JOB DETAILS

Status: Full-time permanent
FTE: 1.0 (40 hours per week)
Schedule: Flexible, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: The Newly Institute Halifax, Nova Scotia

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.
The Newly Institute is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Psychologist to join our new Halifax clinic. Our mission is to provide exceptional mental health care using evidence-based practices while maintaining a work environment that prioritizes clinician well-being and professional development.

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 post psychopharmacological 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.

EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in mental health assessment/triage and treatment is required.Extensive training and experience in trauma-focused therapies, including:
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• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

• Prolonged Exposure Therapy
• CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy)
• ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy)
• Experience with individual, group, and family counselling is an asset.
• Equivalencies of experience may be considered.

EDUCATION

• A Master’s or Doctoral degree in Counselling Psychology or similar program is required.
• Eligibility or registration with the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychologists

ACCESSIBILITY

The Newly Institute welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities or those seeking accommodation based on any other protected ground. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please email careers@thenewly.ca.

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.