I am about to defend my doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Waterloo. I am currently employed as a psychometrist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and would be able to start my year of supervised practice in approximately April. I have secured two supervisors who are registered in Ontario, however my work contract ends in September 2021, after which point, I will be relocating to Nova Scotia. I am wondering if there is a way to start the registration process in Ontario and switch part way through to finish it in Nova Scotia (and ultimately get registered in Nova Scotia) as I would like to avoid a 6-month delay in starting my year of supervised practice (i.e., if I waited until I moved to Nova Scotia). Ultimately, I am asking if it is possible to “switch” the province where I am going to be registered part way through the year of supervised practice? Would my hours of supervised practice in Ontario be able to count towards my registration in Nova Scotia provided I submitted documentation and was able to secure a supervisor in Nova Scotia to finish out the second half of my year of supervised practice?

You would still need to apply to NSRP as an entry level applicant, but you could request from the NSRP that it grant credit for your supervision completed while registered in the other jurisdiction.

To obtain credit for this experience, the applicant mustnestablish to the satisfaction of the NSRP that the supervised experience met all the conditions ofnsupervision required by NSRP. Supervision would need to be completed under the auspices of anregulatory body of psychology while the individual is registered and working in a psychology position. Thenmaximum credit possible would be 1500 hours per year.

Normally the applicant could request from the regulatory body a letter confirming supervision completed and would need to arrange that NSRP receives a copy of all supervision reports.

You would still need to secure a supervisor for practice in NS, who will a) need to supervise you until you have completed all exams required by the NSRP in NS (EPPP & Oral Exam currently) for the required period, b) be able to rate you as ready for independent practice in NS. Regardless of the duration of supervision outside NS, NSRP does not expect a supervisor to only accept ratings from the ON supervisor, however, without applying their own judgment.

The information about supervision can be provided during the application process, but it can also be submitted after the application is submitted and reviewed by the NSRP, as you will be required to work under supervision in NS until all requirements are completed.