Psychologist- Mental Health

**About us**

Our work environment includes:

- Modern office setting
- Food provided

**Position**:Psychologist

**Department**:Mental Health Services

**Position Status**:Full -Time

**Union**:OPSEU 373

**Number of Positions**:1

**HOURS OF WORK**:
**WHY WORK FOR US**:
**Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)** is a state-of-the-art regional hospital with a proud local history extending back over a century. With a capacity of 494 beds, our regional hospital has one of the busiest Emergency Department in Ontario and offers an extensive range of services, including specialized programs in renal, stroke, cardiac, cancer care, and vascular surgery.

We wouldn't be the hospital we are today without the people and nothing is more important to us then our team of dedicated employees. At PRHC, we pride ourselves on creating and maintaining an environment where people are valued, recognized, and treated with respect.

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU**:
We believe that the best way to support our patients is through our people. We do this by providing our employees with competitive and comprehensive benefit plans including:

- A pension program with matching employer contribution
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee and family assistance program
- Health and wellness programs (gym and yoga memberships, annual wellness fair, travel discounts)
- Learning fund for educational development. Exploring new positions, programs, or development initiatives is encouraged as it contributes to your personal and professional growth. PRHC supports and encourages you to pursue whatever path you choose.

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**:
The **Psychologist** provides psychological services to Inpatient and Outpatient Mental Health Services in an appropriate, efficient and cost-effective manner.

**WHAT YOU’LL BRING**:

- Graduate from a CPA/APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program
- **Registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario is mandatory. Autonomous practice is preferred. THIS IS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR THIS POSITION.**:

- Authorized area of practice in Clinical Psychology is mandatory.
- Authorized client population in Adults is mandatory.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with individuals with concurrent substance use and mental health disorders.
- Five years of experience in clinical mental health preferred.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in clinical work with substance use and mental health disorders, including patients with severe and complex mental health, substance use, and physical health disorders.
- Experience working in a hospital setting.
- Demonstrated competency in delivering evidence-based treatment in both individual and group formats with specialized experience in assessment and treatment of mental health and substance use health disorders.
- Strong knowledge and experience working with vulnerable and marginalized clients, including knowledge in harm reduction models.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team setting and to communicate and collaborate in an inter-professional team context are essential, including working collaboratively between hospital and community services.
- Strong knowledge, demonstrated ability, and experience in program development, evaluation, and research.
- Experience with community consultation is an asset.
- Willingness to work variable hours.
- Excellent communication skills, organizational ability, critical thinking, and goal-setting skills.

**WHO YOU ARE**:

- Conduct evidence-based, comprehensive diagnostic interviews, and write comprehensive diagnostic reports and treatment recommendations to third party stakeholders in a timely fashion.
- Administer and interpret standardized psychological assessment instruments for diagnostic and progress monitoring purposes.
- Effective communication skills are essential both for the purpose of explaining test results/diagnosis, etc. and for providing treatment.
- Sound knowledge of the principal theories of the personality functioning, best practice therapeutic treatment modalities aligned with individual diagnosis, and commitment to measurement-based quality care.
- Requisite academic preparation for the provision of individual and group therapy programs, relevant clinical experience, and will have demonstrated the willingness to further develop such clinical skills on an ongoing basis.
- Demonstrated computer competency including familiarity with relevant software programs.
- Demonstrated commitment to a multi-disciplinary team treatment approach as demonstrated by a collaborative and collegial attitude.
- Willingness to share knowledge and expertise with other team members.

**OUR COMMITMENT**:
At PRHC, we take great pride in maintaining an inclusive culture of respect and a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. We do this because we understand that bringing different perspectives and backgrounds to the fulfillment of our mission, vision and values makes us better.

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