Senior Director, Psychology Services

Homewood Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Canada is seeking a Senior Director, Psychology Services to oversee strategy and operations. The role includes building assessment services, maintaining high standards, and leading a proficient team. Candidates must have a PhD in Psychology, executive presence, and experience in program development. This role offers a full-time position in a supportive and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Psychology and registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario required.
• Experience in building and leading high-performing interdisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional leadership skills with strong business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic direction of psychology services.
• Oversee practices and ensure adherence to standards.
• Support staff training and professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Problem solving

Education

Doctorate (PhD) in Psychology

Job description

Overview

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Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.

As Senior Director, Psychology Services, you will be an integral part of a collaborative team focused on delivering seamless services and programs to our clients and customers. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!

What you’ll be doing :

• Shape and drive the strategic direction of psychology services, ensuring operational excellence, innovation and financial sustainability
• Build, train and enhance our assessment services across our network, not only for WSIB / WCB but for insurers and employers
• Provide psychological assessments to maintain practice perspective across various services as needed
• Develop, manage and lead the psychologist network across Canada and across program services
• Oversee psychologists’ practices, ensuring adherence to policies, contracts and professional standards
• Collaborate with leadership on program growth, quality improvement and cross-program alignment
• Provide consultation relating to clinical practice, ethics and professionally-related issues, learning needs, learning plans and new applied professional practice initiatives and projects
• Support the development of staff competencies through training, supervision and mentorship of students and residents
• Maintain relationships with key partners, enhance brand recognition and contribute to marketing efforts and public relations activities
• Help to identify research priorities and promote psychology staff involvement in research activities
• Assist with psychologist recruitment, selection, hiring, onboarding and managing professional practice performance concerns
• Promote an environment that supports team spirit and collaboration across the organization
• Represent the psychology profession and provide expert consultation and input at various committees and within the Senior Management Team
• Promote and support policies and practices that ensure culturally competent, inclusive and equitable psychological services, program content and delivery

What we’re looking for :

• Doctorate (PhD) in Psychology
• Registration, and in good standing, with College of Psychologists of Ontario
• Ability and willingness to obtain other licenses / registrations across Canada as necessary
• Experience and expertise building and leading a high-performing inter-disciplinary team and managing through strategic and operational change
• Demonstrated success developing new programs and services to compete in the market
• Exceptional leader with executive presence and strong business acumen who thinks and acts with strategic and tactical agility
• Strong ability to negotiate, influence and create exceptional relationships with customers
• Proven critical thinking, complex problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, French language skills are a definite asset
• Highly developed organizational and time-management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate trends, plan and carry out planning
• Awareness and acknowledgement of the value of using measurement-based care when supporting patients / clients to help guide clinical decision making; experience an asset

Why work with us

Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities / expressions.

Join us at Homewood Health and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.

Job details

Seniority level Director

Full-time

Health Care Provider

Mental Health Care and Hospitals and Health Care

Note: This description has been refined to remove non-essential boilerplate and to present the core responsibilities and qualifications clearly.