Psychologist Phd - Toronto, Canada - SickKids

SickKids

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About SickKids:

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.

Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description:

The SickKids Healthy Living Clinic (formerly known as the SickKids Team Obesity Management Program, STOMP) provides outpatient interdisciplinary assessment and treatment to children, youth and their caregivers for complex concerns related to weight, eating, activity and related medical and psychological comorbidities.

The team is comprised of enthusiastic specialists from Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Endocrinology, Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics, Nutrition, Exercise, and Physiotherapy.

Mental health providers on the team are integral in the assessment and treatment of complex and often severe health psychology presentations that include emotional eating, hyperphagia (secondary to hypothalamic obesity), binge eating, and adherence issues, as well as, related co-morbid psychological issues such as social anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, bullying, school refusal and body image concerns.

Additional socioeconomic, genetic, and familial/interpersonal relationship factors have a particularly strong impact on treatment and prognosis.

Currently, treatment is primarily cognitive behavioural (CBT), with other approaches (e.g., MI, DBT skills, EFT, and parent management training) integrated as appropriate.

The team has secured 3 years of additional funding for a psychologist to join the team in an effort to further develop and improve treatment materials and to eventually disseminate finished protocols to additional Ontario programs.

Providing services in one of the most diverse cities in the country, SickKids psychologists are committed to enhancing health equity, respectful service and inclusion of all populations served by the hospital.

Psychologists are important partners in delivering on the mental health strategy of SickKids.

Increasingly their work reflects the important integration of mental health in the context of managing complex pediatric life-span conditions - an important priority of the patients and families whom we serve.

Here's What You'll Get To Do:

Provide psychological assessment, diagnosis and treatment to children & adolescents with eating disorders and related mental health difficulties
Provide the treatment team with clinical formulations that help address and prioritize the psychological complexities requiring intervention
Work collaboratively with a large interdisciplinary health care team, participating in consultation, team meetings and discharge/transition planning processes
Educate, support and prepare patients and parents for discharge/transition planning
Provide clinical teaching and supervision to PhDlevel Psychology trainees, Adolescent Medicine Residents & Fellows, other health professional colleagues
Participate in departmental initiatives and programspecific committees
Participate in the program planning & implementation initiatives and evaluation of the SickKids Healthy Living Clinic, as appropriate
The role requires services to be delivered inperson and through virtual platforms such as ZOOM and Teams; both working from home and on site at the hospital are required

Here's What You'll Need:

Completion of a CPA/APA recognized Ph.

D. degree program in Clinical or Health Psychology is required with a pediatric/developmental focus

Minimum two (2) years related experience in paediatric clinicalhealth psychology setting
Experience in treating patients with weight and /or eating issues an asset
Registered and in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario for autonomous practice
Experience in the delivery of outpatientbased evidenceinformed therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Emotion-Focused (EFT) therapies an asset
Demonstrated skills in patient and family engagement, customizing treatment to the needs of patients and families inclusive of trauma informed, culturally competent care and supporting families in all phases of treatment including