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  • Posted: Aug 7, 2020
    Deadline: Aug 21, 2020
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    Synapse Services is the largest provider of Mental Healthcare Service in West Africa. We provide patient centred care in a calm and serene environment with a robust mixture of Local and Internationally trained professionals.
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    Consultant Psychiatrist

    We are about starting a New Service in Port Harcourt called The Synapse Japonica and seek suitable candidates to join the team in the following positions:

    Location: Synapse Japonica in Port Harcourt

    Employment Type: Part-time/ Full-time

    Reporting to: Medical Director or designated Clinical Director

    Principal Duties and Responsibilities

    • Assessment, Diagnosis and treatment: Responsible for patient assessment prior to admission, in patient care, discharge planning and aftercare
    • Construct an accurate summary of patient’s needs, strengths, and a comprehensive individualized risk assessment that contributes to care planning.
    • Collaborate with Medical Director in taking overall clinical responsibility for monitoring client treatment
    • To communicate effectively through regular contact with patients, relatives and any other concerned bodies
    • Running family sessions in line with the patients’ treatment plan and when the need arises
    • To contribute to other departments in the organization – Business development, Administration and Management.
    • Provide Clinical leadership in interaction, planning and collaboration with multidisciplinary team comprising of Psychiatric Nurses, Support Workers, and Clinical Psychologists in delivering a comprehensive high quality service.
    • Manage partnerships and run a scheduled clinic in our partner hospitals
    • Clinical support, coordination and consultancy for sister services.
    • Organize and supervise weekly clinical meetings
    • Play an active role in our sister charity organization, Reconnect Health Development Initiative
    • Professional Supervision of clinicians working in the extended service model
    • Take a lead role in developing mental health services

    Required Qualification and Experience:

    • Applicant must have a degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
    •  Must have a Post Graduate fellowship in Psychiatry
    • Must have 4-6 years of experience in mental health service provision
    • Ability to synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence based clinical recommendation
    • Should have a comprehensive understanding of mental illness, signs and symptoms, side effects, psychotropic medication and contemporary treatment models.
    • Applicant must be a registered member of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria and should still own a valid practicing license
    • Demonstrate ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting Application
    • Good communication skills

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to:  japonicamedical@synapseservices.org using the position as subject of email.

    Note: 

    The subject of the email should be the job title- location e.g “Consultant Psychiatrist- Port-Harcourt” failure to abide by this would lead to automatic disqualification

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