Psychologist, Consultation Liaison Team, Mental Health Program - Temporary

$64.33-$79.56

Job Description:

CHEO is one of the few stand-alone, global leaders in pediatric health and is home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers – all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives. Within its own walls and through partnerships with community providers, CHEO has transformed from a 20th century acute care hospital into a 21st century integrated child and youth health system.

Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care that’s provided where, when, and how it is needed. CHEO’s Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of children’s health concerns. CHEO has been named Canada’s best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024, 2025 and 2026 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canada’s Best Employers for multiple consecutive years.

For the 14th consecutive year in a row, the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers has recognized CHEO as a top employer in the National Capital Region. Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.

A full time psychologist is required to offer services to the CHEO Mental Health Consultation Liaison service. Services to be provided include cognitive, behavioral, and social-emotional assessment, diagnostic formulation, consultation – liaison and intervention. The Psychologist will function as part of an interdisciplinary Consultation-Liaison (CL) health care team.

• Provide comprehensive psychological assessments, with a focus on diagnostic formulation, diagnosis, and delineating the interplay between health and mental health issues

• Consultation and treatment services for both inpatients and outpatients presenting with medical or surgical conditions

• Liaison with other health care professionals within the hospital with regard to assessment findings and recommendations, and their implications for the management of the child/youth

• Liaise with community services, CHEO Intake and Young Minds Partnership at CHEO

• Provide supervision/training of pre-doctoral psychology interns and offer learning opportunities to other student professionals in training

• Assist with program evaluation initiatives and participate, as appropriate, with the development of research projects that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the clinical services provided by the team

• Collaborate with Psychologists to assist with coverage and backup during vacations and exceptionally busy times

• Other mental health duties as assigned

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from a CPA or APA accredited clinical psychology program (Essential)
• Experience in health psychology (Preferred)
• Experience in the provision of comprehensive psychological assessments (including cognitive, behavioural and personality measures) to a pediatric medical and mental health population (Essential)
• Experience in providing short-term interventions to children with complex medical and mental health conditions (Essential)
• Experience with crisis intervention (Essential)
• Supervision…