Psychologist II

Your Opportunity:

Clinical Psychology Services (CPS) is a community clinic within the Edmonton Zone, Addiction & Mental Health (AMH) program. The clinic is located in the Garneau neighbourhood of Edmonton’s southside. We are recruiting to positions in both Neuropsychology & Clinical Psychology to join our team of leading-edge psychologists providing services to adults experiencing complex mental health or concurrent substance use disorders.

Neuropsychologist Positions:

Focused primarily on providing consultation and formal assessment of neurocognitive disorders.

Clinical Psychologist Positions:

A blended role providing formal assessment and evidence-based group psychotherapy as a primary treatment using clinical outcome measurement. Individual follow-up for psychotherapy is provided on an as needed basis.

The team receives their referrals from internal mental health and addiction providers from across the continuum of care. CPS is community based however, inreach to psychiatric inpatient units for formal assessment is provided on an as needed basis. A team of dedicated psychometrists provide support and maintain a current test library. The team is engaged in service planning, evaluation, quality improvement initiatives, training and supervision of doctoral level psychology residents. CPS adheres to the AMH Principles of Care which prioritize client centered care, collaboration between the care team & client, trauma informed, concurrent disorder capable & recovery oriented care.

Qualified candidates are welcomed to contact the manager. This position will be part of Primary Care Alberta effective November 18, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Primary Care Alberta.

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.

• Recovery Alberta: Y
• Classification: Psychologist II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Clinical Psychology Services
• Primary Location: College Plaza
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 20-FEB-2025
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 03-MAR-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $52.34
• Maximum Salary: $69.50
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

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:

• Neuropsychologists: Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology/Neuropsychology from an accredited university program with specialized doctoral or post-doctoral training in neuropsychology is required. Advanced knowledge and skills in neuropsychology are required for accurate differential diagnoses. Experience conducting neuropsychological assessment with adults is required.
• Clinical Psychologists: Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology: Knowledge, skill and ability to provide psychodiagnostics, personality and cognitive assessments; individual and group psychotherapy using evidence-based modalities.
• Applicable to both roles: Current Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers. Experience using electronic medical records (e.g., Connect Care) is an asset.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant mental health experience. Supervision may be arranged for a qualified individual with provisional registration.
• Knowledge, skill and ability to treat substance related and addictive disorders are preferred.
• Qualified candidates with expertise and/or experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work preferred.
• Linguistic diversity and proficiency in multiple languages considered an asset.