Clinical Psychologist, NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah

NMC Healthcare presently has an opening for qualified and competent candidates for the role of a Clinical Psychologist. The successful candidate will be assigned to work at NMC Royal Hospital located in Sharjah, UAE. NMC’s career website announced this job vacancy on 14 November 2023 and is inviting applications from eligible aspirants.

Purpose of A Clinical Psychologist

Assess, diagnose, and treat babies, children and adults who have various levels of psychological problems, including people with distress and symptoms of various psychological disorders.

Duties of A Clinical Psychologist

• To provide a wide range of psychological services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and special need populations.
• To focus on alleviating distress and symptoms of psychological disorders, by improving their coping skills and functioning, and promoting healthy lifestyles.
• To provide individual therapies such as behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive approaches, dietetical behavior therapy, exposure response prevention therapies, and clinical hypnosis to different mental health problems and illness.
• To administer standardized psychodiagnostic tools (test for Intelligence tests/learning disability screening/cognitive function/personality/rating scale assessments) for evaluating emotional or behavioral disorders among children, adolescence and adults.
• To provide inpatient and outpatient liaison service for the patients due to other serious injury or physical illness, to associate positively with all cross-referrals from different specialties.
• To offer evidence based psychological intervention for dysfunctional families, couples (family therapy and marital therapy).
• Provide stress reduction programs for issues relating to a different range of mental health conditions.
• To carry out applied research, adding to the evidence based of practice in the hospital.
• To conduct community level training programs for schools, and organizations for spreading public awareness related to the importance of keeping mental health with physical health.
• Maintaining client records including a management plan, assessment protocol, psychological reports, and follow up progress notes.
• To provide in house mental health awareness programs for medical / paramedical / allied health and other staffs in the hospital.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree / Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology.
• 3 years of clinical experience with Bachelor’s degree.
• 1 year of clinical experience with Master’s degree.
• Valid MOH / DHA or DOH license.

Knowledge & Skills Desired

• To have good communication skills with good command in writing and speaking.
• Show excellent knowledge in maintaining client records.
• To have good knowledge in psychological assessment and doing psychotherapy for mental health problems.
• To have skill in using up to date standardized psychological test in different mental health conditions.
• To keep confidentiality of each patient.
• Up to date of the latest Assessment & Treatment methodology.

Job ID

• 3292.

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