Psychologist Phd

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
**Psychologist: Eating Disorders Program (EDP)**

The Hospital for Sick Children is a leading tertiary pediatric centre providing medical and mental health care to the most complex children and youth and their families. A dynamic clinical, education and research environment, SickKids is committed to excellence in integrated inter-professional care. It is a centre of excellence in the delivery of cutting-edge health care to the pediatric population.

The Eating Disorders Program (EDP) at SickKids is undertaking an ambitious redesign of its services with the goal of providing highly integrated medical stabilization and mental health assessment and treatment services to patients and families. This re-design of services will transform inpatient, day treatment and outpatient care to a fully integrated and collaborative model between the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry. Treatment will focus on the delivery of high-quality evidence-based models that ensure care optimizes patients’ recovery while supporting their parents and caregivers.

Providing services in one of the most diverse cities in the country, SickKids psychologists are committed to enhancing health equity, respectful service and inclusion of all populations served by the hospital. Psychologists are important partners in delivering on the mental health strategy of SickKids. Increasingly their work reflects the important integration of mental health in the context of managing complex pediatric life-span conditions - an important priority of the patients and families whom we serve.

**Here's What You'll Get To Do**:

- Provide psychological assessment, diagnosis and treatment to children & adolescents with eating disorders and related mental health difficulties
- Provide the treatment team with clinical formulations that help address and prioritize the psychological complexities requiring intervention on the unit
- Work collaboratively with a large interdisciplinary health care team, participating in consultation, team meetings and discharge/transition planning processes
- Educate, support and prepare patients and parents for discharge/transition planning
- Provide clinical teaching and supervision to PhD-level Psychology trainees, Adolescent Medicine Residents & Fellows, other health professional colleagues
- Participate in departmental initiatives and program-specific committees
- Participate in the program planning & implementation initiatives and evaluation of the Eating Disorders Program, as appropriate
- The role requires services to be delivered in-person and through virtual platforms such as ZOOM and Teams; both working from home and on site at the hospital are required

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Completion of a CPA/APA recognized Ph.D. degree program in Clinical or Health Psychology is required with a pediatric/developmental focus
- Minimum two (2) years related experience in paediatric clinical-health psychology setting
- Experience in treating patients with Eating Disorders an asset
- Registered and in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario for autonomous practice
- Experience in the delivery of outpatient-based evidence-informed therapies such as Family Based Treatment (FBT) and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotion-Focused (EFT), and Motivational (MI/MET) therapies an asset
- Demonstrated skills in patient and family engagement, customizing treatment to the needs of patients and families inclusive of trauma informed, culturally competent care and supporting families in all phases of treatment including preparing for transition and discharge
- Knowledge and experience with crisis prevention and intervention models
- Experience with all aspects of measurement-based care
- Experience providing clinical supervision for PhD-level psychology trainees is an asset
- Excellent assessment, diagnostic and formulation skills for eating disorder patients
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