CAREERS
Applications to be sent to hr@promises.com.sgAddictions Psychiatrist / Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Role:
- Providing quality care and treatment for persons with various mental health and addiction issues; eg alcohol and substance abuse disorders
- Conducting assessments, diagnosis, and providing pharmacological treatments
- Prescribing medication and monitoring for side effects and medication efficacy
- Leading and supervising a multidisciplinary care team which includes clinical psychologists and addiction counsellors
- Collaboration with mental health professionals and organisations to improve client care
- Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
Requirements:
- Registrable with the Singapore Medical Council as a specialist
- 5 years minimum post-residency experience in addictions
- Thorough understanding of pharmacology as it relates to individuals with addiction and mental health issues
- Ability to perform age-appropriate assessments on clients
- Able to interact effectively with clients of diverse educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems
- Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills
- Compassionate about helping clients and using clinically proven protocols
- Thrive in a collaborate environment and able to work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
Salary commensurates to experience.
Psychiatrist
Role:
- Providing quality care and treatment for persons with various mental health issues
- Conducting assessments, diagnosis, and providing pharmacological treatments
- Prescribing medication and monitoring for side effects and medication efficacy
- Work together with our multidisciplinary care team to treat complex cases
- Collaboration with mental health professionals and organisations to improve client care
- Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
Requirements:
- Registered with Singapore Medical Council as a specialist in Psychiatry
- Possesses good record in clinical excellence and commitment to medical education
- Ability to perform age-appropriate assessments on clients
- Able to interact effectively with clients of diverse educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems
- Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills
- Compassionate about helping clients and using clinically proven protocols
- Thrive in a collaborate environment and able to work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
Salary commensurates to experience.
Addictions Therapist
Status: Full-Time
Reports To: Director of Addiction Services
About the Organization: Promises Healthcare is a well-established and well-known provider of Psychiatric and Psychological support in the Mental and Behavioral Health field in Singapore. We are expanding our services to launch an Intensive Outpatient Program for Addiction and Behavioral Health. This exciting expansion will in time include residential services in Singapore, and opportunities to replicate the model across Australasia. As such, this is a unique opportunity to join a respected team and to be part of its ongoing development.
Position Summary: We are looking for a locally-based, Masters level Counselor. You should have experience of working in the addictions field. Ideally, this experience will include creating, preparing and running groups as well as delivering one-to-one therapy. Group work should include the ability to deliver psychoeducational as well as process groups. Experience of working with family systems that include addiction would also be beneficial.
Responsibilities:
- Conducting Bio, Psycho, Social Assessments
- Provide all addictions counselling to individuals, families and groups
- Conduct group education programs
- Provide crisis intervention and counselling
- Develop recovery plans and makes referrals to appropriate service providers
- Maintain client case records
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree or higher in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, or related mental health field
- Minimum of two years of direct work experience in the Addiction field
- Ability to set short term objectives and use a strength-based, solution-focused approach
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent time-management and organizational skills
- Proven ability to work with an all addictions model of treatment
Salary Range:
S$3,500 to S$4,500 depending on qualifications and experience
Work Schedule:
This full-time position will require some evening and occasional weekend work.
*This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.
Clinical Psychologist
Role
• Provide services that include psychometric assessments, as well as individual and group psychotherapy
• Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
• Work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
We are open to accepting applications for a full-time position, or for those wishing to practice on a sessional basis. Position is open to both Local/PRs and Foreigners
Requirements:
• Masters’ degree in Psychology or Clinical Psychology
• Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
• Skilled in carrying out mental health assessments,
• Strong report-writing competencies,
• Ability to speak one or more non-local languages, e.g. Dutch, French, German, Japanese would be an advantage
• Valid registration, license or practising certificate with an established or recognised psychological professional body such as APA, APS or BPS would be an advantage
Full-Time Salary Range: $4,500 to $6,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Locum/Sessional: A percentage of the revenue brought in to the clinic by their practice (therapy & assessments)
Child Psychologist
Role:
• Provide services that include psychometric assessment of children, as well as individual and group psychotherapy for children
• Contribute to mental health promotion programmes and psychological duties within the organisation
• Work together with a multi-disciplinary team to treat complex cases
We are open to accepting applications for a full-time position, or for those wishing to practice on a sessional basis. Position is open to both Local/PRs and Foreigners
Requirements:
• Masters’ degree in Psychology or Clinical Psychology
• Specialisation in the treatment and assessment of children (6-18 yo)
• Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
• Skilled in carrying out mental health assessments,
• Strong report-writing competencies,
• Ability to speak one or more non-local languages, e.g. Dutch, French, German, Japanese would be an advantage
• Valid registration, license or practising certificate with an established or recognised psychological professional body such as APA, APS or BPS would be an advantage
Full Time Salary Range: $4,500 to $6,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Locum/Sessional: A percentage of the revenue brought in to the clinic by their practice (therapy & assessments)
Forensic Psychologist
Role:
To conduct medico-legal assessment and report writing, in conjunction with forensic psychiatrists. To determine how an individual’s mental state, pre-existing mental condition or illness may have influenced or affected the nature of their offending behaviour and whether this affects their likelihood of re-offence. Provision of clinical therapy in individual and group settings.
