MEDICAL DOCTOR – MENTAL HEALTH
Job Description
Title: MEDICAL DOCTOR – MENTAL HEALTH
Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Vacancy: 1
Age: Na
Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)
Salary: Tk. 133500 (Monthly)
Experience:
Published: 2026-02-02
Application Deadline: 2026-02-10
Education:
Essential: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with a Valid and updated BMDC registration Certificate.
Essential :MH-GAP training
Desirable: Having postgraduate training in Psychiatry.
Requirements:
Skills Required:
Additional Requirements:
Experience
• Essential : 2 year experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work.
• Desirable: Mental Health experience is a strong plus.
• Desirable : Regular previous supervision is a plus.
Language
• Essential: English & Bangla
• Desirable : . Chittagonian
Knowledge
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
Responsibilities & Context:
Accountabilities
• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits , consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.
• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
• Organize and carry out, under technical supervision from HQ psychiatrist, MHAM or IMS psychiatrist, mhGAP care to persons with moderate to severe MH conditions.
• Following MSF protocol for psychiatric care, collaborate with project psychologists and counsellor educators, as per “pharmacological care is never a standalone” recommandation.
• Manage the MH pharma stock according to the latest validated SoP
• If needed, supports the MHAM in the assessment of external service providers.
Job Other Benifits:
• Permanent contract.
• Salary according to MSF salary grid (Level 9) BDT 133500
• Two (2) annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.
• 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted continuous service.
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Work Place:
Company Information:
Gender: Male and Female can apply
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
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