Mental Health Clinician

September 28th, 2026

Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) is a collaborative primary care organization that works alongside family physicians and community partners to provide comprehensive, team-based care to the residents of Peterborough and Peterborough County. Our interdisciplinary team works together across multiple clinical sites.

PFHT supports clinical excellence, innovation, and digital health solutions that enhance patient care, improve provider workflows, and protect the privacy and security of health information.

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 permanent position is 22.5 hours/week working within the City and County of Peterborough.

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

• 2+ years clinical experience in the community is an asset, however newer graduates will be considered
• Masters of Social Work with registration to OCSWSSW in good standing or Registered…