Counsellor

Indira Ivf Hospital; Mumbai; On-site; INR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Indira IVF Hospital is seeking a qualified Clinical Psychologist to counsel couples undergoing fertility treatments, helping ease fears and set realistic expectations. The role involves supporting decision making after discussing all options and coordinating with treating consultants to formulate care plans.

You will counsel patients through stimulation, OPU, ET, and BETA HCG, addressing stress, anxiety, or emotional trauma, and document counselling outcomes to ensure compassionate, compliant

Qualifications

• MA/MSc in Clinical Psychology with experience in adult counselling.

Responsibilities

• Discuss patient history and findings with treating consultant for care plan.
• Counsel IVF and IUI patients; prepare for stimulation, OPU, ET, and BETA HCG; address stress, anxiety, or emotional trauma.
• Transcribe medications/orders into medical records.
• Clarify doubts about treatment, procedures, and results.
• Help patients overcome infertility mindsets and liaise with staff for queries.
• Explain procedures and pre-procedure advice to patients.
• Educate couples about flow of visits and treatment pathways.
• Explain medications per Sr. Consultant's prescription to patients.
• Resolve patient queries and outline fertility solutions.
• Coordinate with patients and staff for smooth centre operations.
• Maintain counselling data/reports and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Counselling

Patient communication

Stress/anxiety management

Medical record documentation

Education

MA/MSc in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Job Summary

To Counsel Couples to ease fears and anxieties and not to have unreasonable expectations from the ART (or have realistic expectations) and help in decision making after discussing all options.

Responsibilities

• Discussing patient s history and findings with treating consultant for formulation of a care plan.
• Counselling all IVF and IUI advised patients - At the time of stimulation, before and after OPU, ET and during BETA HCG, (If negative or positive) Prepare the patient for treatment by identifying counselling them for the stress, anxiety, fear, or any other emotional trauma they are going through
• Transcribing any medication or other orders given by the treating consultant into the medical record.
• Clarifying any doubts, the patient/ family may have about treatment/ procedure/ processes at the hospital/ investigation results.
• Enable the patients to overcome mindsets towards infertility issues and treatments
• Liaison between patients and treating doctor or administrative staff for any patient queries.
• Explaining all procedures to patient as well as all pre-procedure advices to be observed by the patients before procedure.
• Educating couple about flow of patient on various visit
• Explaining Medicine to Couple/Patient as per the prescription advised by the Sr. Consultant
• Resolve patients queries brief them about various fertility solutions available.
• Liaise with patients and other staff to ensure seamless centre operations.
• To maintain the counselling data/reports
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and safety standards, while maintaining the highest standards in patient care.
• Maintaining patient focus on all times and answering to patient enquiries by using the standard guidelines

Requirements

• Qualification : MA/ MSc - Clinical Psychology Prior experience in adult counselling is must