Neuropsychologist, Mental Health Patient Service Unit Temporary Part Time (0,6) (until December 2027) / Neuropsychologue Unite des services aux patients de sante mentale poste temporaire a temps partiel (0,6) (jusqu'a decembre 2027)

Compensation Pay Range: $64.33-$79.56

Job Description:

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Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabek 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
A Neuropsychologist is required to offer neuropsychological services to children and youth presenting with acute and complex medical-surgical conditions. Referrals come from a variety of medical services including neurology, rheumatology, cardiology, oncology/hematology, paediatrics, and others. Services to be provided include comprehensive neuropsychological assessment, diagnosis, consultation, and short-term intervention. The Psychologist will be a member of an interdisciplinary team devoted to providing specialized mental health services for children and youth presenting with medical and surgical conditions. This individual will also provide ongoing consultation to team members, professionals within the hospital, families, and community providers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessment to both inpatients and outpatients with acute and complex medical-surgical conditions.

• Provide consultation and short-term intervention to children/youth seen for neuropsychological assessment.

• Liaise with other health professionals within the hospital with regard to neuropsychological assessment findings and recommendations, and their implications for the management of the child/youth.

• Provide supervision/training to pre-doctoral psychology residents and practicum students.

• Provide supervision to psychometrists assisting in the provision of neuropsychological services.

• Participate in program evaluation and other research activities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Vulnerable Sector Check (Essential)

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

• Registration as a Psychologist in Ontario with a designated practice area in clinical neuropsychology with children and adolescents (Consideration will also be given to those under supervised practice for registration (Essential)

• Experience in a paediatric health-care setting (Essential)

• Demonstrated experience with the administration and interpretation of comprehensive neuropsychological assessments in a paediatric population (Essential)

• Demonstrated knowledge about neurocognitive risk factors associated with various complex medical/surgical conditions (Essential)

• Ability to work with an interdisciplinary team (Essential)

• Bilingual - Fluency in both French and English (Preferred)

• Supervision Experience (Preferred)

* Timeline may be extended or shortened based on operational needs.

*Please note 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.

CHEO is committed to providing a safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors. Consistent with that commitment, all applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for any staff or volunteer opportunities. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to receive their COVID-19 booster shots when eligible to protect against the spread of COVID-19. Upon hiring, presentation of government issued documentation confirming full vaccination must be provided, orpresentation of supporting documentation of a valid medical contraindication or other reasonable consideration pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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Ottawa est batie sur un territoire non cede du peuple anichinabe algonquin. 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 DU POSTE

Un neuropsychologue est requis pour offrir des services neuropsychologiques aux enfants et aux jeunes qui presentent des problemes medico-chirurgicaux aigus et complexes. Les aiguillages proviennent dune variete de services medicaux, notamment la neurologie, la rhumatologie, la cardiologie, loncologie/hematologie, la pediatrie et autres. Les services a fournir comprennent levaluation neuropsychologique complete, le diagnostic, la consultation et lintervention a court terme. Le neuropsychologue sera membre dune equipe interdisciplinaire chargee de fournir des services specialises en sante mentale aux enfants et aux adolescents souffrant de problemes medicaux et chirurgicaux. Cette personne fournira egalement une consultation continue aux membres de lequipe, aux professionnels de lhopital, aux familles et aux fournisseurs communautaires.

DESCRIPTION DE POSTE

• Fournir une evaluation neuropsychologique complete aux patients hospitalises et aux patients externes souffrant de problemes medicaux et chirurgicaux aigus et complexes.

• Fournir des consultations et des interventions a court terme aux enfants et aux jeunes vus pour une evaluation neuropsychologique.

• Assurer la liaison avec dautres professionnels de la sante au sein de lhopital en ce qui concerne les resultats et les recommandations de levaluation neuropsychologique et leurs implications pour la gestion de lenfant ou de ladolescent.

• Assurer la supervision et la formation des stagiaires en psychologie pre-doctoraux.

• Superviser les psychometriciens qui participent a la prestation de services neuropsychologiques.

• Participer a levaluation du programme et a dautres activites de recherche.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Verification du secteur vulnerable (Essentiel)

• Doctorat avec concentration en neuropsychologie clinique dun programme de psychologie clinique agree (Essentiel)

• Inscription en tant que psychologue en Ontario avec un domaine de pratique designe en neuropsychologie clinique (Linscription sera egalement prise en compte pour les personnes en pratique supervisee.) (Essentiel)

• Experience dans un milieu de soins de sante pediatriques (Essentiel)

• Experience confirmee de ladministration et de linterpretation devaluations neuropsychologiques completes dans une population pediatrique (Essentiel)

• Connaissance averee des facteurs de risque neurocognitifs associes a divers etats medicaux ou chirurgicaux complexes (Essentiel)

• Capacite de travailler avec une equipe interdisciplinaire (Essentiel)

• Bilingue - Maitrise du francais et de langlais (Preferable)

• Experience de la supervision (Preferable)

* Le poste peut etre prolonge ou raccourci en fonction des besoins operationnels.

*Veuillez noter que 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 .

CHEO sengage a offrir un environnement securitaire au personnel, aux patients et aux visiteurs. Conformement a cet engagement, tous les candidats doivent etre entierement vaccines contre la COVID-19 pour etre consideres comme des candidats pour tout emploi de personnel ou de benevole. Les candidats sont egalement fortement encourages a recevoir leurs doses de rappel contre la COVID-19 lorsquils sont admissibles pour eviter la propagation de COVID-19. Lors de lembauche, la presentation de documents gouvernementaux confirmant la vaccination complete doit etre fournie, ou la presentation de documents justificatifs dune contre-indication medicale valide ou dune autre consideration raisonnable en vertu du Code des droits de la personne de lOntario.

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

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.