Staff Psychologist, Development and Rehabilitation- Permanent, Full-Time (1.0) / Psychologue du personnel, Developpement et readaptation- Poste permanent a temps plein (1,0)

Job Description:

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To successfully apply for this position, please submit your application by 11:59 pm the day before the advertised closing date in the posting to ensure your application is received.

Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinabek Nation have lived on this territory for millennia and we honour them and this land. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. CHEO also honours all First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples and their valuable past and present contributions to this land.

CHEO is one of the few stand-alone, global leaders in pediatric health and is home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives. Within its own walls and through partnerships with community providers, CHEO has transformed from a 20th century acute care hospital into a 21st century integrated child and youth health system.

Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care thats provided where, when, and how it is needed. CHEOs Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of childrens health concerns. CHEO has been named Canadas best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canadas Best Employers for multiple consecutive years. For the 14th consecutive year in a row, the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers has recognized CHEO as a top employer in the National Capital Region. Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Staff Psychologist would be a part of the Children's Treatment Centre (CTC) Diagnostic Services team, and responsible for the developmental diagnostic assessments of children and youth presenting with developmental concerns including but not limited to intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. This entails interviewing of clients and their families, the use of standardized psychological assessment measures, interpretation of diagnostic profiles, and communication of results/diagnosis in oral and written feedback to families.

LOCATION
Thurston Drive

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers and interprets a complete range of psychological tests for children/youth up to 18 years of age including adaptive, cognitive and specific diagnostic measures used in a diagnosis of global developmental delay/intellectual developmental disability and autism spectrum disorder.

• Clinical supervision/training of Psychologists with a certificate for supervised practice, Psychometrists, Psychology Residents and practicum students

• Provides consultation to other service providers and teams across the organization

• Participates in public education and community services.

• Participates in the CHEOs community through committee membership and representation of psychology in an interdisciplinary setting.

• Establishes basic and/or applied research programs in conjunction with the program and/or CHEOs needs.

• Establishes evaluative research programs for existing and new clinical programs.

• Maintains confidentiality in accordance with organizational policies and procedures related to privacy.

• Follows organizational policies and procedures related to safety, including reporting and follow-up for incidents/accidents and near misses, identification and management of risks and emergency procedures.

• Follows routine precautions for infection prevention and control including proper hand hygiene.

• Participates in education and improvement activities related to safety.

• Follows standards of practice for the profession regarding assessment procedures and development of therapeutic or behaviour programs for clients, families and groups.

• Receives training in safe and effective use of equipment, ensures that any equipment used with client is clean and in proper working order, reports any equipment in need of repair or maintenance.

• Other duties as assigned (may include consultation across teams, project initiatives related to ongoing quality improvement, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from a CPA or APA accredited clinical psychology program (Essential)

• Registration as a Psychologist in Ontario or eligibility for registration (Essential)

• Designated practice as a Psychologist in the area of Clinical Psychology with children and adolescents (Essential)

• Clinical experience in the assessment and intervention of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and developmental delays/intellectual developmental disability (Essential)

• Knowledge of federal and provincial legislation and regulations, and MCSS standards and guidelines relevant to behavioural treatment (Essential)

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals (Essential)

• Experience working on a multidisciplinary team (Preferred)

• Supervision experience (Preferred)

• Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) (Essential)

• Bilingualism (French and English) (Essential)

You will be represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). Please note that this position will be based out of Ottawa. Please note that location may be subject to change at any time at the discretion of the employer. All OPSEU members shall be granted an interview upon passing the pre-screening. Pre-screening might include testing.

Effective March 29, 2021, CHEO will conduct a more comprehensive pre-screening and evaluation process. This process may include more varied and multidimensional testing such as a written test, practical exam, or other assessment. All candidates who meet the essential and preferred qualifications may be tested.

Bilingualism (French/English) will be validated by a language proficiency assessment conducted by a third party provider. Candidates will be required to meet the minimum linguistic profile prior to the date of hire.

