Occupation Atlasassistant clinical psychologist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d1b8c046-3867-423a-84fd-41f7be3a6d29
assistant clinical psychologist
Assistant clinical psychologists aid psychologists in their work. They work in healthcare facilities or private practices where they assist psychologists with their treatment of patients. Assistant clinical psychologists are healthcare professionals that can assess patients with psychological tests and aid with therapy, as well as performing administrative functions.
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
SICSocial · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.93
- I Investigative4.57
- C Conventional3.46
- R Realistic3.29
- A Artistic2.12
- E Enterprising1.46
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Psychiatric Technicians (29-2053.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply psychological intervention strategies
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- assist psychologist
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct psychological assessement
- conduct psychological research
- decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach
- diagnosis of mental health issues
- evaluation of psychological performance
- identify mental health issues
- psychiatry
- psychological concepts
- psychological diagnostics
- psychological interventions
- psychology
- therapy in health care
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
Optional (30)
- analyse psychological aspects of illness
- apply clinical psychological treatment
- carry out neuropsychological testing
- clinical psychological treatment
- clinical reports
- cognitive psychology
- consultation
- counsel clients
- developmental psychology
- diagnose psychiatric symptoms
- empathise with the healthcare user
- evaluate clinical psychological measures
- evaluate psychological health measures
- first aid
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- health psychology
- human psychological development
- interpret psychological tests
- paediatric psychology
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment
- provide clinical psychological assessment
- provide clinical psychological counselling
- provide clinical psychological expert opinions
- provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations
- provide first aid
- provide health psychological advice
- provide health psychological analysis
- provide health psychological concepts
- provide health psychological diagnosis
- provide health psychological treatment advice
O*NET equivalents
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