Psychologist (Masters) East Coast Forensic Hospital – Mental Health & Addictions

IWK Health Centre

Job title:

Psychologist (Masters) East Coast Forensic Hospital – Psychological Well being & Addictions

Firm

IWK Well being Centre

Job description

​Req ID: 144179
Firm: Nova Scotia Well being
Location: Central Zone, East Coast Forensic Hospital
Division: MHA CZ ECFH Psychology
Kind of Employment: Everlasting Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 place(s)
Standing: NSGEU Healthcare Place
Posting Closing Date: 2-Feb-24

Nova Scotia Well being is the most important supplier of well being companies in Nova Scotia, with some specialised companies additionally provided to shoppers all through Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to realize excellence in well being, therapeutic and studying via working collectively, which is mirrored within the hospitals, well being centres and community-based applications we function throughout the province. Our passionate workforce of execs gives a wide range of high-quality inpatient and outpatient companies together with tutorial, tertiary, and quaternary care, in addition to persevering with care, main well being care, public well being, and psychological well being and addictions. Be part of a various workforce of innovators, collaborators and inventive thinkers at the moment.

Nova Scotia Well being employs professionals in all corners of our stunning province. We consider there’s a spot right here for everybody to name residence, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint cities with picturesque trails. The work-life stability that comes with an Nova Scotia Well being function means you may have the time to discover, uncover, and take part in that coveted Atlantic way of life. Go to us at the moment and take a look at to see why extra individuals from throughout the globe are transferring right here.

Concerning the Alternative

Reporting to the Well being Companies Supervisor, the Psychologist is a member of the interdisciplinary workforce. The incumbent will collaborate with different members of the workforce whereas offering evaluation, analysis, session, and psychotherapy. The flexibility to conduct each particular person and group therapy is an asset.

The Medical Psychologist will primarily present psychological companies to sufferers inside the Psychiatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit however can even present session, evaluation, and therapy, as wanted to the Forensic Evaluation Correctional Remedy Unit, Transition Bungalow Program, and Neighborhood Program. Duties will embrace conducting complete evaluation of violence threat, character, and cognitive expertise along with different psychological assessments (e.g., neuropsychological screening), provision of therapy via each particular person and group settings. Duties can even embrace participation within the predoctoral internship program and supervision of practicum college students. Participation and testimony earlier than the Prison Code Evaluation Board of Nova Scotia and professional witness testimony can even be required.

About You

We might love to listen to from you when you’ve got the next:

  • Acknowledged MSc in Medical Psychology from an accredited college program
  • Registered or eligible for registration with the NSBEP
  • A minimal of two years related scientific expertise is most well-liked
  • Desire will likely be given to these people with violence threat evaluation coaching/expertise (together with the VRAG-R; PCL-R-2; HCR-20-V3; and START) and people with expertise in a forensic inpatient setting
  • Formal coaching and scientific expertise in conducting psychological and cognitive evaluation and session
  • The profitable candidate can even show maturity and a capability to work successfully with resistant and typically difficult consumer teams
  • Self directed in follow with a capability to work independently and as an efficient member of a multidisciplinary workforce whereas coping with difficult scientific conditions and crises
  • Demonstrated skill and experience in creating and presenting education schemes to well being care professionals and group organizations
  • Expertise with the supply of scientific supervision to college students from psychology and different psychological well being disciplines, and willingness to include such obligations into work routine
  • Competencies in different languages is an asset, French most well-liked

Please guarantee your resume is updated and contains all related training, expertise, coaching, and certifications.

Hours

  • Everlasting full time place; 75 hours biweekly
  • There may be some flexibility to work from home for someday every week for candidates
  • Free parking on web site

Compensation and Incentives

$36.59 – $48.10 hourly

Recruitment incentives could also be out there based mostly on qualifying standards.

As soon as You’ve got Utilized

Thanks in your curiosity on this place. Solely these candidates chosen for an interview will likely be contacted.

​It is a Healthcare bargaining unit place. Desire is given to bargaining unit staff for unionized positions. Staff are inspired to view their seniority hours and dates of their SuccessFactors on-line profile. Profitable candidates altering unions, bargaining items or employment standing, are suggested to hunt clarification relating to their seniority, advantages, and trip entitlement and/or utilization, previous to accepting the place.

​As per the COVID-19 Necessary Vaccination Protocol in Excessive-Threat Settings, Nova Scotia Well being requires all workforce members to be totally vaccinated by November thirtieth, 2021.

Nova Scotia Well being is dedicated to being a workforce that is freed from discrimination, values variety and is consultant, in any respect job ranges, of the individuals we serve. We encourage all certified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Individuals of Color, International Nationals/Newcomers, Individuals with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to use and self-identify.

Observe Us!

Anticipated wage

$36.59 – 48.1 per hour

Location

Dartmouth, NS

Job date

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:32:56 GMT

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