Psychologist II
Your Opportunity:
The East Calgary Family Care Clinic is known for providing comprehensive primary care for people with complex needs. This could be any combination of chronic illnesses, mental health concerns and/or addiction as well as social or economic factors that negatively impact health. The Psychologist II works within a large multidisciplinary team and provides psychological services to patients with significant symptom severity and impact on function where a strong breadth and/or specialisation of knowledge and expertise is required. The Psychologist II will use a customised and flexible approach to patients presenting with multiple diagnoses and/or concurrent medical factors. The Psychologist II provides individual or group therapy and will be expected to conduct formal and general psychological assessments to address complex presentations and provide interpretation of assessment results to address diagnostic questions and enable an informed approach to decisions such as treatment planning and eligibility for government funding. There is an opportunity to participate in program evaluation and development and to provide supervision to students in the clinic. Key Responsibilities: Provides clinical psychological assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and program development for complex client pathologies. Provides advanced and specialized clinical/psychological services including, but not restricted to individual, and group intervention. Provide psychological therapy for individuals presenting with multi-dimensional issues including comorbid disorders. Provides consultations to interdisciplinary team members and community partners. Designs and delivers in-service education and training for staff. Develop the necessary documentation to record an adequate patient profile. Adhere to all standards.
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: East Calgary Family Care Clinic
- Primary Location: East Calgary Health Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.60
- Posting End Date: 12-JUL-2024
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 22-JUL-2024
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 36
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $52.34
- Maximum Salary: $69.50
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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:Education: PhD from an accredited university or equivalent education and experience required. Registration, or eligible for registration, with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) required. Must obtain registration prior to commencement of position. Required: 5 years of mental health experience required Minimum two years of recognized clinical experience in the area of concurrent disorders required. Two years of clinical consultation and supervision experience required. A demonstrated ability to function in a interdisciplinary environment. Experience and training in trauma informed care required Demonstrated ability to use Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and computer literacy Demonstrated experience and proficiency in administering and interpreting psychological testing protocols (e.g. TOMM, WAIS-IV, WMS, D-KEFS, MMPI-RF, BDI-II, BAI, BRIEF, and CAARS). • Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability within a complex and rapidly changing environment and may involve working with clients who present criminal or suicidal tendencies; potential exposure to violence and aggression.
Preferred Qualifications:Previous experience in providing mental health care in an outpatient/community setting preferred. Certification in a trauma protocol such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) preferred.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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