"Clinical Psychologist"

Job Role Description:

• Provide individual and group psychotherapy sessions to clients with various mental health concerns, applying evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
• Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments and evaluations for clients, including diagnostic interviews and psychometric testing.
• Develop and implement personalized treatment plans for clients, setting measurable goals and objectives.
• Offer clinical supervision and guidance to graduate trainees, ensuring their professional development and adherence to ethical standards.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the progress of clients in therapy, making necessary adjustments to treatment plans as required.
• Provide crisis intervention and support for clients in acute distress or experiencing emergencies.
• Maintain accurate and confidential client records, including progress notes, treatment plans, and assessment reports, in compliance with legal and ethical standards.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals, such as psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses, to provide holistic care for clients.
• Maintain and develop the knowledge of the latest developments in the field of clinical psychology by attending workshops, seminars, and pursuing ongoing education.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness of clinical services and maintain accreditation standards.
• Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in Psychology from an accredited institution.
• License to practice as a psychology in the State of Qatar.
• 6-8 years post-licensure mental health experience in college counseling center or other relevant setting.
• Strong leadership training and leadership experience.
• Experience in presenting at international conferences.
• Experience in a college counseling center providing multi-culturally competent individual, couples, and group counseling or equivalent.
• Experience providing supervision to Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Associates or equivalent fields such as supervising doctors in training.
• Strong knowledge of confidentiality for patient-counsellor privilege.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Fluency in both Arabic & English languages and ability to provide bilingual counseling.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

Additional Requirements:

• The clinician shall work in the capacity of a clinical psychologist/Psychological Counsellor and educator, the current duties and responsibilities of which are outlined below.
• Provide psychological evaluations and clinical psychotherapy at the CIS Psychology clinic.
• Offer some intermittent supportive teaching in the Masters of Counseling Psychology program.
• Provide cognitive and psychological evaluations for our agencies school partners or university-based settings.
• Attend bi-monthly Islamic Psychotherapy trainings and weekly staff meetings.
• Provide clinical supervision to trainees and/or junior clinicians.
• Offer shadowing sessions.
• Be onsite at the CIS clinic to manage crisis situations.
• Offer direction to students.
• Lead a supervision group with the students.
• Offer individual supervision meetings.
• Present at occasional speaking engagements, trainings, seminars or workshop within the community.
• Lead or co-ordinate support groups on and off-site.
• Complete all administrative forms and tasks related to the role of being a clinical psychologist at the clinic, including participating in meetings on billing and administrative processes if so required.
• Adhere to the religious and professional ethics that pertain to his/her profession as a Muslim professional.