Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team that values evidence informed practice, strong clinical judgment, and compassionate care. We offer a supportive, learning focused environment where your career can grow. Although this is a generalist role, you’ll have opportunities to develop deeper expertise in areas such as Children and Youth, Adults, trauma, or concurrent disorders. You’ll bring established skills in CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and group facilitation to your work through individual therapy, skills based group workshops and Walk in Clinic support. Fort McMurray is a close knit, family forward city that offers work life balance, short commutes, and year round outdoor recreation. You’ll join a service that values skilled clinicians and the essential role they play in delivering high quality mental health care. This position may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of Return for Service. Please see https://www.rcif-hsaa.ca/ for more info. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, Recovery Alberta currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.
As the Mental Health Therapist, you will be required to use a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, and group) to persons experiencing significant mental health difficulties. Working both independently and as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence informed and best practices in crisis intervention, assessment, consultation, referral, case management and treatment.
- Classification: Mental Hlth Therapist CH/AS/NL
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: AMH Services Psychosocial Traveling Team
- Primary Location: Wood Buffalo AMH
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 10-SEP-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 20-SEP-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $44.93
- Maximum Salary: $59.68
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided
Required Qualifications:
Master's degree in Psychology; or master's degree in Social Work (clinical specialization) including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy; or master's or bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; or master's degree in Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Authorized to perform the restricted activity of Psychosocial Intervention is an asset. A valid Class V driver’s license. This role requires some travel, to rural and remote communities to provide/facilitate mental health services.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience completing comprehensive mental health assessments, including mental status examinations, risk assessments, and provisional diagnoses. Experience in crisis intervention, concurrent disorders, trauma‑informed practice, or community‑based mental health services. Experience working within multidisciplinary teams, consulting with physicians or psychiatrists, and collaborating with community partners. Experience facilitating therapeutic or skills‑based groups.
