Psychologist Masters

Position #: 9006726

Expected Start Date: October 06, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Child & Youth Services

City/Town: Regina

Department: Mental Health Community Clinics & Programs

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 8 hour shifts, field hours

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Psychologist - Masters $44.093 to $53.916

Travel Required: No

Job description: 

Under the direction of a Program Manager and as a member of an interdisciplinary team, the Masters Psychologist provides a range of screening, triage, assessment, treatment and case coordination services in the community to a primarily child and youth mental health and addiction population. HSAS seniority within the Saskatchewan Health Authority will be considered under the Selection Criteria.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Education

• Recognized Master’s Degree in Psychology is required.

Experience

• Requires a minimum of one year (postgraduate) recent recognized clinical experience in a community mental health setting working with children, youth and families presenting with acute and chronic mental health and addiction problems.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Demonstrates:

• Extensive knowledge of normal child and adolescent and young adult development and psychopathology.

• Comprehensive knowledge of best practice or empirically based models for the range of childhood mental health disorders.

• Knowledge of and experience utilizing standardized psychometric instruments and a wide range of measures typically used with children and youth. 

• Demonstrated ability to identify, implement and evaluate areas of client difficulty across a wide range of clinical presentation and formulate evidence based intervention.

• Knowledge of the diversity of cultures, values and traditions and their impact on accessing mental health services and assessment.

• Knowledge and demonstrated application of a variety of intervention strategies (individual and group) for children/youth with mental health and addiction problems in a community setting, including, but not limited to: assessment, triage, treatment and case management.

• Ability and professional maturity to develop and maintain relationships within a multidisciplinary team, interagency programs and across the community of human services.

• Solid consultation skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with community partners and possess a broad knowledge of community resources including treatment programs and support agencies.

• Ability to provide public education regarding children and youth and mental health concerns.

• Ability to design, initiate and conduct in service training for other professionals.

• Ability to work independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary mental health and addiction team.

• Demonstrated ability to engage in community program consultation and resource development within the community.

• Ability to manage a complex caseload with multiple demands.

• Knowledge of mentoring principles and ability to provide supervision to students and peer consultation to a multidisciplinary team.

• Knowledge and practical application of the Mental Health Services Act and Health Information Protection Act and other legislation that impacts the work of clinicians in a mental health and addiction setting.

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).  Ability to document and complete psychological reports in a concise and timely manner.

• Excellent interpersonal competence including effective problem solving and conflict resolution skills, and an ability to respond under pressure.

• Ability to enter and retrieve data in computer database systems.

Other Information

•  Registered/eligible for membership with Canadian Physical Therapy Association

• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement

• Please submit a cover letter and resume when applying for this position.

• For more information on the city of Regina please visit https://www.regina.ca/

• Registered/eligible with the Saskatchewan College of Physical Therapists (SCPT)