Psychiatrist for Mobile Crisis Team

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary mobile team to provide holistic care during emergency mental health crisis through a 24/7 mobile unit
• Assess the situation 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
• Conduct initial assessment through psycho-diagnostic interviews, MSE and other tools to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Prescribe and/or oversee the administration of appropriate medications (when needed as per assessment) during mental health emergency dispatches
• Provide beneficiaries with psychiatric treatment and follow up on psychiatric care.
• Follow up on psychological progress of the beneficiary and implement concrete treatment plans in collaboration with beneficiaries to reach set goals and achieve recovery.
• Act as liaison between persons in mental health emergencies, nurses, hospitals, and other third parties as necessary
• Refer beneficiaries to specialized services when required.
• Document and report services provided as per protocol

QUALIFICATIONS

Critical Skills:

• Medical degree required (MD).
• 1-3 years of clinical experience post MD in Psychiatry.
• Registered at the Lebanese Order of Physician.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, French is a plus.

Professional 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 psychotropics and neurological medications.
• Ability to conduct thorough mental health clinical assessments
• Ability to recognize mental health priority conditions as per the mhGAP.
• Ability to conceptualize cases from an integrative perspective.
• Ability to intervene and de-escalate mental health emergencies and suicidal crisis.
• Ability to design a treatment plan and refer patients to other professionals when needed.

Skilled in or Willing to Build their Capacity and Knowledge In:

• Biopsychological model in mental health.
• Ability to provide psychoeducation to beneficiaries on behavioral tools such as relaxation, stress management techniques and behavioral activation.
• Ability to provide empathic, evidence-based, brief, psychological first aid to a culturally diverse population.
• Ability to intervene and de-escalate mental health emergencies
• Skilled in mental health complex emergencies (IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid, mhGAP…)
• Skilled in community-based and human rights-based approach in mental health.
• Evidence based approach in mental health (i.e., IPT, CBT, TFCBT, EMDR)
• Knowledge about the predictable stresses of humanitarian aid work, the policies and practices needed to mitigate

Behavioral Skills

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