Position Description:
Provides psychological assessments and clinical interventions to individuals or groups using recognized formulations and applying evidence-based approaches while abiding by strict professional and ethical standards.
Position Responsibility:
- Conducts structured interviews, psychological assessments, and observations of patients, and identifies and diagnoses psychological, emotional, and behavioral issues in patients.
- Develops and implements treatment plans and therapeutic processes.
- Monitors client progress through regular meetings or sessions.
- Collaborates with other healthcare providers to evaluate the psychological condition of clients.
- Formulates and creates personalized interventions, treatments, and management plans for clients.
- Assess clients' risk, considering their mental health and social needs when performing interventions.
- Interacts with clients and other parties regarding performing interventions.
- Employs various treatment methods such as psychotherapy, hypnosis, behavior modification, stress reduction therapy, etc.
- Measures the effectiveness of interventions and implement changes where required.
- Ensures the maintenance and safe storage of accurate program and client records, and all other pertinent documents.
- Maintains confidentiality of clients' treatment and records in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Participates in clinical training seminars and mentors' assistant psychologists, psychology students, and interns on-site.
- Participates in activities aimed at promoting the department and its mission.
- Attends relevant internal and external continuous professional and educational activities in order to maintain skill and performance.
Position Qualification:
- Bachelor's Degree in the field of psychology and
- Master's Degree (includes MSc, MA, M.Phil.) of a minimum of two (2) years in Psychology or with a focus on Psychology provided that the bachelor's degree is a minimum of four (4) years course duration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience as a Clinical Psychologist
- Experienced with psychological assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems of varying severity and complexity
- Proficient with planning and performing psychological interventions
- Current awareness of developments in relevant fields.
- Ability to maintain and complete clinical documentation consistently
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills
