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chief psychologist

A professional who plans psychological service programs and directs, coordinates, and participates in activities of personnel engaged in providing psychological services to clients in psychiatric center or hospital. Responsibilities include:

  • Reviews reports, case management reviews, and psychiatric center's or hospital's procedural manual to assess need for psychological services.
  • Plans psychological treatment programs that meet standards of accreditation.
  • Plans utilization of available staff, assigns staff to treatment units, and recruits professional and nonprofessional psychological staff.
  • Develops, directs, and participates in training programs.
  • Directs testing and evaluation of new admissions and re-evaluation of present clients.
  • Participates in staff conferences to evaluate and plan treatment programs.
  • Interviews clients that present difficult and complex diagnostic problems and assesses their psychological status.
  • Reviews management of cases, assignments, case problems, issues, and methods of treatment.
  • Works with community agencies to develop effective corrective programs and to arrange to provide psychological services.
  • Plans and supervises psychological research.
  • Collaborates with psychiatrists and other professional staff to help develop comprehensive program of therapy, evaluation, and treatment.
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  • Jason F
  • (United States of America)

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