Mental Health Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Accountabilities

• Participate in the planning, organization and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
• Coordinates activities of counselling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
• Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for clients with psycho social needs
• Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial functioning.
• When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
• Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to MAM.
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors.
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential
• Ensure updated protocol and tools are used. Drugs are prescribed according to the standard list. Admission and discharge criteria for the MH patients are respected.
• Client files registration books maintenance: Compile and analyze data linked to MH activities and report to the Hospital Director.
• Ensure patient education is provided at the waiting are of mental health clinic as well as individually coordinate the defaulter tracing health education with the outreach supervisor.
• Train team under your supervision, and ensure/ follow up the implementation of knowledge training.
• Liaise with key staffs and team members in the project, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed, while maintaining high levels of quality in MH program and activities.
• Offer clinical supervision to MH officer, psychosocial counselor and MH auxiliary nurses in collaboration with the Hospital Director.
• Organize weekly departmental weekly meetings and document the recommendation /decision/ and the formulate action points in order to follow up.
• Upon request in the emergency set up coordinate or directly participate in the stabilization of unstable psychiatric patients in the clinical setting (ER or wards).
• Emergency preparedness team member: attend to any mass emergency in the project area. The role of the supervisor and other mental health officers is as indicated in the project Mass Casualty Plan.
• Use and enforce the use of appropriate PPE’s provided by the facility while in the clinical setting and also when attending to patients.
• Perform any other duty assigned by direct supervisor.

Requirements

Education

• Essential: Degree in psychology or other mental health related field.

Experience

• Mental health and psychosocial related experience of at least 2 years is essential.
• Supervisory skills are desirable.
• NGO experience is desirable