Psychologist II

Your Opportunity :

This is a one-year temporary position. Do you enjoy helping people by leveraging your strong psychological intervention & clinical assessment skills?

If so, the Psychologist II role with Alberta Health Services' (AHS') Adult Forensic Inpatient Psychology program may be right for you! Discover a fulfilling career as a Psychologist II with AHS in vibrant Edmonton! At Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE), a beautifully designed, leading psychiatric campus of care with a recovery-oriented approach to mental illness & substance use, you can immerse yourself in making a meaningful difference in the lives of others through our team's patient-centered environment supporting individuals demonstrating a wide range of psychiatric disorders.

Reporting to the Unit Manager for Adult Forensic Services, the Psychologist II is responsible for providing psychological services to forensic patients with multiple diagnosis and / or concurrent disorders and / or medical factors;

they will also provide advanced clinical services, consultation and education to the inter-professional team and patients / families and will provide clinical leadership.

In creating a supportive & collaborative work culture, our team's psychologists are all members of the AHE Psychology Advisory Council that meets weekly to offer weekly professional peer support that meets all continuing competency requirements of the College of Alberta Psychologists.

Please note that Relocation Assistance may be available for this competition's successful candidate. Recognizing the vital and profoundly positive impacts that our people's efforts are to the work that we do, at AHS we offer comprehensive total rewards packages, and diverse work structures (part time and full time), which empower our people to also prioritize, cultivate, and optimize their own physical and mental wellbeing.

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.

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 : Preferred Qualifications :

Preferably at least 2 years of consultation experience in a forensic psychological setting and at least one year in a mental health setting providing advanced forensic psychological assessment and consultation.