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Job Title: Psychologist
Job Description
Psycho social Responsibilities:
Psycho social Responsibilities:
- · Ensure psychological support throughout the SGBV survivors stay at the clinic
- · Ensure that psycho social care is integrated as soon as possible in the care of the survivor
- · Assess social and protection needs as needed
- · Continue to offer counselling services to survivors on follow up according to the protocol and based on the needs identified
- · Emphasize the importance of adherence to follow up appointments
- · Inform 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 Identify the need for, and facilitate support groups.
- · Carry out evaluation of psychological and mental health needs of patients, elaborate a diagnosis and establish a plan of treatment
- · Provide psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients according to MSF protocols to improve their mental health conditions
- · Counsel families on how to support their child if the survivor is a minor
Administrative Responsibilities:
- · Guarantee confidentiality
- · Guarantee correct handling of all documents related to the patient
- · Provide systematic follow-up for survivors
- · Participate in data collection
- · Write clear and concise notes in survivor files whenever the patient is seen
- · Maintain a good documentation system for the adherence sessions for effective follow up of survivors
- · Participate in monitoring and evaluation of activities in care for SGBV survivors
- · Schedule follow up appointments for survivors and explain the importance of the appointment
Maintenance:
- · BSc in psychology, Valid License from Nigerian Association of Clinical psychologists
- · Desirable computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
- · Female applicants, desirable.
- · Minimum of 1 year of active clinical experience since graduation; Interest and/or experience in Sexual/Gender Based Violence.
- · English Language essential, Local language, desirable.
Work Location
- · Port Harcourt, Rivers State (Nigeria).
Contract
- · Contract will be an open ended contract with three months of probations.
How to Apply
Submit your CV, copies of qualifications and a cover letter with contact details to the MSF Admin’ Office in Port Harcourt. No 20, Bodo Street GRA II, Port Harcourt.
Applications can be submitted by email to: msff-abuja-recruitment@paris.msf.org
Deadline for the submission of applications: 30th June 2016.
Please make sure to submit your application on or before this date.
NB: only successful applicants will be called for interview
Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.
MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system
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