Professional functions of Clinical Psychologist

The clinical psychologist includes the following:

assessing a client's needs, abilities or behaviour using a variety of methods, including psychometric tests, interviews and direct observation of behaviour;
working as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside doctors, nurses, social workers, education professionals, health visitors, school health nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists;
devising and monitoring appropriate programmes of treatment, including therapy, counselling or advice, in collaboration with colleagues;
offering therapy for difficulties relating to anxiety, depression, addictions, social and interpersonal problems, challenging behaviour and, increasingly, a range of more difficult problems;
rehabilitating long-stay patients into the community;
developing and evaluating service provision;
providing consultation to other professions, encouraging a psychological approach in their work;
developing and supervising high-quality assessment and therapeutic work by colleagues in multidisciplinary teams;
counselling and supporting carers;
carrying out applied research, adding to the evidence base of practice in a variety of health care settings.