Clinical Psychologist @ Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan

Job Summary

AKHS, P is looking for a seasoned and dynamic Clinical Psychologist for its Karachi Region.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Incumbent will assess the clients visiting for mental health issues and referred from other sites
• Identify and diagnose psychological, emotional, and behavioral issues or disorders
• Develop and implement treatment plans and therapeutic interventions, such as therapy, counselling, or advice
• Provide therapy and treatments for a range of mental health conditions
• Provide consultation to other healthcare professionals and members of multidisciplinary teams
• Counsel and support clients and their families
• Administering and interpreting psychological tests
• Writing reports on patient progress, competency, and dangerousness
• Participating in treatment team, staff, and professional meetings
• Supervising trainees and unlicensed staff
• Working collaboratively with other disciplines
• Conducting case management tasks
• Participating in off-hours call rotation
• Responsible to support SM&F officer for maintaining and reporting accurate data on the carbon management tool every quarter. Furthermore, you will support the submission of any data required from time to time regarding the climate change agenda.
• Identify and understand the most carbon intense areas in the region with the support of the head office. Specifically, will pay special attention to the Refrigerants, Waste, Energy usage (grid and generators), Waste Management, Purchase, and Transport and will help in bringing down the emissions from these key areas.
• Responsible for maintaining the regional equipment database in accordance with the format and requirements provided by the climate change team.
• Support the implementation plans for the identified action items to implement the actions in their respective regions.
• Support and sensitize colleagues working under you about the urgency and importance of the climate change agenda.

Required Skills

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology or a relevant field, master’s or higher degree in a related discipline will be an added advantage.
• 1-2 years of relevant experience is preferred, although candidates who have completed a post-academic internship are also welcome to apply.
• A team player and confident in dealing with people at all levels with different backgrounds
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communications skills

“Due to urgency, this vacancy may be filled before the due date. Therefore, don’t wait for the deadline as the applications will be scrutinized/reviewed on rolling basis”

AKHS is committed to reducing our impact on climate and the environment and have set ourselves the goal of striving for net-zero carbon operations by 2030. All staff are expected to take part in making this a reality. The Clinical Psychologist accompanied with his/her Line Manager is also expected to identify and understand which aspects of his/her work have most impact on the environment, and define tasks, work, and personal goals within his/her work plan to reduce these impacts and bring AKHS closer to net zero.