The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
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Appropriate qualification that allows for registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a clinical Psychologist. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit current proof of registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Psychologist in any of the identified registration categories.
Appropriate /recognizable years of experience as a psychologist after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Clinical Psychologist. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit all relevant documents.
Duties :
Render effective psychological services to the hospital. Making assessments and interpretations based on biopsychosocial evaluations, psychometric test, semi-structured interviews, therapy sessions and neuropsychological assessments. Collaborating with other healthcare providers to evaluate the medical and physical condition of clients.
Formulating and creating personalized interventions, treatments and management plans for clients. Assessing clients` risk, considering their mental health and social needs when performing interventions.
Interacting with clients and other MDT members regarding performing interventions. Employing various treatment methods such as psychotherapy, hypnosis behavior modification, stress reduction therapy and psychodrama. Measuring effectiveness and implementing changes where required.
Ensuring the maintenance and safe storage of accurate program and client records, and all other pertinent documents. Maintaining confidentiality of clients` treatment and records in accordance with HPCSA. Participating in clinical training seminars and mentoring team members and psychological counsellors. Working towards positioning the agency as a pioneer in psychological interventions.
Experienced with specialist psychological assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems of varying severity and complexity. Proficient with psychological therapies, risk assessment, training, and supervision.
Proficient with planning and performing psychological interventions. Current awareness of developments in relevant fields. Ability to maintain and complete clinical documentation consistently. DATA collection and collation, monthly reports.