The Metabolics Disorders team serves children, youth and adults with complex metabolic disorders. Services to be provided include cognitive, behavioural, and social-emotional assessment, diagnostic consultation – liaison and intervention to children and adults with Metabolic Disorders. The Psychologist will function as part of an interdisciplinary health care team.
The successful candidate will:
- Provide comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational assessments, with a focus on diagnostic formulation, diagnosis, and delineating the interplay between health, cognitive, and mental health issues.
- Provide brief psychological assessments to determine the efficacy of new treatment regimes.
- Mental health consultation and treatment services for children, youth and adults with metabolic disorders.
- Liaison with other members of the Metabolics Disorders team with regard to assessment findings and recommendations, and their implications for the management of the child/youth/adult. Offer learning opportunities to other student professionals in training.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Vulnerable Sector Check (Essential)
- PhD in Clinical Psychology from an APA or CPA accredited Clinical Psychology program (Essential)
- Registration or eligibility for registration as a Psychologist in Ontario (Essential)
- Designated practice as a Psychologist in Clinical Psychology with children and adolescents (Essential)
- Experience in a paediatric health-care setting (Essential)
- Experience providing services to children and youth with complex medical and mental health conditions (Essential)
- Training and experience in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), and Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) (Preferred)
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work collaboratively with other health professionals (Essential)
- Flexibility in work hours (evening and weekend work may be required) (Essential)
- Supervision experience (Preferred)
- Bilingualism (Fluency in both French and English) (Preferred)
Additional information and application details can be found at CHEO Careers Job #JR6294
