Clinical Psychologist
Company: The Chautauqua Center
Location: Jamestown
Posted on: September 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Description: A Clinical Psychologist, or Licensed Clinical
Psychologist, is responsible for using psychological treatment
options to help those with mental health disorders. Their duties
include meeting with patients to discuss their concerns about their
mental health, assessing their symptoms to diagnose their condition
and applying scientific treatment methods to help their patients
cope with or overcome their mental health conditions.
Psychologist Duties and Responsibilities:
-Diagnose and treat emotional, mental and behavioral disorders
-Assess patients and provide recommendations for treatments
-Use literature, research and translate complex concepts and use
them to treat patients
-Provide patients with referrals to other therapists, clinics or
facilities as needed
-Participate in off-hours call rotation
-Conduct case management tasks
-Conduct administrative tasks
Psychologists Skills and Qualifications:
-Ph.D. in Psychology or a Doctor of Psychology degree
-Patience, especially when working with challenging patients or
those who may be resistant to treatment
-Interpersonal skills, including being able to relate to their
patients in order to help them
-Empathy to identify with patients' experiences to help them
understand what is causing them to feel a certain way
-Trustworthiness to keep information confidential, as patients will
tell the psychologist their most private thoughts and secrets
-Communication skills and the ability to know when to talk and when
to listen to create a safe environment for the patients
-Critical thinking to help the psychologist make an accurate
diagnosis to recommend proper treatment
The Chautauqua Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices
on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin,
nationality, ancestry, age, disability or status as a disabled
veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, pregnancy, affectional or
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status,
status with regard to public assistance, veteran status,
citizenship or membership in any other legally protected class.
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Keywords: The Chautauqua Center, Erie , Clinical Psychologist, Healthcare , Jamestown, Pennsylvania
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