health psychologist
Code 2634.2.3
Health psychologists deal with the various aspects of health related behaviour of individuals and groups, by helping individuals or groups prevent illness and promote healthy behaviours by also providing counseling services. They perform tasks for the development of health promotion activities and projects on the basis of psychological science, research findings, theories, methods and techniques. They also engage in research about health related issues to influence public policy on health care issues.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Ley de Portabilidad y Responsabilidad de Seguros de Salud (HIPAA)
- Operaciones comunes y flujos de trabajo en entornos de salud
- Promoción de la salud y prevención de enfermedades
- psychological concepts
- conditions for professional practice of health psychology
- consultation
- psychological diagnostics
- evaluation of psychological performance
- psychological interventions
- crisis intervention
- psychological treatment measures
- psychological measures in working with other health care professionals
- counselling methods
- psychological counselling methods
- neurology
- psychopharmacology
- psychology
- emergency psychology
- health psychology
- psychopathology
- psychiatry
- psychological healthcare services
- therapy in health care
Skills and competences
- analyse psychological aspects of illness
- analyse health damaging behaviours
- analyse large-scale data in healthcare
- analyse processes influencing health care delivery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- accept own accountability
- support patients to understand their conditions
- help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness
- contribute to continuity of health care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- evaluate psychological health measures
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- manage healthcare users' data
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- interpret psychological tests
- apply health psychological measures
- listen actively
- encourage healthy behaviours
- promote psycho-social education
- promote inclusion
- provide health psychological diagnosis
- perform therapy sessions
- conduct psychological assessement
- interact with healthcare users
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- follow clinical guidelines
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- use clinical assessment techniques
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- counsel clients
- advise policy makers in healthcare
- advise on mental health
- educate on the prevention of illness
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- manage health promotion activities
- clinical reports
- provide health psychological advice
- first aid
- provide psychological health assessment strategies
- provide health psychological analysis
- provide health counselling
- provide health psychological treatment advice
- provide health psychological concepts
- provide health education
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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