Psychologist

Psychologist (SOG/ST 7), Medical Services Branch

Job Purpose  
The incumbent is responsible for assisting individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational and vocational development and adjustment.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology; 
• Additional training in a related discipline such as education or supervisory management.
• Two (2) years experience in an adult patient/client setting.

Responsibilities

• Collects information about clients, using interviews, case histories, observational techniques and other assessment methods; 
• Assists clients to understand personal or interactive problems, define goals and develop realistic action plans; 
• Develops therapeutic treatment plans based on individual interest, abilities and needs of clients; 
• Selects, administers or interprets psychological tests to assess intelligence, aptitude, ability or interests; 
• Analyzes data, such as interview notes, test results and reference manuals and texts to identify symptoms and diagnose the nature of the clients problems; 
• Maintains patient documentation and records to reflect care provided in keeping with established procedural guidelines, professional standards; 
• Maintains confidentiality of client records; 
• Develops and maintains a constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time; 
• Counsels and provides support to caregivers;
• Uses data collected to analyze and provide statistics;
• Appropriate educational tools and materials developed and utilized in providing effective learning experiences around the issues of psycholopgy.

Required Skills

Functional /Technical: 

• Ability to conduct lectures, seminars and workshops 
• Familiarization with basic medical/orthopedics anatomical terminology, or have had some medical or paramedical training 
• Ability to work with traumatized/severely disabled persons  Counselling techniques    
   

Core: 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Ability to communicate well with persons of all levels both orally and in writing 
• Excellent inter-personal skills 
• Customer and quality focus 
• Teamwork and cooperation

Salary

Salary range is $1,857,817 - $2,208,360 per annum and any allowance(s) attached to the post.

Note

Applications accompanied by résumés should be submitted no later than February 8, 2019.

For further details, interested persons are asked to contact the HRIS Officer at hrbranch@jcf.gov.jm. 

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact

Director

Human Resource Management 

Jamaica Constabulary Force

South Tower

2 Oxford Road

Kingston 5.

 

Email: hrbranch@jcf.gov.jm

Base Salary: Undisclosed