Clinical Psychologist

The psychologist will be responsible for the provision of all mental health services relevant to their scope of work and for providing psychological assessment and psychotherapy to PHCC clients. In addition, s/he will coordinate with other professionals in the PHCC to provide a comprehensive and holistic care plan.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide structured clinical assessments and clear case formulation: Assess the needs of the beneficiaries on the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional levels.
• Use standardized assessment tools.
• Develop a consistent and acceptable treatment plan with clear objectives in relevance to the need assessment with a logical and consistent timeframe that includes estimated dates for case evaluation, closure, and post-support check-up.
• Coordinate with the social worker, the mhGAP trained doctors, and the psychiatrist to develop intervention plans, conduct regular follow-up, and share relevant information.
• Discuss and share the care plans with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the provision of a comprehensive holistic care plan and highlight relevant recommendations.
• Monitoring and evaluating the psychological progress of the patient.
• Maintain irreproachable levels of confidentiality.
• Complete intake assessments, evaluations, treatment recommendations, reviews, follow-up, and other documentation for each patient visit and as necessary in an organized and efficient manner.
• Ensure that emergency cases are properly managed, referred, and followed.
• Report regularly to the PHCC management.

Note that this job description must remain flexible, to respond to additional tasks or changes as identified by the PHCC management.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to recognize mental health priority conditions as per the mhGAP.
• Ability to developing a consistent and acceptable treatment plan with clear objectives.
• Skilled in at least one evidenced-based psychotherapy approach.
• Using different relaxation & stress management techniques.
• Monitoring and evaluating the psychological progress of the patient.
• Experience providing clinical supervision or leading trainings is a plus.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to develop rapport with the patient.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Interviewing skills.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity, non-discrimination, and readiness to work with men, women, and girls and boys from diverse backgrounds, particularly the most marginalized segments of the community.
• Ability to adhere to ethical considerations and principles regarding work with vulnerable populations.
• Candidate must be skilled in or willing to build their capacity and knowledge in:
  • Developing family-centered, goal and strength focused, recovery-oriented care plan.
  • Mental health in complex emergencies (IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid, mhGAP…)
  •  Biopsychosocial model in mental health.
  • Community-based approach in mental health.
  • Human rights-based approach in mental health.
  • Evidence-based approach in mental health (e.g., IPT, CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR).
  • Knowledge about the predictable stresses of humanitarian aid work and the policies and practices needed to mitigate them.
• Basic knowledge in Microsoft Office and internet use.

Qualifications

Education: MA in Clinical Psychology.

A completed clinical training/practicum in a university center consisting of at least 100 hours of training under supervision and 300 hours of applied training.

Having:

• Lebanese colloquium certificate for clinical psychologists.
• License to practice the clinical psychology profession from the Ministry of Public Health.
• N.B: A letter of recommendation from a senior clinical psychologist supervisor (holder of a doctorate and/or a scholar) and membership in one of the registered psychological associations of Lebanon is preferable.

Experience: 2 to 5 years in similar position preferably with an INGO.

Language: Fluent in Arabic and English, French is a plus.