Psychologist (Staff Health)
Job Description
Title: Psychologist (Staff Health)
Company Name: MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)
Vacancy: 01
Age: at least 18 years
Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 72352 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ At least 2 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO
Published: 11 Feb 2024
Education:
∎ Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Psychology from any public/ private university is essential.
∎ Concentration in Clinical Psychology will be an asset.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Fluency in English language and Chittagonian dialect is a must.
∎ Ability to offer psychosocial support to colleagues coming from various cultural backgrounds (cultural sensitivity).
∎ Knowledge of trauma and stress management.
∎ Empathy, patience, flexibility.
∎ Good communication and collaboration skills.
∎ Capacity to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
∎ Capacity to give training.
∎ Planning and organizational skills.
∎ Good stress management skills.
∎ Fluency in English language and Chittagonian dialect is a must.
∎ Ability to offer psychosocial support to colleagues coming from various cultural backgrounds (cultural sensitivity).
∎ Knowledge of trauma and stress management.
∎ Empathy, patience, flexibility.
∎ Good communication and collaboration skills.
∎ Capacity to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
∎ Capacity to give training.
∎ Planning and organizational skills.
∎ Good stress management skills.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of patients and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of treatment. Informing the patient and his/her relatives about the possible consequences of the illness and the drug treatment to follow and referring patients to other health professionals whenever necessary, in order to provide the most appropriate treatment and improve the patient's condition;
∎ Implementing the Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol, identifying possible victims of SGBV and referring them to the medical team so that they receive the necessary treatment;
∎ Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions;
∎ Assisting and training staff members and resourceful people whenever necessary in order to enhance the scope of MH activities. Working in close collaboration with translators in order to ensure appropriate terminology and behaviour during sessions;
∎ Collecting statistical and monitoring data about mental health activities;
∎ Informing the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise related to patients' treatment in order to provide the best possible solution from a medical perspective;
∎ Ensuring that all patient information is kept confidential. To organize and conduct psychosocial/mental health sensitization sessions for staff to raise their awareness and understanding about wellbeing at work, mental health, and relevant psychosocial issues such as stress, trauma, and self-care;
∎ To offer punctual individual psychological support to the staff (Locally Hired Staff- LHS & Camp Based Team Member- CBTM);
∎ To provide emergency psychosocial support (in the group as on an individual level) to the staff in case of critical incidents happening in the projects (including International Mobile Staff if requested);
∎ To offer regular group emotional supervision sessions to teams; To identify external local mental health resources; To manage and provide needed referrals for individual staff (e.g. psychiatric problems, suicide ideation);
∎ To assess and analyze the psychosocial sources of stress and psychosocial risk factors with the different teams/projects and recommend measures to put in place and help develop a staff psychosocial care plan;
∎ To provide monthly data and reporting regarding their activities and share with Medical coordination and Psychosocial Unit;
∎ To engage in clinical supervision/technical support provided by the Psychosocial Unit.
∎ Providing psychological support to patients according to MSF principles, standards and procedures in order to improve the patient's mental health.
∎ Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of patients and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of treatment. Informing the patient and his/her relatives about the possible consequences of the illness and the drug treatment to follow and referring patients to other health professionals whenever necessary, in order to provide the most appropriate treatment and improve the patient's condition;
∎ Implementing the Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol, identifying possible victims of SGBV and referring them to the medical team so that they receive the necessary treatment;
∎ Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions;
∎ Assisting and training staff members and resourceful people whenever necessary in order to enhance the scope of MH activities. Working in close collaboration with translators in order to ensure appropriate terminology and behaviour during sessions;
∎ Collecting statistical and monitoring data about mental health activities;
∎ Informing the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise related to patients' treatment in order to provide the best possible solution from a medical perspective;
∎ Ensuring that all patient information is kept confidential. To organize and conduct psychosocial/mental health sensitization sessions for staff to raise their awareness and understanding about wellbeing at work, mental health, and relevant psychosocial issues such as stress, trauma, and self-care;
∎ To offer punctual individual psychological support to the staff (Locally Hired Staff- LHS & Camp Based Team Member- CBTM);
∎ To provide emergency psychosocial support (in the group as on an individual level) to the staff in case of critical incidents happening in the projects (including International Mobile Staff if requested);
∎ To offer regular group emotional supervision sessions to teams; To identify external local mental health resources; To manage and provide needed referrals for individual staff (e.g. psychiatric problems, suicide ideation);
∎ To assess and analyze the psychosocial sources of stress and psychosocial risk factors with the different teams/projects and recommend measures to put in place and help develop a staff psychosocial care plan;
∎ To provide monthly data and reporting regarding their activities and share with Medical coordination and Psychosocial Unit;
∎ To engage in clinical supervision/technical support provided by the Psychosocial Unit.
Skills & Expertise:
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ 2 annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Hired Staff (LHS).
∎ Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction at source will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
∎ Festival bonus entitlement is effective upon completing one (01) year of uninterrupted service with MSF.
∎ There are no provisions for relocations.
∎ 2 annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Hired Staff (LHS).
∎ Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction at source will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
∎ Festival bonus entitlement is effective upon completing one (01) year of uninterrupted service with MSF.
∎ There are no provisions for relocations.
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Read Before Apply:
This contract will be for one (01) year, initially. Subject to be renewed based on performance and operational needs. Job base will be in camp (14 & 15).
Mention your NID number in CV before applying.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for the test.
No hard copies are accepted.
Only Bangladeshi citizens will be considered for this position.
No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.
Médecins Sans Frontières is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity, equity and inclusion.
Company Information:
∎ MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)
Application Deadline: 17 Feb 2024
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 17th Feb 2024
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