Psychologist II

Helping people with the Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder (NCR-MD) designation reintegrate into the community and witnessing their progress can be incredibly rewarding. Embark on a career that combines your passion for psychology with the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals facing complex mental health challenges. The Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatric Centre (SAFPC) has an opportunity for a highly skilled, empathic, and driven Psychologist II to work with our clients living in community housing. The clients under your care are part of the Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder (NCR-MD) Community Residential Programs. You provide advanced clinical services including psychological assessments, diagnosis and/or intervention for patients with complex diagnoses. Working closely with outside agencies and professionals, you develop, implement, and facilitate treatment programs and processes with input from the interdisciplinary team. Your therapeutic interventions, such as cognitive-behavioral, focused, group, and family therapies will empower clients to heal and rebuild their lives. Working with a high degree of autonomy and in accordance with program and professional standards, you create lasting impact through your clinical leadership and consultation. Policy development and progress reports for the Criminal Code Review Board will be required. Working as a psychologist in an NCR-MD Community Residential Program offers a fulfilling and meaningful journey where your expertise can transform lives and contribute to a safer more compassionate community. The knowledge your work plays a vital role in enhancing public safety and promoting the well-being of NCR-MD individuals will bring a deep sense of satisfaction and fulfillment to your professional life. Join our incredible team today!

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).

A minimum of two years (within the last 5 years) experience working with an inpatient or outpatient mental health population. Experience in administration and interpretation of psychometric and neuropsychological testing. Ability to work both autonomously and within an interdisciplinary team. Extensive experience in completing psychological reports. Experience with providing individual, family and group therapies. Excellent communication skills. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) certification. This position has been identified and is anticipated to transition to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you will transition to Recovery Alberta. In accordance with the transition letter of understanding with UNA, current employees under the UNA Collective Agreement who accept an employment offer, issued after July 1, 2024, will not have any rights under Article 15: Layoff and Recall.

One or more years’ experience as a psychologist in a related field. Previous experience in forensic and/or mental health setting. Final PhD focus in the area of Forensic Psychology. Previous experience in custodial settings. Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training.