Psychologist Ii

**Your Opportunity**:
As a psychologist II, you will provide advanced clinical services (including psychological assessment, diagnosis and/or intervention), consultation and education to the interprofessional team and patients/families, and/or provides clinical leadership and coordination in an assigned program area. This is an advanced level psychology position that will allow you to work with or within teams to provide and inform services for patients with complex and multi-dimensional medical, psychological, interpersonal, environmental and/or instrumental needs. You will consult, collaborate, and enact initiatives to ensure that practices are evidence based and in alignment with psychology standards of practice and code of ethics, as well as policy, legislation, and regulations. You will be expected to lead, facilitate and/or participate in program, policy, and procedure development, service planning, staff development, quality improvement and evaluation, and/or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s). You may provide supervision to doctoral level psychology residents, master's level interns, provisional psychologists, psychometrists and other team members. The position operates out of the Summit: Jim & Marianne Sinneave Centre for Youth Resilience and supports the Intensive Community Treatment Services Program.

**Description**:
As a Psychologist II, you will provide advanced clinical services (including psychological assessment, diagnosis and/or intervention), consultation and education to the interprofessional team and patients/families, and/or provides clinical leadership and coordination in an assigned program area. This is an advanced level psychology position that will allow you to work with or within teams to provide and inform services for patients with complex and multi-dimensional medical, psychological, interpersonal, environmental and/or instrumental needs. You will consult, collaborate, and enact initiatives to ensure that practices are evidence based and in alignment with psychology standards of practice and code of ethics, as well as policy, legislation and regulations. You will be expected to lead, facilitate and/or participate in program, policy, and procedure development, service planning, staff development, quality improvement and evaluation, and/or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s). You may provide supervision to doctoral level psychology residents, master's level interns, provisional psychologists, psychometrists and other team members.
- Classification: Psychologist II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Intensive Community Treat
- Primary Location: Clg Cntr Child & Adolescent MH
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 06-FEB-2023
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 21-FEB-2023
- Temporary End Date: 01-SEP-2023
- 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: $51.31
- Maximum Salary: $68.14
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of doctoral degree in Psychology in an applied area relevant to the practice setting from a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) or American Psychological Association (APA) program. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Active or eligible for registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP).

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
Five + years of recent experience in a Pediatric Mental Health Service and/or acute Child Psychiatric setting required. Experience and advanced skills in diagnostic assessment, including mental health status examinations, risk assessment and DSM V diagnoses. Experience working with Child and Family Services and other community resources such as schools. Experience in program development and evaluation and research. Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team with demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills. Experience in change management with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other professionals and contribute positively to change in emerging services/programs. Experience working in a child-focused and family-centred care program. Experience providing expert clinical consultation to and mentoring of professionals in the mental health field.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
Supervised advanced clinical training and experience in mental health diagnostic assessment and evidence-based therapy, (ADOS and ADIR also preferred). Specialized training in DSM V and experience providing a differential diagnosis. Intermediate to advanced computer skills. Completion of Brain Story Certification, Collaborative Problem-Solving Training, Suicide Risk Assessment training. Experience supervising Provisional Psychologists and Psychology Residents pr