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Main Purpose
- Participate in the planning, supervision, and coordination of mental health and psycho-social related services in TB program in accordance with MSF standards to provide the most appropriate mental health support for patients.
- Accountabilities:
- Participate in the planning, organization and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with the Mental Health activity manager and other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
- Coordinates activities of counseling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
- Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for clients with psycho-social needs.
- Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
- Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
- Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial functioning.
- When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
- Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to the MH activity manager.
- Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors in collaboration with the Mental Health Activity Manager.
- Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- Provide clinical supervision and guidance to the medical team members on how to manage patients who present with mental health conditions.
- Facilitate referrals to tertiary psychiatric institutions.
- Coordinate counseling schedules and align with TB treatment collection.
- Coordinate patient education and adherence counselling for patients diagnosed with TB.
- To ensure alignment of MSF model of MH care with NTP MH care during the transition period.
- To build capacity of the MOH MH counsellor (training, tools...) to be allocated to RHC Baldia TB clinic.
Education
- Master’s Degree (MA/MSc in Clinical Psychology) with completed clinical internship.
Experience
- Practicing as a clinical psychologist, Psycho-social counselling experience, and supervision of at least 3 years.
Languages
- Urdu and English are essential.
Job Details
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent organization which provides medical and humanitarian aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF first started working in Pakistan in 1986 and today provides vital, high-level medical care to people in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab provinces. We work in collaboration with health authorities in the country and aim at providing access to quality medical care for the population. There is a particular focus on mother and child healthcare and the treatment of specific diseases such as tuberculosis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. MSF also has the capacity to respond quickly to emergencies or natural disasters whenever and wherever they strike. In Pakistan our activities are funded by private donations worldwide, with no institutional or government contributions. MSF's medical facilities are located in Peshawar, Khyber Agency, Chaman, Quetta, Dera Murad Jamali, Gujranwala and Karachi.
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