Should you require accommodation during any phase in the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at TalentAcquisition@cheo.on.ca . All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential and will be handled in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Si vous etes actuellement un employe du CHEO ayant acces a Workday, veuillez postuler a cette offre via l'application Workday en tant que candidat interne.

Pour postuler avec succes a ce poste, veuillez soumettre votre candidature avant 23 h 59 la veille de la date de cloture annoncee dans l'affichage pour vous assurer que votre candidature est recue.

Ottawa est batie sur un territoire non cede du peuple Algoquine Anishinabe. Les Anichinabes vivent sur ce territoire depuis des millenaires. Nous leur rendons hommage, ainsi qua ce territoire. Leur culture et leur presence ont enrichi le territoire et continuent de lenrichir. Le CHEO rend egalement hommage a lensemble des Premieres Nations, des Inuit et des Metis, de meme qua leurs precieuses contributions, passees et presentes, a ce territoire.

CHEO est l'un des rares chefs mondiaux en matiere de sante pediatrique et compte plus de 6 500 employes, cliniciens, scientifiques et chercheurs, ainsi que des benevoles, qui travaillent tous ensemble pour aider les enfants et les adolescents a mener la meilleure vie possible. Au sein de ses propres murs et grace a des partenariats avec des fournisseurs communautaires, le CHEO est passe dun hopital de soins actifs du 20e siecle a un systeme de sante integre du 21e siecle pour enfants et jeunes.

Classe dans le premier un pour cent des hopitaux canadiens pour la numerisation de son infrastructure clinique, le CHEO combine lexcellence dans les soins cliniques, la recherche et leducation pour faire progresser les soins sans discontinuite la ou ils sont necessaires, et ce, de maniere et aux endroits appropries. L'Institut de recherche du CHEO se consacre a la recherche clinique, translationnelle et fondamentale de classe mondiale couvrant une vaste gamme de problemes de sante des enfants. CHEO a ete nomme meilleur employeur en soins de sante au Canada par Forbes en 2024, 2025 and 2026 et s'est classe deuxieme parmi les hopitaux canadiens sur la liste des meilleurs employeurs au Canada pendant plusieurs annees consecutives. Pour la 14eme annee consecutive, les redacteurs du Canada's Top 100 Employers ont reconnu le CHEO comme lun des meilleurs employeurs de la region de la capitale nationale. Chaque annee, le CHEO aide plus de 500 000 enfants et jeunes de lest de lOntario, de louest du Quebec, du Nunavut et du nord de lOntario.

RESUME DES FONCTIONS

Le ou la psychologue fera partie de lequipe des services de diagnostic du CTE, et sera responsable des evaluations diagnostiques du developpement des enfants et des adolescents presentant des problemes de developpement, y compris, mais sans sy limiter, des handicaps intellectuels et des troubles du spectre autistique. Cela comprend des entrevues avec les clients et leurs familles, lutilisation de mesures devaluation psychologique standardisees, linterpretation des profils diagnostiques et la communication des resultats/diagnostics sous forme de commentaires oraux et ecrits aux familles.

LOCATION
Thurston Drive

RESPONSABILITES

• Administre et interprete une gamme complete de tests psychologiques pour les enfants/jeunes jusqu'a 18 ans, y compris des mesures adaptatives, cognitives et diagnostiques specifiques utilisees dans le diagnostic du global du developpement/de la deficience intellectuelle et du trouble du spectre de l'autisme.

• Supervise/assure la formation clinique de psychologues avec un certificat de pratique supervisee, de psychometriciens, de residents en psychologie.

• Donne des consultations aux autres fournisseurs de services et aux equipes de toute lorganisation.

• Participe a leducation publique et aux services de proximite.

• Participe a la communaute de CHEO en etant membre dun comite et en representant la psychologie dans un cadre interdisciplinaire.