Requirements:
- Masters’ degree in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology,
- Persons with a forensic psychology degree would be advantageous,
- Minimum two years post-qualification work experience in said areas,
- Specialised training in assessing risks of reoffending,
- Skills in doing mental health assessments,
- Strong report-writing competencies
- Experience dealing with addicts would be advantageous.
Salary commiserates to experience.
Clinic Assistant
We are looking for self-motivated Clinic Assistant (Customer Service) for our expanding clinic operations.
Desired Characteristics and Expected Behaviours:
- The Desire To Serve
You have a heart to serve, have good customer service skills and service-oriented. - Team Player
You are collaborative and appreciate good team spirit. - Initiative Taker
If something needs to be corrected, you will go ahead and problem-solve. You will discuss how to make things better, but only after thorough thought and evidence to support your beliefs. When unable to do something, you ask explicitly from your peers and team for assistance but also come up with some possibilities of what you can do first. - Adaptable
Able to be flexible and adapt to changes.
Be able to think of Plan Bs if Plan A cannot work.
Jobscope
- Day to day clinic operations
- Registration of patients
- To pack medicines as stated in the doctors’ invoices, including printing of medicine labels and dosage/ consumption instructions, and explain the consumption instruction to the patients.
- Attending to patient queries and incoming calls
- Collecting payments from patients
- Booking of appointments
- Coordination with therapists and psychiatrists on appointments and miscellaneous duties
- Clinic Admin Duties
- To ensure the cleanliness of the Clinic, particularly the customer waiting areas, at all times.
- To check and acknowledge receipt of suppliers’ deliveries, mainly drugs and medicine.
- To perform certain general administrative duties, which may differ for each Clinic Assistant/team member, as directed by your reporting officer
- To perform any other duties that the directors or management of the Company may assign
Working Hours
- Must be willing to perform full rotating shifts including Saturdays
- Weekday shifts: 8.30am – 7.30pm
- Saturday shift: 8.30am – 5.30pm
- (4-day, 40 hours work week)
(Rest day on Sundays, and 2 other off-days during the week)
Candidates may be required to start on a 5-day week (office hours) during the probation period for on-the-job training before assigned to full rotating shifts.
Vacancy is available for candidate who is able to commit to the rotating shifts as above-mentioned.
- Experience in front line customer service is REQUIRED.
- Communicates well and fluent in English
- Warm personality
- Positive attitude towards work
- Values punctuality
- Willingness to learn
- Have good team spirit
- Pays attention to details
- Follows through on tasks assigned
Candidates with customer service experience are welcome to apply. We are looking for someone who has the interest and passion to work in the healthcare industry front-line, especially in the mental health sector.
Marketing Executive
Main Role: We are looking for a junior marketing executive to support the Marketing Manager in the development of market research and marketing plans, developing and editing videos, press releases and social media strategies across various platforms, with a strong emphasis on design competencies.
Desired attributes:
- Flexible and ability to adapt to changes
- Willing to learn and improve
- Good communication skills
- Team player and able to work independently
- Takes pride in his/her work
Requirements:
- Diploma in mass communications, multimedia and related studies with a specialisation in marketing,
- Familiar with design software such as canva, photoshop, illustrator, wordpress etc
- A keen sense for design plus an eye for details,
- Able to start work immediately or at short notice.
- Pay commensurates experience.
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