Psychologist
National Healthcare Group Polyclinics
Job description:
What you'll do as a Psychologist -
You will conduct consultations within a multidisciplinary team, for patients with chronic illness who have stress-related mental health problems to enable them to better manage their medical conditions. You will design and conduct relevant workshops/group sessions for patients and the public and be involved in research to advance the understanding of practice in primary care. In addition, you will also design programmes and conduct training for clinical staff in NHG Polyclinics.
Skills crucial to success in this role -
- Passionate to work in primary care or in the community
- Dynamic, resourceful and be a team-player
- Ability to work independently in a challenging environment
- Pleasant, good interpersonal skills and work will in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Willingness to work at a different polyclinic location from time to time
- Effective in English, Mandarin and / or Malay, both written and public speaking (in order to provide consultations and handle queries, concerns and requests from Mandarin / Malay speaking patients)
- Systematic and methodical working style
- Good administrative and organisational skills
- Basic research skills
Preferred Qualification -
- 2 Years Master's Degree in Clinical/ Applied (Counselling) Psychology
- Eligible for registration or registered with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) and the Singapore Register of Psychologists (SRP)
Company profile
NHG Polyclinics is the primary healthcare arm of NHG Health, the regional health manager for the 1.5 million residents of central and north Singapore.
NHG Polyclinics provides a comprehensive range of health services for the family, functioning as a one-stop health centre providing treatment for acute medical conditions, management of chronic diseases, women and children health services and dental care.
The focus of NHG Polyclinic’s care is on health promotion and disease prevention, early and accurate diagnosis, disease management through physician led team-based care as well as enhancing the capability of Family Medicine through research and teaching.