• Etablit des programmes de recherche fondamentale et/ou appliquee en conjonction avec le programme et/ou les besoins de CHEO.

• Etablit des programmes de recherche evaluative pour les programmes cliniques existants et nouveaux.

• Respecte la confidentialite conformement aux politiques et procedures organisationnelles relatives a la protection de la vie privee.

• Respect les politiques et procedures organisationnelles relatives a la securite, y compris la declaration et le suivi des incidents/accidents et des quasi-accidents, lidentification et la gestion des risques et les procedures durgence.

• Respecte les precautions de routine pour la prevention et le controle des infections, y compris lhygiene des mains.

• Participe a des activites deducation et damelioration liees a la securite.

• Respecte les normes de pratique de la profession concernant lapplication sure des techniques devaluation et lelaboration de programmes therapeutiques ou comportementaux pour les clients, les familles et les groupes.

• Recoit une formation sur lutilisation sure et efficace des equipements, sassure que tout equipement utilise avec le client est propre et en bon etat de fonctionnement, signale tout equipement necessitant une reparation ou un entretien.

• Autres taches assignees (peuvent inclure la consultation entre equipes, des initiatives de projet liees a l'amelioration continue de la qualite, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctorat en psychologie clinique d'un programme de psychologie clinique accredite par la CPA ou l'APA (Essentiel)

• Inscription comme psychologue en Ontario ou eligibilite a l'inscription (Essentiel)

• Pratique designee en tant que psychologue dans le domaine de la psychologie clinique avec les enfants et les adolescents (Essentiel)

• Experience clinique dans l'evaluation et l'intervention aupres d'enfants atteints de trouble du spectre de l'autisme et de retards de developpement / deficience intellectuelle developpementale (Essentiel)

• Connaissance de la legislation et des reglements federaux et provinciaux, ainsi que des normes et directives du MCSS pertinentes au traitement comportemental (Essentiel)

• Solides competences interpersonnelles, capacite a travailler en collaboration avec d'autres professionnels de la sante (Essentiel)

• Experience de travail au sein d'une equipe multidisciplinaire (Prefere)

• Experience en supervision (Prefere)

• Verification du secteur vulnerable (VSV) (Essentiel)

• Bilinguisme (francais et anglais) (Essentiel)

Vous serez represente(e) par le Syndicat des employees et employes de la fonction publique de lOntario (SEFPO). Veuillez noter que ce poste sera base a Ottawa. Veuillez noter que lemplacement pourrait etre modifie en tout temps a la discretion de lemployeur. Tous les membres de OPSEU serront accorder une entrevue apres avoir passe la preselection. La preselection peut comprendre des tests.

A partir du 29 mars 2021, CHEO menera un processus de preselection et d'evaluation plus complet. Ce processus peut comprendre des tests plus varies et multidimensionnels tels qu'un test ecrit, un examen pratique ou une autre evaluation. Tous les candidats qui satisfont aux qualifications essentielles et preferees peuvent etre testes.

La validation du bilinguisme (francais-anglais) se fera au moyen dune evaluation des competences linguistiques menee par un fournisseur externe. Les candidats devront satisfaire au profil linguistique minimum de leur poste avant la date dembauche.

Si vous avez besoin de mesures dadaptation pendant une phase du processus de recrutement, veuillez communiquer avec les Ressources humaines a TalentAcquisition@cheo.on.ca . Tous les renseignements recus concernant les mesures dadaptation resteront confidentiels et seront traites conformement a la Loi sur laccessibilite pour les personnes handicapees de lOntario .

Please note you will be represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).

Bilingualism (French/English) will be validated by a language proficiency assessment conducted by a third party provider. Candidates will be required to meet the minimum linguistic profile prior to the date of hire.

CHEO values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process and welcome interest from all qualified applicants.

Should you require accommodation during any phase in the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at TalentAcquisition@cheo.on.ca . All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential and will be handled in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

We thank all those who apply, however, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.