Medecins
Sans Frontieres is a private, non-profit international
humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to
populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion,
creed or political affiliation.
Sans Frontieres is a private, non-profit international
humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to
populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion,
creed or political affiliation.
Mental Health Advisor
Main
Purpose
Purpose
- Define,
implement and coordinate all mental health related activities in the
project area; ensuring the quality of care, analyzing statistics and
reports, managing staff involved in mental health related activities
according to MSF protocols in order to provide the most appropriate
support for patients.
Accountabilities
- Identify
the need of MH support in the population within the scope of the project
and participate to the setting up of MSF strategy accordingly - Participate
in the definition, planning, organization and update of the mental health
activities and its budgeting, in close collaboration with other medical
team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective use of the
resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health
MSF activities. - Ensure
the implementation of all Mental Health standard protocols and
methodologies set by MSF and supervise their application by all
professionals under his/her responsibility, in order to provide the most
appropriate treatment for patients - Plan
and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the
associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation,
potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under
his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount
of knowledge required. - Supervise
and ensure that mental health activities (in and outside health
facilities), with the clients are performed with regular follow-up and
according to all MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most
appropriate treatment for clients with psycho social problems ensuring
mental health team is calm and neutral during sessions regardless of
personal feelings and/or beliefs. - Review
and develop the technical material, tools, guidelines and documents
elaborated for the mental health activities in order to develop
appropriate support for patients - Do
a mapping and its regular update of the existing services, including other
INGO’s, local NGO’s, community groups and governmental health services,
etc and maintain regular communication and collaboration according to
objectives and context. - Ensure
good communication with the other components of the project - Ensures,
in close collaboration with medical department, that mental health
department participates in counselling, prevention parent to child
transmission (PPTCT) and voluntary counselling and testing (VTC)
activities when needed, and according to existing protocols in force at
any time.. - Monitor
and evaluate mental health support activities (define indicators and
follow up tools, collect and analyze data, report regularly about mental
health activities, etc.) in order to have reliable information about
activities and adapt them accordingly. Participates in monthly reports
according to guidelines (SitRep, statistical report, etc.) - Share
problematic situations and cases with the Medical Coordinator for help
with decision making and problem resolution. - Ensure
that psychiatric patients coming to MSF facilities receive proper
treatment including psychotropic medication and psychosocial support
either within a MSF program or thru referral to an appropriate resource. - Identify
possible advocacy issues and inform MC and PC before taking any action.
Advocacy is not under Mental Health Activities Manager accountabilities. - Provide
training and supervision on a regular basis. - Ensure
translators are trained about terminology and appropriate behavior during
sessions.
Requirements
Education:
Education:
- Degree/Master’s
qualification in Psychology or MD degree with specialization in
psychiatry.
Experience:
- Essential
working experience of at least two years as clinical psychologist - Desirable
working experience with MSF or other NGOs. - Desirable
working experience in developing countries.
Languages:
- Mission
working language essential.
Knowledge:
- Computer
literacy
Competences
- People
Management. - Commitment.
- Flexibility.
- Results.
- Teamwork.
Conditions
- Duration
of the contract Fix Term Contract - Salary
/ Indemnities Salary defined by the MSF-Spain salary grid, additional
monthly living allowance, lodging provided at the organization’s
guesthouse/or housing allowance, transportation costs covered, provision
of medical, life, and repatriation insurance.
Method
of Application
of Application
Interested
and qualified candidates should send their CV’s and cover motivation letter
under the reference “MH Advisor Nigeria” to recruitment-bcn@barcelona.msf.org
and qualified candidates should send their CV’s and cover motivation letter
under the reference “MH Advisor Nigeria” to recruitment-bcn@barcelona.msf.org
Note
- Candidate
should submit their CV and cover letter in ONE file and name the file with
their Last name - Replies
will only be sent to short-listed candidates.