Your Opportunity:
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. As a Psychologist I you will deliver psychological assessment, diagnosis, and treatment services to children, adolescents, and their families within a hospital setting. You will function as an integral member of multidisciplinary teams, providing consultation, intervention, and collaboration to support patient‑ and family‑centred care. Practice is guided by professional standards, AHS policies, and ethical guidelines. This position is situated in the Functional Rehab pathway and will support the inpatient and outpatient populations as required. This role focuses on family-level assessment, formulation, and intervention to optimize child functioning and recovery in the context of functional disorders (e.g., chronic pain, functional neurological symptoms, somatic symptom disorders). Core responsibilities include family assessment and formulation, psychoeducation, parent-coach and behavioural intervention, family routine stabilization, caregiver support, school and systems liaison. The psychologist works collaboratively with patients, caregivers, and systems (school, community providers) to address family beliefs, behavioral reinforcement patterns, and caregiver functioning, supporting a shift from symptom-focused to function-focused recovery.
Description:
As a Psychologist I, you will work with or within teams to provide a range of standard level psychology services to patients and their families within the established standards, directives, and policies for the work environment. Your services may include psychological screening and/or assessment, diagnosis, interventions, rehabilitation, prevention and promotion, as well as educational activities. You will collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals in planning and implementing services that align with best practices and ethical and professional standards. You will provide input to the interprofessional team related to psychological factors, barriers and dynamics that influence client treatment planning, participation, outcomes and team functioning, and consult and collaborate with teams and community services. Your duties may also include providing supervision to psychometrists, provisional psychologists and/or masters level psychology students, and providing input into program, policy and/or procedure development in addition to participating in formal research initiatives.
- Classification: Psychologist I
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Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
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Unit and Program: Allied Health - Functional Rehab
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Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital
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Location Details: As Per Location
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Multi-Site: Not Applicable
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FTE: 1.00
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Posting End Date: 12-JUN-2026
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Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
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Date Available: 22-JUN-2026
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Temporary End Date: 25-FEB-2028
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Hours per Shift: 7.75
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Length of Shift in weeks: 2
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Shifts per cycle: 10
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Shift Pattern: Days
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Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
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Minimum Salary: $50.29
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Maximum Salary: $66.82
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Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Master's degree in Psychology in an applied area relevant to the practice setting from an accredited university program. Active or eligible for registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). Applications from Provisional Psychologists may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
3 - 5 years working with an acute and complex pediatric population Advanced knowledge and work experience in pediatric complex pain, functional pain, functional neurological disorders and/or somatic symptom disorders Working knowledge of mental health in child and adolescent population Understanding of rehabilitation models of care Experience providing individual and family therapy, and group facilitation Training in evidence-based approaches such as CBT / ACT Ability to manage complex clinical presentations in a fast‑paced pediatric healthcare environment including high levels of caregiver distress, guilt resistance and conflicting perspective within families Solid understanding of community mental health resources and other community-based services
Preferred Qualifications:
3-5 years working in a pediatric health care setting 1 – 2 years' experience in pediatric functional rehabilitation programs Training in pain neuroscience education Experience delivering group-based caregiver interventions Familiarity with stepped-care or brief intervention models Commitment to patient‑ and family‑centred care, equity, diversity, inclusion, and cultural humility
