Clinical Supervisor NGO Careers – Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Job Title: Clinical Supervisor (Clinical Psychologist /Psychiatrist)
Organisation: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Duty Station: Arua, Uganda
About MSF:
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from health care. Medecins Sans Frontieres assists victims of war, displaced and disable people in situation of armed conflicts.
Job Summary: The Clinical Supervisor (Clinical Psychologist /Psychiatrist) will provide clinical supervision through monthly collective and, if needed, individual sessions to Mental Health and SGBV teams to reinforce good practices and quality of care provided to South-Sudanese refugees victims of traumatic events and/or victims of SGBV
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Support the mental health and SGBV staff on:
- Keeping an emotional distance from their patients by venting out heavy stories
- Keeping an active thinking position
- Discussion on specific cases to adapt work and attitude
- Understanding better patients’ needs through technical enlightenments on the issues tackled
- Sharing tools and enhancing team work
Alert management, in respect of confidentiality if needed, and suggest solutions:
- Employee in danger/Beneficiaries in danger
- Issues to be addressed
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Degree in Clinical Psychology/Psychiatry
- Must possess a valid registration with the AHPC
- Clinical psychologist/psychiatrist with clinical background
- Five years of experience as a psychotherapist
- Experience in providing collective/individual clinical supervision
- Experience in psycho-trauma and SGBV would be an asset
- Flexibility and availability to discuss over the phone any emotional/technical emergency
- Understanding of group dynamics
- Confidentiality
- Knowledge of the local language is an advantage
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are invited to send their application package ( CV, application letter and copies of their academic / work certificates) to:
HR Coordinator
Médecins Sans Frontières
Plot 2329, Block 244, Spear Road
Kansanga Church Zone, Kampala
Or by E-mail: msff-kampala-deputyhrco@paris.msf.org with Subject ’’Clinical Supervisor’’
NB: Only photocopies of important documents should be submitted. Only persons responding to the job profile will be contacted for a written test and/or interview. No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruiting process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system.
Deadline: 14th March 2019
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