Provide specialized psychiatric consultations and treatment to patients with moderate to severe mental disorders in community or home settings.
Assess clients' specific needs and develop individualized case management strategies accordingly.
Work closely with a psychologist, physician, and nurse to ensure the physical and mental health and well-being of the most vulnerable patients through daily home visits.
Provide basic medical consultation and treatment for acute and chronic conditions when necessary and refer patients to appropriate specialists as needed.
Conduct group psychoeducational sessions or training.
Provide psychological first aid and make house calls for this purpose.
Support the project pharmacist in managing pharmaceuticals, including psychotropic medications.
Effectively manage emergencies, make appropriate referrals, and actively participate in Ministry of Health case management meetings.
Ensure accurate and timely documentation of services provided, maintaining client confidentiality.
Actively participate in supervision meetings.
Provide regular reports on work performed.
Receive and promptly forward referrals from the medical team, other IRC departments, and external organizations.
Perform any other tasks that the supervisor deems necessary to support the goals of the PHC program.
Concerning all client-facing staff:
Information sharing - Regularly share and discuss timely, accurate and relevant information in local languages with communities about: - access and eligibility to service, -expected staff behaviors and code of conduct, - community feedback, safeguarding mechanism and how to use them.
Feedback collection and reporting - Establish or promote the formal feedback mechanism - aligned with organizational best practice - to capture, monitor, respond to and act on feedback and complaints from communities.
For people managers:
Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection at team level to strengthen safeguarding, wellbeing and duty of care, and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.
Lead by example and support IRC's commitment to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct.
For FMT and ESMT members:
Model accountability and commitment to safeguarding all staff, partners, clients and others the IRC works with to build a culture of prevention of safeguarding violations in our workplace and our programs.
Model accountability and commitment to wellbeing of all staff, partners, clients and others, the IRC works with to build a culture of duty of care in our workplace and our programs.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education:
Master's degree in medicine with a specialization in psychiatry.
Requirements
At least 3 years of professional experience in psychiatry in a clinical and/or direct care setting.
Previous experience in health programs and work with NGOs is preferred.
Knowledge and experience in clinical supervision and training.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Be familiar with and apply the IASC MHPSS guidelines and best practices as part of your previous work experience.
Significant experience in clinical supervision, training, and/or coaching others.
Experience in assessment, program deve
Benefits
Health insuranceVision insurance
Additional Information
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The psychiatrist will provide specialized psychiatric consultations and treatment to patients with moderate to severe mental disorders in community or home settings, either as part of mobile medical teams or independently. In addition, the psychiatrist will provide general medical consultations and treatment for acute and chronic conditions, support in the management of medications, including psychotropic drugs, perform structured clinical assessments, maintain strict confidentiality in documentation, manage emergencies, issue referrals, and participate in Ministry of Health case management meetings.
Theirc · Kharkiv, Ukraine