Psychologist II - with Great Benefits

We are searching for a brilliant Psychologist II to join our high calibre team at Alberta Health Services in Edmonton, AB.
Growing your career as a Full Time Psychologist II is a fantastic opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in critical thinking, presentation and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Psychologist II at Alberta Health Services today!

Your Opportunity:

Pediatric Palliative Care at the Stollery Children's hospital is looking for a psychologist II with great play and art therapy experience in an advanced clinical practice. We are a small supportive multidisciplinary team providing therapeutic care for children who are nearing end of life and need support. This is a challenging yet rewarding role and the successful applicant will work closely with our team. In this therapeutic role you will use a variety of approaches to engage the children, siblings and parents or guardians. A wide variety of experience in end-of-life care, CBT, DBT and trauma informed care is essential. Certification in play therapy or art therapy will be prioritized and a masters is required. Grief counselling, ethics, problem solving, and proven self-care are essential skills. You will show patience, empathy and commitment to learning. The ability to adhere to professional boundaries in the therapeutic relationship is critical. The successful candidate has exposure to pediatric research, is an excellent communicator and able to adjust approaches to a variety of clients. You will have previous experience with children in an acute care tertiary setting. Equivalencies of education and experience will be considered.

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: Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, Immunology, ASSIST, Social Work and CAPCl

Primary Location: Stollery Children's Hospital

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.50

Posting End Date: 06-MAR-2023

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 24-APR-2023

Temporary End Date: 29-APR-2024

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 2

Shifts per cycle: 5

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $51.31

Maximum Salary: $68.14

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:

Trauma informed care. Indigenous awareness training and cross-cultural sensitivity. BLS.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous recent pediatric grief and loss experience. Able to create trusting relationships and maintain confidentiality. Well defined active listening. Play therapy. Art therapy.

Benefits of working as a Psychologist II in Edmonton, AB:

● Company offers great benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package