Psychologist - Ottawa, Canada - The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

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Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Position Information

Posting Number:

ROM23199E
Title:
Psychologist (RFT 1.

0 FTE)
Position Status:

Regular Fulltime
FTE:
1.0
Job Schedule:
Days
Department:
Operational Stress Injury Clinic
Union:
OPSEU Local 479
Site:
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
About The Royal
As one of Canada's foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education_

The Royal is innovating, consistent with our strategy of co-creating access, hope, and new possibilities for those we serve. Psychologists within our specialized services plan, develop, deliver, and evaluate the outcomes of high quality, client centered care.

The consistent use of progress monitoring and outcome evaluation empowers clients to make informed decisions about their care and promote the attainment of meaningful outcomes.

Psychologists play a key role in improving access to appropriate services now through the provision of consultation, training, and dissemination of evidence based practice to other professionals, and for the future through participation in clinical training and supervision of the next generation of Psychologists within our state of the art psychology training program.

As part of a leading academic health sciences centre, Psychologists partner with persons with lived experience, research scientists and inter-professional staff to identify new avenues for care.

The OSI Clinic provides specialized mental health assessment and treatment to clients and their families referred by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), RCMP, and the Department of National Defense (DND), who are experiencing work-related psychological stress and trauma (e.g.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Anxiety disorders; Depression; Chronic Pain, etc.).

The services of the OSI Clinic are provided by an interdisciplinary team consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse clinicians and social workers.

As a member of an interdisciplinary team, the psychologist delivers mental health treatment services to clients.

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Duties:

Conduct evidence
based, comprehensive diagnostic interviews, and write comprehensive diagnostic reports and treatment recommendations to third party stakeholders in a timely fashion
Administer and interpret standardized psychological assessment instruments for diagnostic and progress monitoring purposes
Provide evidence based psychological intervention (individual and group treatment mandatory; couples intervention an asset)
Function as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team
Liaise and consult with relevant community agencies and service providers
Participate in academic activities including: supervision of predoctoral residents in psychology, practicum students, and nonregistered psychology staff; supervise psychologists in supervised practice; teach medical interns and residents; and training and professional consultation for other health related disciplines
Participation in hospital psychology and quality improvement requirements, as approved by management
Attend Psychology discipline meetings and participate in discipline activities, as approved by management.
Practice Measurement Based Care (progress monitoring and outcome evaluation through CROMIS) to inform treatment decisions, enhance client outcomes and support quality improvement initiatives
Provide education with various stakeholders i.e. VAC District offices
Design individualized treatment plans based on assessed needs in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team
Maintain contact with the referring VAC area counsellors, RCMP, and DND in the development of treatment plans and referrals
Write comprehensive discharge reports with follow up recommendations
Utilize tele mental health and other distance technologies in the provision of services in outlying communities
Build effective collaborative working relationships with stakeholders
Follow the leadership of the Operational Stress Injuries National Network.
Demonstrate professional integrity through adherence to college and hospital guidelines for the practice of psychology, including; adherence to the Canadian Code of Ethics for psychologists, adherence to College of Psychologists of Ontario guidelines for registration, professional practice, professional development, supervision, communications and documentation of client contacts, as well as adherence to The Royal's policies on timely completion of documentation and workload measurement.
Design program evaluation and satisfaction surveys within clinic guidelines and in collaboration with the team.
Carry out resear