Psychologist PhD

at  SickKids

ABOUT SICKKIDS

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.
When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

• Complete clinical interview(s), work with a psychometrist to administer and score a battery of standardized assessment tools, write reports and other clinical documentation, and provide feedback to patients, caregivers, medical teams, and other involved parties (e.g., schools)
• Work collaboratively with existing mental health and medical colleagues to ensure integrated and complementary service delivery
• Provide clinical teaching and supervision in psychoeducational assessments and related activities (e.g., consultation) to PhD-level psychology trainees, psychiatry residents and fellows, and other health professional colleagues
• Participate in departmental initiatives and program-specific committees
• Practice from an integrated, evidence-informed model that considers the implications of medical, physical, mental health, family cultural contexts and issues of social complexity
• Demonstrate capacity to effectively manage complex situations inclusive of intense emotions and/or challenging behaviors that may arise in the course of a psychoeducational assessment
• Collaborate with a large and diverse inter-professional health care team
• Assume responsibility for all aspects of practice including accountabilities for standards of practice, productivity, and workload related data necessary for hospital reporting
• Delivery of services in-person as well as virtua