Psychologist II

Alberta Health Services; Calgary; On-site; CAD 84,000 - 111,000; Part time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services is seeking a Psychologist II to deliver advanced clinical services to pediatric patients with complex medical and psychological needs at the Alberta Children's Hospital. You will provide assessments, diagnoses and interventions for children and their families, while collaborating with an interprofessional team to ensure evidence-informed and family-centered care.

The role involves consultation, education, and potential supervision of trainees, with guidance and leadership

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Psychology from CPA/APA-accredited program.
• Active or eligible for registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP).
• Experience in pediatric settings with medical/psychological complexities.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical services: assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and consultation to patients and families.
• Lead or participate in program development, quality improvement, and education initiatives.
• Supervise trainees and contribute to policy, service planning, and research activities.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Pediatric psychology

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Doctoral degree in Psychology

Job description

The Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) is a warm & vibrant workplace, with team members providing service to children & their families in inpatient units & ambulatory clinics. The Psychologist II, as part of the ACH site wide Psychology Service, ensures their clinical practice is patient/family centered, delivered in accordance with the Canadian Psychology Association Code of Ethics, evidence based and research informed and aligned with program/clinic services. The Psychologist II position will provide primary support to ACH Complex Pain, Functional Rehab, and Neuroscience clinics, along with other related patient populations as needed. The candidate will provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and consultation to children and their families who have complex medical and associated psychological difficulties. Consultation is also provided to members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team along with community partners as required. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, adaptability, and openness to innovative practice, skills in collaboration and working within a team, and an ability to practice within a Family Centered Care model. You will receive guidance, mentoring, and leadership appropriate to your level of experience.

Description:

As a Psychologist II, you will provide advanced clinical services (including psychological assessment, diagnosis and/or intervention), consultation and education to the interprofessional team and patients/families, and/or provides clinical leadership and coordination in an assigned program area. This is an advanced level psychology position that will allow you to work with or within teams to provide and inform services for patients with complex and multi-dimensional medical, psychological, interpersonal, environmental and/or instrumental needs. You will consult, collaborate, and enact initiatives to ensure that practices are evidence based and in alignment with psychology standards of practice and code of ethics, as well as policy, legislation and regulations.You will be expected to lead, facilitate and/or participate in program, policy, and procedure development, service planning, staff development, quality improvement and evaluation, and/or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s). You may provide supervision to doctoral level psychology residents, master's level interns, provisional psychologists, psychometrists and other team members.

• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: ACH Complex Pain and Neuroscience
• Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.80
• Posting End Date: 26-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 07-DEC-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2028
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 8
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $60.69
• Maximum Salary: $80.59
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Psychologist II
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: ACH Complex Pain and Neuroscience
• Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.80
• Posting End Date: 26-OCT-2026
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
• Date Available: 07-DEC-2026
• Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2028
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 8
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $60.69
• Maximum Salary: $80.59
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of doctoral degree in Psychology in an applied area relevant to the practice setting from a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) or American Psychological Association (APA) program. A combination of equivalent education and experience may also be considered.Active or eligible for registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP).Applications from Provisional Psychologists may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Clinical experience in a pediatric setting with a major emphasis in assessment and treatment of children and youth with medical and related mental health problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the facilitation of interactive group intervention.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the postingend date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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