Posting Reason:

Temporary replacement of a regular position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

12

Job Family:

Student Health and Wellness

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Student Affairs, Mental Health Services Counselling Service

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/05/28

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/06/08

Hours per week:

28

Salary Grade:

Non-Union Grade NM2

Salary Range:

$118,675.00 - $148,344.00About Student Affairs:

Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well-prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions. We help them apply and enrol for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organize fun events, we provide extensive recreation program opportunities and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more!

There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

About the position:
We are a great interdisciplinary team that values collaboration, personal fulfillment, and professional and personal development. Our diverse mental health team currently includes two psychologists working in a supportive, enriching, and people-centered environment.

Position Purpose:

As a member of an interdisciplinary health team in a student wellness centre, the incumbent assesses, diagnoses, and treats mental, emotional and behavioural disorders ranging from short-term personal issues to severe, chronic conditions. As a practitioner in a teaching health service, the psychologist also plays a role in supervising practicums and internships aimed at supporting the academic and clinical success of these trainees and of all students who come to the centre. As a member of the mental health team, the incumbent will support uOttawa’s commitment to create a learning, living and working environment that fosters compassion, care and wellbeing through innovation, education, research, health promotion and inclusive practices.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Examine and assess behaviour, diagnose behavioural, emotional and cognitive disorders.
• Conduct psychological assessment to determine mental health needs and create an individualized treatment plan, often in collaboration with centre physicians, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists.
• Treat psychological disorders to effect improved functioning utilizing various psychological techniques; selects appropriate treatment approach and plans frequency, intensity, and duration of individual, group, and couple therapies.
• Provide time-limited psychoeducation and interventions for acute and chronic illness, using evidence-based treatment for mental health conditions. This may include individual or group psychotherapy.
• Apply psychological theory and principles about mental distress and disorders, and mental processes such as learning, memory, perception, etc.
• Develop, implement, and provide learning modules seminars, workshops, as well as various educational materials (ex: resiliency modules) to promote health and wellness practices.
• Direct clients, when appropriate, to specialized services at the clinic or in the community in collaboration with other University and community resources.
• Assesses patient progress and modifies treatment programs accordingly; communicates with and counsels family members as appropriate.
• Documents therapy in accordance with policies and procedures regarding medical records; implements and adheres to policies which ensure patient confidentiality.
• Provides crisis intervention in situations requiring immediate psychological treatment.
• Participates in educational programs, in-service meetings, clinician meetings, and workshops to enhance professional development and maintain currency of methodology and techniques.
• Provides psychological consultations to other mental health professionals within the Student Wellness Centre.
• Instruct and direct students serving psychological internships
• May develop and implement clinical research programs.

What you will bring:

• A doctoral degree in psychology is required from a CPA or APA accredited program.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a clinical psychologist.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario with competencies in the areas of Clinical and Health Psychology.
• Applied experience with youth, LGBTQIA2S+, indigenous, racialized, BIPOC students.
• Bilingualism : French and English (spoken and written), to be considered for this position, candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with evidence-based and trauma informed treatment techniques including cognitive based therapy (CBT, Traditional and Third Wave CBT) and motivational interviewing.
• Demonstrated experience in Trauma-Informed Care.
• Demonstrated ability to respect diversity and use inclusive behavior, responding with sensitivity and self-awareness to the unique needs of students and colleagues.
• Extensive knowledge of mental health and substance use disorders.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills and collegiality.
• Applies ethical principles in all aspects of their work.
• Experience in assessment. Also possesses the ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
• Ability to assess mental status in clients and to develop individual treatment goals and plans
• Knowledge of psychological test administration, scoring, and interpretation.
• Interviewing and psychological/developmental evaluation skills.
• Experience in program development and teaching/supervising students will be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques.
• Ability to effectively communicate medical information, test results, diagnoses and/or proposed treatment in an ethical manner that is easily understood by the student.
• Ability to evaluate the progress of therapy and to make individual modifications.
• Ability to use independent judgment and to manage and impart confidential information.
• Previous experience in the medical education environment will be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of the community resources network.
• Ability to maintain emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
• Skill in preparing and maintaining patient records.
• Must be able to pass a police record check for work with vulnerable populations.
• Demonstrated ability to respect diversity and use inclusive behavior, responding with sensitivity and self-awareness to the unique needs of students, including visible and non-visible dimensions of diversity.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.