MHGAP Psychiatrist - 2 days per month - Hermel and Arsal

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: Service contract, 2 days per month, fixed term, 12 months, renewable.

Place of work: Arsal-Hermel

Function responsibilities include:

• Provide treatment for patients suffering from severe and common psychiatric disorders with specific attention to the cultural context.
• Provide training and supervision to national and international medical staff (doctors and nurses) on diagnosis and treatment of severe and common mental health disorders according to MSF guidelines.
• Participate as a member of the mental health team when present and offer supervision and support to national psychologists and counselors.
• Ensure that guidelines and psychotropic medications from MSF standard drug list are available in the project.
• Ensure that proper information on treatment and follow up are collected in order to monitor the provision of care.
• Evaluate in-country available psychiatric services including possibilities for psychiatric hospitalization and the quality of these services.
• Form a relationship with MoH and exploration of sustainability of psychiatric treatment.
• Establish collaboration/communication with medical specialties in the project in order to achieve a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Specific Accountabilities

• Regular supervision of MHGAP doctors with consultations of patients, case discussions, file review.
• Supervision includes phone calls, as needed.
• The clinic managers, mental health supervisors and psychologists will program patients according to schedule so that on-the-job supervision can be done.
• Visits for supervision will be performed at least 2 days per month, one day per clinic (Arsal & Hermel).
• Together with doctors, psychologists, and Mental health supervisor, based on supervision, further training required will be proposed and planned.
• Monthly reporting of indicators, prescriptions according to MSF protocols
• A quarterly report concerning the program and doctors’ competencies evaluation should be done with Mental health supervisor/manager.
• Support in stabilization of patients in need and organize referral operations that align with the department referral criteria.
• Coordinate the training sessions for the medical and paramedical team according to the department's training plan.
• Collaborate with both the medical and paramedical team for the effective provision of service to our beneficiaries.
• Demonstrate flexibility and commitment to provide remote and phone support to MSF team, ensuring continuous and accessible mental health specialized care all time

Requirements

Education         

• Essential: Diploma of Medicine from a recognized university
• Essential: Specialization in psychiatry from a recognized university.
• Essential: Ministry of public health practice license as Psychiatrist in Lebanon
• Essential: Valid certificate of registration at the Lebanese order of physicians-LOP

Experience          

• Essential: At least 2 years of certified work experience in psychiatry.
• Desirable: Previous experience with MSF or other local and/or international NGOs.

Languages        

• Essential: Full professional proficiency using the Arabic and English Language.
• Desirable: Elementary to limited professional proficiency using the French Language.

Knowledge        

• Essential: Basic to intermediate computer literacy using MS-office applications (MS-Word, MS-Outlook, MS-Excel).