Psychologist - Child/adolescent Mental Health

**Posting Period**:
Open: October 29, 2024

Closed: November 27, 2024

Non-Union

**Department Name**:
Psychology - Child/Adolescent Mental Health

Working as part of a team of clinical psychologists on the service, the Psychologist is responsible for providing a complete range of psychological services (i.e., diagnostic, assessment, psychotherapy, consultation, program development/evaluation) to inpatients in Children's Hospital, primarily as a member of our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit team. In addition to direct service, the Psychologist serves in research, educational, teaching, and supervisory roles within our Children's Hospital and our Psychology Department and maintains internal and external communication links with health care professionals in other agencies dealing with psychological programs and services. The Psychologist would also be resident supervisor in the London Clinical Psychology Residency Consortium in the Child/Adolescent Track.

Psychologists within LHSC demonstrate the scientist-practitioner model of service in their work. As a part of one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centre, our psychologists work with our patients and families, our clinical teams, and our academic partners to advance both care and knowledge in health care.

Supervision is available for anyone requiring Supervised Practice as part of their registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario

Regular Full-Time

Rate of Pay: $59.83 per hour - $74.80 per hour

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

**Qualifications**:

- Doctoral degree in Psychology
- Registration (or eligibility for registration) with the College of Psychologists of Ontario
- Minimum two (2) years of recent relevant experience
- Experience in working in a Children’s Hospital
- Authorized (or eligibility to be authorized) to provide Clinical Psychology services
- Authorized (or eligibility to be authorized) to work with Children and Adolescents
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge of relevant legislation (e.g., Mental Health Act, PHIPA, HCCA)
- Demonstrated advanced diagnostic and psychotherapy skills
- Demonstrated ability in working with interprofessional health care teams
- Demonstrated expertise in evidence-based Psychological assessment and intervention
- Demonstrated advanced ability to establish effective interpersonal relationships
- Demonstrated advanced verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated commitment to working within an academic environment
- Demonstrated excellent time management and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks effectively
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to the principles of patient and family centered care
- Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC’s Vision, Purpose and Values
- Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

Immunization Requirements:
Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires will be required to:

- Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, Tetanus/ Diphtheria/Polio; Meningitis;
- Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing (two step);
- Provide proof of Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccination reflective of Ontario Health’s current definition of being fully vaccinated

Teaching, Learning and Research

London Health Sciences Centre is proudly one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching and research hospitals. LHSC has an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning, with education agreements in collaboration with over 55 schools, hospitals, and community agencies from across Ontario, Canada and internationally; among our many education partners, our three regional partners are Western University, Fanshawe College, and Thames Valley District School Board. LHSC provides students with a place that they can learn and discover knowledge and skills to take them forward in their careers as health care professionals. Approximately 2,900 Nursing, Allied Health and other students ranging from secondary school to university graduate level programs receive training at LHSC every year. As an employee of LHSC, you will be expected to engage in role-related teaching, professional development, and research activities in addition to standard position duties and responsibilities.

As part of the selection process applicants may be required to complete an examination or test. Please be advised that a reference check may be conducted as part of the selection process.