Clinical Consultant (R.Psych) - Internal Candidates Only

remote
Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta, Canada .
contract . September 22, 2026

Description

Are you a Registered Psychologist who enjoys thoughtful clinical consultation, collaborative problem-solving, and contributing your professional expertise beyond your individual practice? Do you value interdisciplinary practice, thoughtful clinical reasoning, and opportunities to contribute to the broader development of clinical practice at DiveThru?

If you’re still reading, this opportunity might be for you! We’re looking for a Registered Psychologist from within our current therapist team to take on a Clinical Consultant role.

In this role, you’ll work in partnership with our Director of Counselling to provide an additional clinical perspective when psychology-specific expertise or same-designation consultation would support practice. This role is intended to complement the clinical leadership of our Director of Counselling while recognizing and valuing the expertise held across professional designations.

This position will initially operate as a six-month pilot, giving DiveThru the opportunity to evaluate consultation needs, utilization, role clarity, and opportunities for future development.

Okay, let’s talk about the official stuff.

Your General Responsibilities:

Provide focused consultation regarding complex or higher-risk clinical situations, ethical questions, professional boundaries, documentation, scope of practice, and psychology-specific standards or regulatory considerations.
Provide same-designation consultation when another Registered or Provisional Psychologist would benefit from the perspective of a fellow psychologist.
Offer psychology-specific analysis where regulatory, competency, documentation, assessment, or professional-practice considerations would benefit from additional expertise.
Contribute to requested reviews of clinical policies, protocols, procedures, tools, programs, services, partnerships, or models of care.
Provide clinical input when leadership is considering complex client concerns, incidents, or complaints.
Support thoughtful clinical reasoning by identifying relevant considerations, potential options, uncertainties, and areas requiring further consultation.
Clearly distinguish professional opinions and recommendations from approved DiveThru organizational direction.
Recognize the limits of your competence and identify when regulatory, legal, supervisory, jurisdiction-specific, or other specialist consultation may be required.
Work collaboratively with the Director of Counselling and other applicable organizational leaders when clinical recommendations may have broader organizational implications.
Identify actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest and step back from consultation where your prior involvement, relationships, interests, or responsibilities could reasonably affect—or appear to affect—the impartiality of the consultation.
Maintain appropriate and proportionate documentation of consultation in accordance with the process established for the role.

How We’ll Work Together:

Requests for Clinical Consultant involvement will be coordinated through the Director of Counselling to help clarify the consultation question, required expertise, urgency, and any relevant organizational considerations.

Once the scope of the consultation has been established, the Clinical Consultant may connect directly with the therapist requiring support and provide consultation and follow-up.

The Director of Counselling will continue to hold responsibility for organizational clinical decision-making within their role. The Clinical Consultant will contribute professional opinions, identify concerns, and recommend potential options when requested. The Head of Studio Operations and other leaders may also be involved where their responsibilities are relevant.

It’s important to note that this role is designed to provide focused clinical consultation. It is not a day-to-day therapist management position, routine clinical support role, performance management function, formal supervision relationship, or standing on-call position.

Your Skills & Experience:

Our ideal Clinical Consultant brings the following to the table:

Currently practicing with DiveThru
Active registration in good standing as a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists
Demonstrated experience navigating complex clinical situations across populations relevant to DiveThru’s services
Strong ethical reasoning and professional judgment
Strong understanding of applicable psychology standards, ethical requirements, and professional expectations
Experience providing professional, clinical, or peer consultation within their areas of competence
Strong working knowledge of psychology-specific scope of practice, competence, confidentiality, documentation, professional boundaries, and regulatory considerations
Awareness of the limits of their own professional and jurisdictional authority
Respect for expertise across professional designations and a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to care
Ability to distinguish professional opinion from organizational authority
Clear, thoughtful, and respectful communication
Strong follow-through
Ability to maintain appropriate and proportionate consultation documentation
Capacity to recognize conflicts of interest and appropriately recuse themselves where required
Comfort identifying uncertainty and seeking additional consultation when appropriate

Considered A Plus:

Experience providing interdisciplinary clinical consultation.
Experience reviewing clinical policies, protocols, procedures, or tools.
Experience contributing to service development or models of care.
Experience supporting the professional development of colleagues.
Experience considering clinical issues within a broader organizational context.
Interest in continued growth in clinical consultation, practice leadership, policy development, or organizational clinical work.

Role Type and Hours

This will be an internal contract position with irregular hours, in addition to the successful applicant’s existing therapist role. This role will initially operate as a six-month pilot.

The pilot will give us the opportunity to evaluate:

consultation volume and types of requests;
areas where psychology-specific consultation is most useful;
clarity of role boundaries;
consultation response and follow-up processes;
documentation requirements;
utilization and anticipated hours;
overlap with existing clinical consultation or supervision pathways;
therapist and leadership experience with the role; and
opportunities to further develop the position.

The scope, structure, hours, or continuation of the role may be adjusted following this review.

This role will operate remotely, and therefore is open to Registered Psychologists across our entire organization.

Compensation

Compensation for this position will be $100/hour.

We will clarify compensable activities and billing expectations—including consultation, preparation, requested record review, meetings, follow-up, and required documentation—before the role begins.

The Next Steps

Since this opportunity is open only to current DiveThru therapists, we want to keep the application process simple.

There’s no need to submit a resume or cover letter — just fill out a short application through this posting with your basic contact info, and answer one screener question, and that’s it! After that, we’ll be reaching out to schedule interviews within the next few weeks.

This posting will remain open until the end of the day on October 2, 2026. Interviews will begin as of October 19. We look forward to receiving your application!

How We Hire

It’s our incredible DiveThru Crew that truly defines us! We're united by one common mission: to ensure no one struggles alone. DiveThru proudly stands as an equal opportunity employer. We're all about celebrating each person and the unique intersections of their identities. Why? Because we firmly believe that diverse and inclusive teams don't just make us better decision-makers; they spark the innovation needed to best serve our community. If you need reasonable accommodations during the application process, we've got your back. Let's collaborate to meet your needs because we're committed to supporting you every step of the way. Our inclusive work environment is a source of celebration, and we encourage folks from all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. Your uniqueness is what makes us thrive!

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