Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnoses or evaluates mental and emotional disorders and decides treatment plan.
• Observes patients in various situations; selects, administers, and interprets intelligence, personality, or other psychological tests to diagnose disorders and formulate plans of treatment.
• Treats psychological disorders to effect improved adjustments utilizing various psychological techniques; selects appropriate treatment approach and plans frequency, intensity, and duration of individual, group, and family therapies.
• Assesses patient progress and modifies treatment programs accordingly; communicates with and counsels family members as appropriate.
• Document therapy in accordance with policies and procedures regarding medical records; implements and adheres to policies which ensure patient confidentiality.
• Provides crisis intervention in situations requiring immediate psychological treatment.
• Participates in educational programs, in-service meetings, clinician meetings, training and workshops to enhance professional development and techniques.
• Supervise students serving psychological internships in hospital.
• Provides psychological consultations to other mental health professionals within hospital in regard to patient care.
• Participate in clinical research programs.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the service head.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s in Psychology or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution with 2-3 years of relevant experience preferably in a tertiary care hospital.
• Candidates should have good management, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent computer proficiency at use of MS Office is mandatory.