Psychologist II – Alberta Health Services

Title of the Job: Psychologist II

Location: Westmount, QC

Job Description: Your Opportunity:The Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Spiritual Resources with the Cross Cancer Institute is now hiring for a 0.4 FTE Psychologist II position. This position supports ambulatory outpatient oncology population at our Westmount site as well as inpatients and outpatients at the Cross Cancer Institute. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work on a vibrant, supportive multi-disciplinary team comprised of psychologists, social workers, spiritual health practitioners, sexual health consultants and specialty patient navigators. Join a team that is passionate about engaging with patients and their loved ones who are struggling to cope and integrate their cancer experience into their lives. Meeting the psychosocial needs of oncology patients and their loved ones can be meaningful and fulfilling work. Specifics duties also include: Provide advanced and specialized clinical psychological services pertinent to an inpatient and outpatient oncology population including screening, assessment, and psychological intervention. Make clinical decisions to support the assessment and treatment of complex, multi-dimensional healthcare needs of patients and families experiencing cancer. Develop psychological treatment programs for patients and families who have experienced or are experiencing cancer, including but not restricted to individual, group, and family treatment.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: Psychosocial Oncology & Spiritual Resources
• Primary Location: Westmount Shopping Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.40
• Posting End Date: 16-OCT-2024
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 01-NOV-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 4
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $52.34
• Maximum Salary: $69.50
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

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:Minimum 1 year experience providing psychological services in an oncology setting. Minimum 2-3 years of experience in providing psychological services as part of a multidisciplinary team in a medical setting. Experience providing interventions in individual, couples/family and group modalities. Preferred Qualifications:Minimum 1 year experience working within electronic medical record (ARIA/EPIC/Connect care) Experience working in health psychology preferred. Experience in mentoring, coaching and supervising trainees including pre-doctoral level residents and students is 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.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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