Psychologist

MSF Spain is looking for a Psycholgist in Hebron to provide psychological support to patients according to MSF principles, standards and procedures in order to improve the patients’ mental health.

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

Accountabilities:

• Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of patients and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of treatment.
• Identifying important risks (self-harm, suicide and violence), evaluating and implementing clinical strategies. Including discussion of risks with patients and developing a protection plan to avoid or reduce new events. 
• Providing individual and/or group interventions for the most common Mental Health conditions, including but not limited, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic, psychosis and psycho-somatic conditions. 
• Provide follow-up consultations to beneficiaries in need for on-going mental health support.
• Ensuring that patients’ clinical files are properly filled out and kept them confidentially. 
• Registering the assessment/intervention sessions in SharePoint on daily basis.  
• Reporting all their activities on time, keeping the quality as per MSF protocols. 
• Managing the techniques and tools of psychological intervention according to the specific population. 
• Keeping updated related to the most recent diagnostic tools regarding mental health. (DSM V-CIE 11, MSF Mental Health Guidelines). 
• Collaborate with team members in providing patient centered multidisciplinary and culturally adapted care and refer adequately to psychiatric sessions based on needs.
• Ensure patients receive appropriate care and that those with lack of autonomy and/or medical needs received the support needed.
• Carry out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergencies or deterioration of the patient).
• Carry out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, con-sumptions, statistics, registers, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise.
• Providing psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve their mental health condition through individual consultations, co-consultations, group sessions.
• Facilitating group activities related to mental health (e.g. psychoeducation, therapeutic groups, etc.)

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Education

Essential degree or diploma in Psychology .

Experience

Essential 2 years’ experience minimum as a clinical Psychologist

Desirable previous experience with MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries.

Languages                      

Essential mission languages: Arabic and English.

Knowledge

Good computer skills: MS Word, MS Excel

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles

Conditions

We require all applicants to write a cover letter containing an introduction of yourself, explaining why you are applying for the position, and explaining why you think you are suitable for the position. Failure of submitting this letter would make the application invalid and the application would not be considered.

All documents of application must be in English.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter including aforementioned instructions in English in the following link: 

Psychologist

The deadline for application is 28/08/2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH.

In order to submit your application via Google Forms, you shall have a GMAIL account. If you do not have one, you shall create a GMAIL Account.