Position Summary:
The Psychiatrist will support the mental health team of hospital in the management and treatment of patients on hospital day to day activities. Actively participate in setting up of 8 beds 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, provide PIP for the monitors’ findings including WHO findings and ensure skills/knowledge transfer.
Essential Responsibilities And Duties:
- 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 8 beds 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.
- Provide PIP for the monitor’s findings including WHO findings and ensure skills/knowledge transfer to the mental health team.
- 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.
- To do his/her best to achieve the maximum achievement in related indicators.
- Support the team in collecting, recording, and analyzing project data, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of data reported.
- Maintain effective relationships with team and colleagues provide support and develop listening skills.
- Adherence to all organizational policies and procedures as outlined in RIs’ policies and procedure manuals.
Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
