POSITION DETAILS

Status:Independent contractor

FTE:Flexible; 0.4-0.8 FTE (16 - 32 hours per week)

Schedule: Flexible, Monday Friday, 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

Location: The Newly Institute Edmonton Clinic (13609, 163 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5V 0B2)

ABOUT THE NEWLY INSTITUTE

The Newly Institute was founded to provide long-lasting change within the mental health industry, our community, and with our clients. We are leading a paradigm shift in the Canadian healthcare system by building a network of purpose-built mental health clinics across Canada. By fusing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual treatment model with medically managed therapies, our intensive outpatient programs provide rapid access, rapid resolution, rapid return to work, and healthy lifestyle programs for anxiety, depression, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and chronic pain. We are looking for a Registered Psychologist to support our Edmonton clinic.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Services, you will assess, diagnose, and provide treatment for individuals experiencing complex mental health conditions. Following our rotational therapist model, you will work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to achieve positive client outcomes, while sharing our core values of communication, community, excellence, health, and innovation.

Client-Centered Care Accountabilities

• Provide individual trauma therapy utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and/or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
• Conduct efficient and effective clinical client assessments (mental health history, risk assessment, trauma, and addictions).
• Facilitate psychoeducation groups (based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), sleep education, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills, mindfulness, and family support).
  
• Assist in grounding and reflection postpsychopharmacological treatment.
• Complete trauma timelines and discharge summaries.
• Demonstrate expertise and skills to support clients presenting with:
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Psychological injury
  • Addiction and substance use
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Moral Injury
  • Personality Disorders
  • Other mental health diagnoses

Team Collaboration Accountabilities

• Participate in weekly case consultations and complex case discussions, with the interdisciplinary team
• Work collaboratively with other therapists within a rotating therapist model.
• Communicate with other clinicians on a regular basis about issues related to client care.
• Attend relevant clinical meetings, including but not limited to WCB (Return to Work), Intensive Outpatient Program, etc.
• Engage in professional consults and supervision.

Administrative Accountabilities

• Ensure same-day completion of session notes.
• Complete assessment reports in a timely manner.
• Provide reporting to third-parties and community referral sources.

WHAT YOU BRING

Experience

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in mental health assessment/triage and treatment is required.
• Experience using evidence-based trauma therapy, specifically EMDR or ART is an asset.
• Experience with individual, group, and family counselling is an asset.

Education

• A Masters degree in Counselling Psychology or similar program is required.
• Professional training certificates in EMDR and/or ART are significant assets.

Professional Registration/Designation

• Active registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) is required.
• Professional liability insurance is required.

Technical Competences

Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and Teams is required. Proficiency with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems is also preferred.

Background Check

Contracts are conditional, subject to a clear police background check inclusive of vulnerable sector check.