Psychologist
Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Hospital
Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months
• Collaborate with Psychiatrists and other specialists in developing treatment programs for patients.
• Design and implement behavior modification plans, apply rating scales for diagnosis, and relaxation techniques for anxiety.
• Educate patients about the interaction between cogitation, mood, biology and behavior through cognitive behavior therapy.
• Help patients to deal with personal crisis through supportive therapy.
• Help medical or surgical inpatients to deal with their illnesses or injuries.
• Provide education regarding effects, side effect and contraindications associated with treatment.
• Assist patients in understanding various medical diseases or illnesses.
• Informs patients about the effects of a particular course of treatment to help them decide what's right for them.
• Review adverse events and when it is necessary to seek medical care.
• Insure ongoing development and maintenance of care provided.
• Co-ordinate with doctors and other health care professionals to ensure that the patient receives all information needed regarding illness, treatment and ongoing care.
• Monitor and assist activities of daily living to enhance quality of living.
• Provide support and counseling, especially during crisis intervention.
• Promote continuity of care and cost effectiveness through the integrating and functions of case management, utilization review and management and discharge planning.
• Serve as a patient advocate.
• Enhances a collaborative relationship to maximize the patient’s and family’s ability to make informed decisions.
• To provide ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and overall evaluation of individual patient needs.
• Enhance the quality of patient management and satisfaction.
• Perform discharge planning to assure that the patient progresses through the continuum of care and is discharged to the least restrictive environment.
• Assist patients in their activities of daily living.
• Support clients’ independence regarding medications.
• Recognize and report changes in a client’s behavior/condition.
• Provide informal counseling as needed.
• Support patients at their homes or residences and provide family educations.
• Assist with personal hygiene, household management, and caregiver relief.
• Recognize ongoing medical conditions and work with individuals with cognitive impairment and mental health problems.
• Responsible for file review, intake interviews. Transferable skills analysis and vocational assessments, consultation with treating physicians and labor market re-entry research/plans.
• Interview client to obtain employment and educational history, identifying barriers to employment, educational history and provide job search strategies.
• Assess clients’ need for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further vocational training.
• Collect labor market information for client regarding job openings and skill requirements as well as other occupational information.
• Provide employment/career counseling, job search training, placement services, and vocational rehabilitation and adjustment counseling.
• Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of a client.
• Administered Psychotropic medication to clients.
• Performed assessment and/or management interventions for the referred and identified population.
• Assisted clinical management team with establishing and maintain efficient communication processes with the clients, their family and any other key personnel.
• Actively involved in the client care, regarding specific program and complex case management interventions.
• Evaluated and implemented individual service plans of care through an interdisciplinary team process in conjunction with members and physicians.
• Monitored clients to assess efficiency, progress and success of clients to ensure care is appropriate and timely according to department process.