Minimum Education / Qualifications
A Psychologist must, as a minimum, possess:
- Graduation with a Masters or Doctoral Degree in Psychology (If the degree is from outside Canada, the contractor must provide the Canadian equivalency of the degree evaluated by a recognized third party)
- Unrestricted licence and in “good standing” with the provincial or territorial regulatory body in the province/territory of practice
Minimum Experience
A Psychologist must have a minimum of one (1) full time equivalent year of autonomous practice experience in the last five (5) years in directly providing patient care.
The required services/tasks may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Assessing and treating individuals
- Developing care plans
- Participating in discharge and release planning as requested
- Providing consultation to other health care providers to ensure continuity of care
- Providing consultation and advice on mental health services to staff
- Participating in meetings including medical advisory committees, case conferences and other related activities as requested
- Administering and interpreting a range of psychological tests; this includes but is not limited to clinical personality, career interests, occupational stress and distress and clinical diagnosis; Bidders must list the psychological tests they have administered for the experience to be evaluated
- Providing counselling to individuals; this includes but is not limited to interviewing, making clinical analysis and drawing conclusions assessing risks, providing written reports
