Senior Clinical Psychologist-Clinical Psychology

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

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:
•    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
 

Specialist Certifications:
Required:
•    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.