Senior Clinical Psychologist-Clinical Psychology

JOB DESCRIPTION

To provide clinical supervision, mentorship and leadership for junior psychology staff in addition to providing care for patients presenting with psychological difficulties by delivering independent and high-quality psychological assessment and intervention plans in collaboration with other medical teams

RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Supervision and Leadership Job Responsibilities

• Provide clinical/administrative supervision and mentorship to junior psychologists, interns, and other mental health staff.
• Develop and implement clinical practice guidelines and ensure junior staff’s abidance to rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section/Department/Facility
• Formulate and implement quality improvement project for the Psychology department
• Participate in recruitment, orientation, and indication of psychology staff.
• Develop and implement orientation processes for new staff and interns
• Deliver formal and informal training to staff on psychological theory and interventions.
• Ensure adherence to ethical, professional, and clinical standards
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical programs and services.
• Introduce improvements based on clinical/operational outcomes and emerging best practices.
• Support professional development and continuing education initiatives.
• Oversee the delivery of evidence-based psychological therapeutic services (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT) and ensure quality and effectiveness of the delivered therapies.
  
  

Clinical Job Responsibilities

• Provides highly specialist one-to-one psychological consultations and interventions for individuals, families and groups within areas of specialization
• Conducts assessments and evaluate treatment options, considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
• Determines casework for people experiencing severe psychological difficulties
• Coordinates and contributes to the assessment and formulation of risk management plans and psychosocial interventions for patients
• Collaborate with junior clinical psychologists in the provision of consultative services
• Participates with multi-disciplinary teams in the assessment and care planning of the psychological aspects of the patients’ needs
• Ensures and participates in providing coverage to the various service areas, populations and settings, for patients, carers and colleagues
  
  

Institution-specific Job Responsibilities

• Complying with continuous quality improvement measures, method evaluation and development as per standard policies and procedures
• Complying with all safety, health and quality control programs and procedures as applicable
• Complying with applicable precautions for environmental safety and infection control
• Implementation of department policies and the annual business plan
• Complying with and supporting clinical audit processes
• Communicating and interacting in a professional and courteous manner with patients, families and healthcare providers to obtain/provide information, explain procedures, clarify orders and communicate status
• Participating in training and education of department staff, doctors and nurses
• Participating in departmental and hospital programs and committees, and staff meetings
• Participating in the orientation and training of new employees
• Ensuring appropriate internal and external sharing of information based on governing policies and procedures
  
  

Accountabilities

• Ensuring all members of the department receive adequate clinical supervision as required for their professional and technical development Accountable for the quality and integrity of psychological assessments and treatments provided.
• Responsible for the clinical supervision and professional development of junior psychology and other mental health staff
• Report outcomes, incidents, and clinical performance indicators to department manager.
• Report outcomes, incidents, and clinical performance indicators to department manager.
• Exercising professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and referral of patients in psychological difficulties requiring psychologically based intervention plans
• Ensuring patients receive the highest standard psychological services and care
• Maintaining the strictest confidence in relation to patient information whether formally or informally recorded
• Being responsible for documenting all interventions in the appropriate format
• Practicing within the expressed limits of established policies and procedures
• Ensuring that Standard Operation Procedures and Quality Assurance tests are maintained within all sections
• Maintaining professional knowledge by attending psychology and other related continuous education
• Completing and maintaining all regulatory requirements including licensure, certifications and other mandatory trainings within established timeframes
  
  

Required:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology plus a master’s degree in clinical psychology plus five-year experience in a clinical setting.
• Currently licensed as Clinical Psychologist by the Department of Health Abu Dhabi.
• A PhD in Clinical Psychology or other related clinical specialty is desirable.
  
  

Desired:

• N.A
  
  

Required:

Specialist Certifications:

• Certificate of training in Clinical Psychology in a reputable institution. Training must be of two years minimum.
  
  

Desired:

• Certificate of completion of training in one of the recognized psychotherapy techniques; preferable training duration of two years in a clinical setting
  
  

Experience:

Required:

• A minimum of five years’ experience in the field of clinical psychology, dealing with cases of psychopathology, in a clinical setting. Training can be counted of the five years if a valid training certificate in a recognized institution was submitted.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in conducting psychotherapy with adults, adolescents, paediatric and/or geriatric patients.
• Stronghold of psychopathology diagnosis, assessment and intervention plans.
  
  

Desired:

• Further knowledge in, experience with and exposure to different clinical settings, cases, populations and intervention techniques are desired.