Job Information
International Rescue Committee Psychiatrist in Libya
Requisition ID: req52610
Job Title: Psychiatrist
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Occasional
Employment Type: Part-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Libya
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
Major Responsibilities:
The Psychiatrist will work with IRC’s medical teams in the different supported settings (public health facilities, , Community Development Centers), she/he will: .
Provide regular supervision sessions to ensure proper treatment plans are put in place based on the patients unique needs,
Ensure follow up of patients is being done properly, including prescription of drugs is being made as per the WHO's recommendations and the national recommendations,
Provide needed support to maintain doctor's neutrality with patients and to mitigate counter-transfer issues
Ensure referral pathways to secondary and tertiary level services are functioning and when needed, provide specialized consultations to the patients in need for psychiatrist care.
Mentor medical doctors, the psychologists to ensure quality over the treatment plans.
Provide training and refreshers for IRC clinical staff. .
Assessing the risk of self-harm and suicide as well as the risk of harm to others and follow the referral pathways as needed. Psychiatrists have legislated and ethical responsibility for ensuring that the rights of involuntary patients are protected at all times.
Provide needed guidance on psychotropic prescription.
Support IRC teams maintaining quality narrative patients’ records, ensuring confidentiality of the data recorded
Educate patients, caregivers and the broader community while also learning from them.
Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Undertake other tasks as assigned by the IRC supervisor to enable and contribute to IRC’s programming.
Staff management
The Psychiatrist will not be line managing any internal staff.
Professional Standards:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Mental Health Specialist.
Working Environment: This position will be based in storm affected areas in Al Bayda and Shahat municipalities .
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
Psychiatrist with 5 years of experience in a psychiatric care.
Previous NGO experience preferred.
Decision Making, Listening, Verbal Communication, Patient Services, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Building Relationships, Discretion, Bedside Manner.
Willingness to work beyond working hours and travel between IRC supported facilities in Tripoli.
Strong skills in building the capacities of others (e.g. training) & facilitation.
Proficient in Microsoft Office particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Experience in advanced Excel is an added advantage.
Very good communication in English and fluent in Arabic
Strong sense of personal integrity and understanding of confidentiality and ethics
Self-directed, able to independently set priorities and solve problems with minimal guidance