Job Description

Under supervision, the Assistant Psychologist provides psychological assessment and intervention for children and adolescents, evaluates psychological data, develops treatment plans, and offers specialist advice to professionals involved in the patient’s care.

Working within a healthcare setting, the Assistant Psychologist supports children and adolescents with a range of mental health needs. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder works with Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Counselors, and Physicians to contribute to clinical care and research through assessment, intervention, treatment planning, and consultation.

• Evaluates effective and suitable psychological treatment options of common mental health problems and discusses with clinical supervisor before implementing.
• Consistent with one’s training, scope, and clinical skill/knowledge, provides psychological assessments for patients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of psychological data from a variety of sources including, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
• Provides clinical formulations and comprehensive written reports regarding assessments completed. All reports will be countersigned by clinical supervisor.
• Provides clinical psychological input to the families, including assessment results and proposed psychological interventions for psychological, behavioral and learning challenges.
• Formulates and implements plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• Implements a range of psychological interventions, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
• Evaluates treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
• Provide on call coverage under supervision.
• Reviews relevant school and/or other medical records to understand cases better.
• Provides psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to patient’s formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Keeps abreast with current literature, talks with colleagues, and participates in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in psychological counselling, developmental psychology, mental illness/ emotional disturbance.
• Provides group therapy for children, adults and families, in both inpatient and outpatient settings as needed. Makes sure that patient participation and input is integrated with the overall treatment plan.
• Maintains confidentiality with regards to information exchanged or received in the current capacity of role in accordance with departmental guidelines.
• Provides psychological services (e.g., assessment, intervention, consultation) with cultural competence appropriate to a wide variety of ethnic, linguistic, and religious populations.
• Engages in peer consultation and multidisciplinary meetings in order to improve clinical care and to maintain ongoing professional standards.
• Adheres to Sidra Medicine’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies.
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra’s Values.

In view of the evolving needs and opportunities within Sidra, this position may be required to perform other duties as assigned and reporting relationships may vary.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, or any mental health related field, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in a health-related field, including coursework on human behavior and development, OR
• Current Enrollment in a Master’s degree program in Psychology or a mental health related field, OR
• Master’s degree in Psychology or a mental health related field

Experience

• 2+ years post-graduation or certification of supervised experience working as an Assistant Psychologist or in the same field.
• For Qatar Universities’ Graduates, Qatari Nationals, or Residents’ offspring / spouses who are graduated abroad: Minimum 3 months of supervised internship experience working in a mental health clinic, hospital, school, research lab, or private center (please refer to QCHP circular No. 1/2016.)

Certification and LicensureEligible for appropriate license in State of Qatar. Job Specific Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience in theoretical psychological counselling techniques and expertise in providing consultations
• Demonstrated experience in doing assessments
• Critical analysis and problem-solving skill
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work collaboratively with other health care team
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Fluency in written and spoken English