mental Health Clinician to join their culturally rooted, trauma-informed team at the Snuneymuxw First Nations Primary Care Clinic (PCC) in the Nanaimo region. This hybrid role supports a Hub and Spoke model, with the flexibility to serve up to five different clinic locations while anchored administratively in Ladysmith.

The clinician will be part of a collaborative and interdisciplinary care team delivering trauma-informed, culturally safe, and client-centered services grounded in Indigenous worldviews. Mental health services include assessment, collaborative planning, trauma care, education, system navigation, and linkage to resources—delivered through a decolonizing lens that honors clients’ intersecting identities and healing paths.

This role presents an exciting opportunity to directly contribute to FNHA’s mission to support self-determination and improved health outcomes for First Nations communities through a holistic and relational approach to wellness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct mental health, trauma, addiction, and risk assessments and provide treatment planning and interventions

• Collaborate closely with other care providers in a wrap-around model to deliver integrated care

• Utilize culturally safe, Indigenous-informed practices in care delivery

• Support care coordination within a multidisciplinary team

• Provide clinical consultation and education to clients and families

• Maintain client records, documentation, and comply with all clinical standards

• May participate in mobile and remote service delivery to surrounding communities

Employee Benefits:

• Municipal Pension Plan with employer contribution of 9.31%

• Vacation & Leave:

  • 3 weeks vacation (increases to 4 weeks with service)

  • 5 personal days

  • 1 volunteer day

  • 14 public holidays including Indigenous-specific observances

• Health Benefits:

  • Group coverage + Health Care Spending Account from Day 1

• Cultural Safety Training: Mandatory San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training

• Wellness Support: All employees create annual personal wellness plans

• Equity Hiring: Preference given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis

Conflict of Interest Note:

• Employees cannot be listed as FNHA Health Benefits program providers while actively working for FNHA

• Private practice is allowed if compliant with FNHA's Conflict of Interest Policy