Psychiatrist for Mobile Crisis Team

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The main role of Psychiatrist is to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary mobile team to intervene during emergency mental health crisis through a 24/7 mobile unit.

B. ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

• Respect: To consider all individuals worthy of high regards and respect.
• Integrity: To adhere to the highest moral and ethical principles in fulfilling Embrace’s mission.
• Compassion: To understand another person’s condition from their perspective and strive to respond to their needs.
• Inclusiveness: To actively include stakeholders in decision making and the implementation of Embrace’s strategic goals.
• Accountability: To acknowledge and assume responsibility for all actions and decisions undertaken within the organization.
• Ownership: To assume one’s responsibility towards their role and the organization, to problem solve and actively seek feedback in a proactive manner.
• Collaboration: To actively seek feedback from members of the team, and work collaboratively with team members inside the organization as well as engage external partners in fulfilling Embrace’s mission and vision.

C. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary mobile team to intervene during emergency mental health crisis through a 24/7 mobile unit.
• Assess the situtation of the person in crisis and provide appropriate care/support to persons in mental health emergencies while avoiding unnecessary law enforcement involvement, ED use and hospitalization.
• Prescribe and/or oversee the administration of appropriate medications (when needed as per assessment) during mental health emergency dispatches.
• Crisis planning and follow up.
• Act As liaison between Nurses, Patients and/or Hospitals.
• Complete reports per emergency.

D. QUALIFICATIONS

1. General Skills

• Ability to provide empathic, evidence-based, brief, psychological first aid to a culturally diverse population.
• Mastery of the psychiatric assessment and usage of ISC10/ICD11 terminology.
• Mastery of Pharmacology and willingness to base prescriptions on the recommended MOPH National guide and list of psychothropic and neurological medications.
• Ability to conduct thorough clinical assessments and clear case formulation.
• Ability to recognize mental health priority conditions as per the mhGAP.
• Ability to intervene and de-escalate mental health emergencies and suicidal crisis.

Skilled in or willing to build their capacity and knowledge in:

• Mental health in complex emergencies (IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid, mhGAP...)
• Biopsychological model in mental health.
• Community-based approach in mental health.
• Human rights-based approach in mental health.
• Knowledge about the predictable stresses of humanitarian aid work and the policies and practices needed to mitigate them.
• Receive the necessary training for the intervention team.

2. Behavioural Skills

• Demonstrates excellent organization and time management skills.
• Demonstrates ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates excellent communication, problem solving, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrates a high level of professionalism while providing services to beneficiaries or working with internal support staff.
• Demonstrates ability to adhere to ethical considerations and principles about work with vulnerable populations.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity.