Co-Ordinator

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interacting with and interviewing patients
• administering screening tools for mood, anxiety, sleep, cognition, behavior, function, quality of life and social isolation, and others as applicable
• assessing and following up patients’ progress after discharge from hospital and clinic
• interacting with other medical staff to ensure quality care for patients
• interacting with other clinical care partners to ensure transition of care of patients
• to provide basic psychological support and illness psychoeducation to patients and caregivers where applicable
• to assist in education and outreach to community care partners
• to maintain a clinical database of all data collected
• to assist in any research projects initiated by Department of Psychological Medicine

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Psychology or related healthcare fields
• Previous work experience (minimum 1 year) in clinical research related fields will be a bonus
• Basic abilities on using the computer
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications especially Word, Excel (bonus if proficient in Access and Publisher)
• Proficient in research skills
• Proficient in SPSS or other research-related software/programs
• Familiar with the use of email applications
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and able to communicate fluently in at least 2 languages including English
• Able to work with the elderly and their caregivers
• Fluency in chinese dialects will be a bonus to communicate with eldery patient poplulation