Mental Health GAP Doctor

Job Description

Title: Mental Health GAP Doctor

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS)
∎ MhGAP Training is an asset
∎ Desirable: computer literacy (word, excel)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary psychotropic 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 regular 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 MH team members - 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 and appropriate storage 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.
∎ Participate to ongoing training and share acquired knowledge with 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.
∎ Directly participate in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
∎ Evaluates patients and develops appropriate treatment plans
∎ Ensure proper patients follow-up
∎ If necessary, continue prescription of psychotropic medication according to WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide and MSF protocol.
∎ Maintains multidisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress.
∎ Refer to psychiatrist / MHAM if patients' condition worsen
∎ Work in close collaboration with psychiatrist, psychologist and counsellors.
∎ Follow-up of the referral system
∎ Keep patient health and personal information confidential

Additional Requirements:
∎ Desirable in psychiatric care and/or neurology

Salary:
∎ Salary according to MSF salary grid.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Two (2) annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting

Application Deadline: April 9, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Address : 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bagladesh.
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Category: NGO/Development

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