Psychologist II

This Psychologist ll - Adult Inpatient Program position reports to a Unit Manager at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury. CCMHBI is a campus of specialists and health professionals that are committed to integrated, multi-disciplinary care and treatment to ensure the best outcomes for patients and their families. The Psychologist ll supports patients within Acute Services and a Complex Care unit. The Acute Services Units provide comprehensive assessment, treatment, and stabilization services to individuals 18-64 years of age who have a severe and persistent mental illness and/or are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and/or addiction illness. The Complex Care Unit provides care and treatment for those individuals, 18-64 experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support the rehabilitation and recovery process. As a Psychologist ll your responsibilities will include but not limited to; Provide comprehensive psychological assessment services, utilizing standardized and evidenced based interview and assessment procedures. Provide evidenced based individual short-term therapy/counseling interventions. Provide consultation to the treatment team, clients/patients, family and/or community personnel, regarding management and/or treatment of mental, behavioral, adjustment and psychosocial disorders. Provide leadership and partnership in program planning, development, and implementation. Provides supervision of pre-doctoral psychology residents, provisionally registered psychologists, psychology students and psychometrist. Participate in client/patient conferences and team meetings as required and communicate pertinent information to all disciplines involved.

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.

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).

Excellent communication, documentation skills and the ability to participate as an interdisciplinary team member required. Ability to frequently perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and the ability to frequently concentrate on precise detailed work is essential. Proficiency with comprehensive assessments as well as individual therapy. Demonstrated ability to manage a case list and work within tight timeframes. Working knowledge of Mental Health Act, DSM lV/V, FOIPP, and other legislative frameworks as needed. Minimum of five (5) years of recent related experience working with adult clientele in a clinical inpatient setting.

Mental health and addictions related experience.