Provincial Assessment Centre Careers

The PAC provides multi-disciplinary mental health services for individuals 14 years or older with a developmental disability and a concurrent mental health concern, or behaviour issue.

The Provincial Assessment Centre (PAC) is a 10-bed inpatient facility, located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional lands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations.

Individuals with developmental disabilities and concurrent mental health challenges have highly specialized needs. Under BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, which provides care to individuals with the most complex mental health and substance use needs in the province, clients have access to specialized assessment and treatment services and health care professionals.

The PAC team includes many professionals including physicians, psychologists, community liaison nurses, occupational therapists, behavioural therapists, nurses, mental health support workers, dietitians, music therapists, and art therapists. PAC's clinical team develops and implements an assessment and treatment plan with the full involvement of the individual and their support needs.

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Join the passionate multidisciplinary team at PAC

The Provincial Assessment Centre is home to a passionate team with a wide variety of disciplines including recreation therapists, psychiatrists, nurses, music therapists, and more.

Therapist holds medicine ball and talks to a woman. — Recreational therapists

A woman stands on a balcony and smiles at the camera. — Psychiatrists

Young woman wearing a lanyard and vest smiles. — Nurses

A woman smiles at the camera. — Occupational therapists

Man sits in front of a rack of guitars. — Music therapists

An Indigenous elder performing a traditional ceremony, holding a feather and a bowl, with two people observing attentively in the background. — Indigenous care coordinators

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We are grateful to all the First Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands and waters around us for all time, including the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on whose unceded and ancestral territory our head office is located.

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