psychologist
Code 2634.2
The psychologist (psicóloga) applies psychological knowledge in assessment, intervention or advice by area (clinical, educational, organisational). Use this Job Dictionary profile to profile the general title before specialising (clinical, organisational, etc.).
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Criterios de diagnóstico
- consultation
- psychological diagnostics
- psychological interventions
- counselling methods
- psychological counselling methods
- psychology
- client-centred counselling
- behavioural disorders
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- comply with legislation related to health care
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- operate open source software
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- write scientific publications
- evaluate research activities
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- manage research data
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- identify mental health issues
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interpret psychological tests
- perform scientific research
- conduct research across disciplines
- think abstractly
- listen actively
- mentor individuals
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- conduct psychological assessement
- prescribe medication
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- interact with healthcare users
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- follow clinical guidelines
- apply for research funding
- monitor therapeutic progress
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
- use clinical assessment techniques
Transversal competences
- counsel clients
- refer healthcare users
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- perform project management
- think analytically
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- synthesise information
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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What to assess for this role
Assess ethical rigour, report clarity and fit to the work context (clinic, school, company).
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a psychologist do at work?
- It depends on the area: assess, intervene, counsel or design processes—always within an ethical and confidential frame.
- Psychologist vs clinical psychologist?
- Clinical specialises in mental health and psychotherapy; «psychologist» is the base title that can be practised in other fields.
- What to assess when hiring?
- Area technical competence, ethics and communication quality with non-specialists.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences