Medical Doctor – Specialized in Mental Health/Psychiatry

Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed, or political affiliation.

The French section of Médecins Sans Frontières is currently seeking to hire a

                              Medical Doctor – Specialized in Mental Health/Psychiatry.

Workplace                     :   Nablus, Qalqiliya, Tubas and other identified areas.

Type of contract          :   Fixed term contract 6 months (renewable according to the need)

Activity rate                  :   Full time

Wished start date        :  December 2024

Main Responsibilities of the position (non-exhaustive):

• Provide treatment for patients suffering from severe and common psychiatric disorders with specific attention to the cultural context.
• Participate as a member of the mental health team and work collaborative to achieve a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care, through working collaboratively with psychologists and social workers.
• Ensure that MSF guidelines and protocols regarding psychiatric care are implemented and upheld.
• Ensure that proper information on treatment and follow up are collected in order to monitor the provision of care.
• Actively participate in the weekly clinic meetings to promote multidisciplinary patient care, and provide psychiatric and medical opinions on cases presented.
• Report detailed monthly medical activities and compile activity statistics in a timely manner to the coordinator.
• Implement indicator monitoring in line with MSF mental health standards.
• Assure quality and safe service for patients by enforcing MSF policies, procedures, standards, rules, and legal regulations
• Maintain the project’s pharmacy under direction of the Pharmacy Coordinator
• Evaluate in-country available psychiatric services including possibilities for psychiatric hospitalization and the quality of these services.
• Network with other mental health services providers (including MoH) in order to keep fluent communication channels with other actors.

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Education:

• Bachelor degree in medicine, Post Graduate Degree in Mental Health or similar field.        
• Valid Ministry of Health profession Practicing license                          

Experience:

Desirable 1 year experience in mental health setting and working with a multi-disciplinary team.               

 Languages:                       

Fluency in Arabic and English (both written and spoken) is mandatory.

Competencies:                 

Reliable, calm, honest, switch on, team-worker, strong motivation to grow professionally in a Mental Health Project and especially in psychiatric care.

To apply for this vacancy, please send to [email protected]  stating the job title in the subject line ‘’Medical Doctor’’. The application should include:

• CV with 2 references.
• Cover letter.
• Valid Ministry of Health profession Practicing license.
• Copy of academic qualifications and experiences.

Deadline to receive applications: Thursday 5th  of December 2024 at 16:00 pm.

Only complete applications in English will be taken into consideration.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.