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Position Title: Psychiatrist for the Dr.
Mario Pagenel Fellowship in Global Mental Health Delivery
Mario Pagenel Fellowship in Global Mental Health Delivery
Location: Rwanda
Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization
relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized.
PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely
with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the
root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for
global policy change.
relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized.
PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely
with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the
root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for
global policy change.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda,
Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone, Navajo Nation
(New Mexico) and Rosebud (South Dakota) . Through our partnership with Harvard
Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of
programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone, Navajo Nation
(New Mexico) and Rosebud (South Dakota) . Through our partnership with Harvard
Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of
programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
General Responsibilities:
The Dr. Mario Pagenel Global Mental Health Delivery Fellowship
with Partners In Health (PIH), is a placement in Rwanda with Partners In
Health’s sister organization, Inshuti Mu Buzima in collaboration with the
Ministry of Health.
with Partners In Health (PIH), is a placement in Rwanda with Partners In
Health’s sister organization, Inshuti Mu Buzima in collaboration with the
Ministry of Health.
In cooperation with the Government of Rwanda and the Clinton
Health Access Initiative, PIH/IMB has supported the Ministry to strengthen the
public Health system in rural, underserved areas of the country since 2005.
With few specialists serving more than nine million people, hospitals and
clinics in rural Rwanda are faced with a high burden of neuropsychiatric
problems. The Government of Rwanda is committed to strengthening service
delivery, infrastructure, and research in mental health throughout the country.
At the three district sites where PIH/IMB works in collaboration with the Ministry,
community health workers (CHW) are mobilized to attend to both infectious and
noncommunicable diseases. There is ongoing work to elaborate a CHW mental
health component. This decentralized system builds upon efforts by Rwanda’s
Ministry of Health to expand on its successful HIV initiatives through scalable
approaches to health care delivery for chronic conditions common in rural
areas, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, hemato-oncologic and
neuropsychiatric conditions. With the opening of a world-class teaching
hospital at Butaro in northern Rwanda in 2011, there exists ongoing
opportunities to further develop model hospital- and health center- based
public- sector mental health services. The Fellowship supports training of
hospital and health center staff in Rwanda in management of severe mental
health problems. Enhancing the capacity of IMB to hone the mental health care
skills of both specialist and general practitioners in public hospital and
health center settings is a central aim of the Fellowship. The Fellow will
liaise closely with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, teaching healthcare
professionals at all levels and supporting the mental health desk at the
Ministry in its task of decentralization and integration of mental health services
nationally.
Health Access Initiative, PIH/IMB has supported the Ministry to strengthen the
public Health system in rural, underserved areas of the country since 2005.
With few specialists serving more than nine million people, hospitals and
clinics in rural Rwanda are faced with a high burden of neuropsychiatric
problems. The Government of Rwanda is committed to strengthening service
delivery, infrastructure, and research in mental health throughout the country.
At the three district sites where PIH/IMB works in collaboration with the Ministry,
community health workers (CHW) are mobilized to attend to both infectious and
noncommunicable diseases. There is ongoing work to elaborate a CHW mental
health component. This decentralized system builds upon efforts by Rwanda’s
Ministry of Health to expand on its successful HIV initiatives through scalable
approaches to health care delivery for chronic conditions common in rural
areas, including heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, hemato-oncologic and
neuropsychiatric conditions. With the opening of a world-class teaching
hospital at Butaro in northern Rwanda in 2011, there exists ongoing
opportunities to further develop model hospital- and health center- based
public- sector mental health services. The Fellowship supports training of
hospital and health center staff in Rwanda in management of severe mental
health problems. Enhancing the capacity of IMB to hone the mental health care
skills of both specialist and general practitioners in public hospital and
health center settings is a central aim of the Fellowship. The Fellow will
liaise closely with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, teaching healthcare
professionals at all levels and supporting the mental health desk at the
Ministry in its task of decentralization and integration of mental health services
nationally.
The Fellowship provides an opportunity for career development in
global mental health delivery for post-graduate psychiatrists. It offers a
combined focus on training, research and advocacy. The fellowship will consist
mostly of service delivery, and includes an academic research component.
global mental health delivery for post-graduate psychiatrists. It offers a
combined focus on training, research and advocacy. The fellowship will consist
mostly of service delivery, and includes an academic research component.
Over the course of the year, the Fellow will develop an area of
academic focus in global health related to mental health service delivery,
selecting an academic mentor with expertise in their area of interest. Fellows
will therefore have the opportunity to collaborate in and develop mentored
research and educational projects, and will have the option of participating in
ongoing research efforts. To facilitate career development in global mental
health, Fellows will be eligible to attend a 3-week intensive summer program in
Global Health Effectiveness at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of
Public Health.
academic focus in global health related to mental health service delivery,
selecting an academic mentor with expertise in their area of interest. Fellows
will therefore have the opportunity to collaborate in and develop mentored
research and educational projects, and will have the option of participating in
ongoing research efforts. To facilitate career development in global mental
health, Fellows will be eligible to attend a 3-week intensive summer program in
Global Health Effectiveness at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of
Public Health.
Global mental health delivery fellows will be based in Rwanda for
one or two years.
one or two years.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Developing
strong productive relationships with site-based colleagues to identify
core challenges to the quality of mental health care and devise
collaborative plans for improvement
- Accompanying
local health care workers (physicians, nurses, psychologists, psychiatric
nurses, social workers, social work assistants and community health
workers) in developing their capacity to implement new program initiatives
and quality care interventions in mental health
- Sharing
clinical expertise at the bedside and through didactic teaching
- Supporting
strengthening of a model mental health service at the District (general)
Hospital level
- Liaising
with the country’s Ministry of Health; and
- Developing
an area of academic focus in research or education related to global
mental health delivery.
Qualifications:
We are
recruiting a board-eligible or board-certified psychiatrist to join us
beginning in July 2018. We welcome candidates with backgrounds and
interests in:
We are
recruiting a board-eligible or board-certified psychiatrist to join us
beginning in July 2018. We welcome candidates with backgrounds and
interests in:
- Collaborative
learning.
- Teaching
and mentorship.
- Specialty
interests, for example in consultation-liaison psychiatry, child and
adolescent psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry.
- The
improvement of healthcare within the public sector.
- Community
outreach, primary care, and hospital based tertiary care.
- Research
in global mental health delivery.
- Some
proficiency in conversational French is strongly preferred.
- Applicants
must be prepared to commit to at least 75% time in Rwanda over the
duration of the fellowship.
- A
strong interest in social justice and health care issues.
How To Apply
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Application Materials Required:
- Only
one application is required, regardless of which site the applicant is
interested in working. Please apply to either the Haiti or
Rwanda position on the PIH website (whichever is your site preference).
Please also specify the applicant’s preferences of placement in the cover
letter, by indicating if you are interested in only one site, or open to
working at both sites (applicants will ultimately be assigned to only one
site).
- A
one-to-two page document summarizing your experiences and interest in the
Pagenel Fellowship. If you are interested in working at a specific site,
please summarize why you are interested in that particular region and what
skills and expertise make you best suited to serve there.
- CV
with the names of two references and their contact information.
- Applications
should be received by December 15th, 2017.
- Formal
applications should be submitted on the PIH website.
