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Reporting to the Clinic Manager of the Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic, the Psychologist II provides specialized psychological assessment, treatment and consultation for adults living with complex chronic pain. Patients may present with significant symptom severity, functional impairment, treatment resistance and interacting medical, psychological, interpersonal and environmental needs. Working within an interdisciplinary team, the Psychologist applies advanced knowledge of pain psychology, pain research and the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain to support functional improvement, self-management, psychological well-being and quality of life.

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As a Psychologist II, you will provide advanced clinical services (including psychological assessment, diagnosis and/or intervention), consultation and education to the interprofessional team and patients/families, and/or provides clinical leadership and coordination in an assigned program area. This is an advanced level psychology position that will allow you to work with or within teams to provide and inform services for patients with complex and multi-dimensional medical, psychological, interpersonal, environmental and/or instrumental needs. You will consult, collaborate, and enact initiatives to ensure that practices are evidence based and in alignment with psychology standards of practice and code of ethics, as well as policy, legislation and regulations. You will be expected to lead, facilitate and/or participate in program, policy, and procedure development, service planning, staff development, quality improvement and evaluation, and/or research activities as identified by the needs of the service area(s). You may provide supervision to doctoral level psychology residents, master's level interns, provisional psychologists, psychometrists and other team members.

Classification: Psychologist II
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic
Primary Location: Edmonton Clinic
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 0.80
Posting End Date: 09-OCT-2026
Employee Class: Regular Part Time
Date Available: 16-NOV-2026
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 5
Shifts per cycle: 20
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $60.69
Maximum Salary: $80.59
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of doctoral degree in Psychology in an applied area relevant to the practice setting from a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) or American Psychological Association (APA) program. . A combination of equivalent education and experience may also be considered. Active or eligible for registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). Applications from Provisional Psychologists may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

A minimum of 12 months’ full-time-equivalent supervised clinical training or employment within a specialized interdisciplinary chronic pain program. Graduate internship or residency experience may be recognized toward this requirement. Demonstrated advanced training and clinical competence in chronic pain assessment and evidence-informed psychological treatment, including knowledge of the biopsychosocial model, pain neuroscience and the interaction of chronic pain with mental health, trauma, sleep, substance use and function. Demonstrated experience assessing and treating adults with complex chronic pain, including psychological formulation, individual and group intervention, and interdisciplinary treatment planning. Experience must include cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, CBTi, dialectical behaviors therapy, and acceptance-based approaches in both individual and group formats. Demonstrated competence in mental health and suicide-risk assessment, management of complex clinical presentations, consultation, communication and clinical documentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience assessing and treating adults with complex chronic pain, including psychological formulation, individual and group intervention, and interdisciplinary treatment planning. Experience must include cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, CBTi, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance-based approaches in both individual and group formats.

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