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Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network – Behavioural Health Consultant - SW

The Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network was the first PCN in Alberta. Over the past 17 years, the ESPCN has grown to become the largest PCN in Edmonton and consists of a team of health care professionals who are passionate about creating healthier communities. Each member of our team of healthcare providers plays a specific role in improving, coordinating, and delivering primary health services.

Our Vision is “to be the trusted cornerstone of a healthy community”. Our employees are exceptional and describe their colleagues as respectful, passionate, collaborative, and dedicated. Now’s your chance to join our amazing team of health care professionals as we lead in the provision of primary care through collaboration, innovation, and teamwork, creating healthy patients and satisfied providers.

Position Overview:

We are currently looking for a part-time (0.80fte) Behavioural Health Consultant – Social Worker (BHC - SW). The Behavioural Health Consultant (BHC) role is grounded in the Primary Care Behavioural Health model and provides brief, evidence-based behavioural and mental health support to a wide range of patients within primary care. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, BHCs deliver functional assessments and focused interventions for concerns related to mental health, substance use, and life stressors or crises. The BHC will be an integrated team member working to their full scope of practice within the primary care setting collaborate closely with the wider team to support behaviour change and enhance team capability. Punjabi language skills are an asset. This role will report to a primary care manager.

The BHC will work with the family primary care providers family in the community, other health professionals and local and regional programming in a multidisciplinary environment. The goals is to ensure a high quality of evidence-based health care is delivered to the practice population.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To work collaboratively in a patient-centred, integrated team based primary care practice setting.
• To participate in the care of individual patients, practice populations and associated communities.
• To take on a solution-focused, goal-directed approach with clinic patients
• To assist in development of brief intervention strategies with clinic patients
• To make professional, competent and autonomous decisions with patients as a member of the multidisciplinary team.
• To act as a resource to other multidisciplinary team members, healthcare institutions and community agencies or programs.
• To ensure accurate, objective and timely clinical documentation in the appropriate medical record.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Registration with relevant College as recognized by the Health Professions Act
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare provider
• Understanding of the Primary Care Behavioural Health (PCBH) Model
• Direct experience supporting individuals with mental health challenges
• Reliable Transportation
• Punjabi Language skills an asset
• Understand the Alberta privacy laws and act according to those laws.
• Should behave responsibly, be accountable and have excellent written and verbal skills, problem solving/critical thinking skills
• To support the vision and mission of the Primary Care Network
• Successful candidate will be required to provide a criminal record check

Previous Experience:

• Primary care setting
• Group facilitation/instruction
• Health behavior change methods (eg Motivational Interviewing)
• Electronic Medical Records

How to Apply?

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply with your resume and cover letter directly through our website www.edmontonsouthsidepcn.ca. Applications submitted through Indeed will not be reviewed.

Applications will be accepted until 10pm, August 3, 2026

Why Work for Us?

Employees of the ESPCN enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes health and dental benefits, flexible spending account, eligibility to contribute to our group RRSP and TFSA plans and receive an employer match, generous vacation and personal time off allowances, education days, and professional development opportunities.

The ESPCN is a respectful and inclusive workplace. The ESPCN team is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including, 2SLGBTQ-identified persons, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities, and individuals who speak languages other than English.

We thank all interested applicants, however due to the volume of resumes we receive, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $39.02-$51.89 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care
• Wellness program

Work Location: In person