Psychiatrist (Mental Health Specialist) (Re Announced)
Organization for People's Health in Action (OPHA)
- Laghman
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively participate in management and process of hospital activities in coordination with hospital management team.
- Psychiatrist will support the mental health team of hospital in the management and treatment of patients in hospital day to day activities.
- Actively participate in setting up of beds related to mental health ward.
- Strengthen implementation of MOPH and WHO mental health guidelines in the hospital.
- Act as mental health focal point.
- Responsible for planning, implementing, supervising, and monitoring mental health OPD and IPD services.
- Reviews of provincial mental health data, provide feedback, and ensure quality of services, assess, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in the hospital.
- Coordinate the activities with Hospital director and hospital management team and adhere to ethical guidelines.
- Monitor and verify mental health data, prepare monthly, quarterly and annually reports.
- Support the project on follow up and feedback as referral center (from other HFs).
- Order or perform a variety of medical and/or psychological tests according to MoPH standards. These tests, combined with conversations about symptoms and medical and family history, allow psychiatrists to diagnose mental health conditions.
- Assess both the mental and physical aspects of psychological conditions in Hospital services.
- Adhere to ethical guidelines and standards of practice set by professional organizations.
- Coordinate the activities with other health facilities providers, such as CHS physicians, psychologists, or psychosocial counselors and social workers.
- To understand the verification of the HF performance system and its importance for quality improvement standards.
- Responsible for monitoring and verification of mental health data and indicators.
- Prepare and compile Mental Health data on monthly base and provide the required reports and feedbacks.
- Ensure that appropriate skills and knowledge transfer activities are occurring as planned.
- Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
- Medical Doctor (MD) who specializes in mental health, including substance use disorders/Mental health specialist (psychiatrist)
- Minimum 3 years NGO/INGO experiences, in the mental health.
- Demonstrates a systematic and efficient approach to work.
- Works collaboratively with team members to achieve results.
- Should be a Team player.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Good command of English and relevant local language, both written and spoken.
- Ability to organize & priorities workload independently, using initiative when appropriate.
- Act according to the policies of OPHA.
- Keep confidentiality with issues related to OPHA.
- Develop Spirit of co-operation and understanding among members of the team.
- Work with honesty and co-operative attitude and keep a high standard of quality.
- All other interdictions are stipulated in the staff regulation and other OPHA policies along with the disciplinary measures and all these policies are part of the staff contract with OPHA.