Shannon Skye R.

Intern Psychometrist & Aspiring Clinical Psychologist

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

I am a Psychology Honours graduate and Intern Psychometrist with a strong academic foundation and extensive practical experience in clinical, educational, and medical environments. I hold a Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences with a major in Psychology and Counselling, as well as an Honours degree in Psychology, and I just completed my supervised psychometric practicum in preparation for the HPCSA board examination. My training includes over 720 hours of supervised psychometric experience through the University of Johannesburg, during which I have administered, scored, and interpreted a wide range of cognitive, personality, emotional, and vocational assessments across both clinical and educational settings. I am accredited on the AON and Thomas Assessment platforms and have hands-on experience with assessments such as the WAIS-IV, JSAIS, SSAIS-R, 16PF, BDI-II, PDSQ, DAT-S, and SAVII. Alongside my academic and psychometric training, I bring several years of professional experience within a multidisciplinary medical practice, where I have worked closely with ophthalmologists, patients, and medical aids. This experience has strengthened my attention to detail, ethical judgment, administrative competence, and ability to communicate effectively with both professionals and patients in high-pressure clinical environments. I am recognised for my professionalism, reliability, and strong interpersonal skills, which I take pride in approaching my work with empathy, structure, and accountability. I am motivated to continue developing my expertise within the psychometric and psychological assessment space and to contribute meaningfully to ethical, evidence-based practice.

Experience

  • The Ear and Eye Clinic (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Pre Authorisation Clerk
      Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

      Communicate and liaise with medical aids on behalf of patients to facilitate hospital authorisations. PMB & clinical motivation escalations. I have also participated in quarterly stock takes, which involved recording the values of stock stored at the day facility. Additionally, I manage the pre-admission process for patients by entering their details into the day clinic’s database using GoodX software. Furthermore, I perform sales reconciliations for supplements sold on-site at the day facility, ensuring accurate financial records.

    • Dr Taruna Rowjee - Receptionist and Billing assistant
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2024 · 3 mos

      Reception and administrative support role involving diverse responsibilities, including answering phones, booking patient appointments, scheduling surgeries for the doctor, and preparing theatre lists. Additionally, the role includes assisting with billing for consulting and theatre files, ensuring remittance advice aligns with billed amounts, and facilitating applications for members requiring secondary eye injections.

    • Patient Liaison - Dr Hodgson - Jervis
      Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 · 7 mos

      Authorising and overviewing motivational letters for secondary eye drug injections. In addition, Dr Hodgson-Jervis required me to engage and counsel patients prior to their scheduled eye injections and post operative follow ups. I also prepared their scans prior their eye injections for Dr’s review.

  • Intern Psychometrist at Private Practice Clinical Psychologist, Nicole Schluep
    Jul 2025 - Jan 2026 · 7 mos

    Completed 720 hours of supervised psychometric practicum training through the University of Johannesburg, gaining practical experience across both clinical and educational assessment settings under registered professional supervision. Worked under the primary clinical supervision of Ms Nicole Schluep and secondary educational supervision of Ms Annemarie Retief. Administered, scored, and contributed to the interpretation of a wide range of psychometric assessments used for screening, diagnosis, personality evaluation, cognitive functioning, aptitude, and career guidance. Clinical exposure included measures such as the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Suicide Prevention Scale (SPS), Jung Personality Questionnaire (JPQ), and Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Educational and cognitive assessment experience included the Junior South African Individual Scales (JSAIS), Senior South African Individual Scales – Revised (SSAIS-R), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), Differential Aptitude Test Form S (DAT-S), and South African Vocational Interest Inventory (SAVII). Developed competencies in ethical test administration, report writing, behavioural observation, feedback processes, case conceptualisation, and integrating assessment findings into evidence-based recommendations. Gained exposure to both clinical and educational referral contexts, strengthening skills in multidisciplinary collaboration and professional psychological practice. Additional accreditations obtained included AON assessment testing and Thomas Assess platform certification, with training in Personal Profile Analysis (PPA), General Intelligence Assessment (GIA), and High Potential Trait Indicator (HPTI).

  • SACAP (The South African College of Applied Psychology) (City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
    • Class Representative
      Feb 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Class representatives stand as the intermediary between lecturers/educators and students. The Class Representatives also inform the SRC (Student Representative Council) of possible challenges or complaints to effectively enhance the learning environment. Workshops and cohorts are also offered to enhance the class representatives current knowledge to help them in future

    • SIBS Mentor
      Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 · 7 mos

      Assisted students with adjusting from school to university level referencing i.e. Adjusting from Harvard method referencing to APA 7 referencing. Academic writing and editing assignments are also apart of the adjusting to university process that a SIB assists with