Psychologist II

As a registered psychologist, you will be responsible for providing advanced clinical services to adult inpatients in the Adult Rehabilitation Division (e.g., acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, amputations/orthopedic injuries, & general neurological conditions). These clinical services include psychological assessment (diagnosis and/or intervention), consultation, and education with interdisciplinary teams, patients, and their families. An advanced clinical position, you will provide and inform services for patients with complex and multidimensional biopsychosocial needs. Treatment-related duties may involve individual and group consultation and brief, time-limited intervention. Assessment-related duties may include brief standardized cognitive batteries, mood screening inventories, and other tools as needed. Additional responsibilities may involve supervision of psychometrists and clinical psychology doctoral residents. Reporting to the Psychology Manager, this position offers a unique opportunity to work within a large, active, and supportive psychology department with over 50 psychologists, neuropsychologists, psychometrists, and support staff. This position includes excellent annual vacation, starting with three weeks and increasing to four weeks after one year (with further increases at employment milestones). Personal leave days, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible spending account are also provided, in addition to a generous defined benefit pension plan. Some financial assistance is available to assist with moving expenses. The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is the largest freestanding tertiary rehabilitation hospital in Canada. As a leading-edge, fully accredited academic teaching hospital, the Glenrose participates in educational training programs and offers an array of research and technology development opportunities.

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).

Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in Psychology from an accredited university program is required. An equivalent combination of education and experience satisfactory to the Employer may be considered. Registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists is required. Internship from APA/CPA accredited pre-doctoral internship program preferred. A minimum of 5 years professional experience required, preferably in a rehabilitation setting. Demonstrated skills in both assessment and intervention, as well as the ability to work well within an interdisciplinary team, is also required. Responsible to provide proof of active registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) and to maintain registration throughout the duration of employment.

As required.