Medical Officer (North West) at Synapse Services

Synapse Services is a Centre for Psychological Medicine that is committed to providing a full range of mental health and substance misuse services in a caring, patient- centred environment. We are located in the heart of Nigeria - Abuja, with branches in Lagos, and Anambra state. We provide first class psychological and psychiatric care, with a range of therapeutic programs suited to individual needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Officer

Locations: North West - (Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Kaduna)
Job Type: Part Time

Responsibilities

• Initial assessment and preparing a management plan for patients
• Inpatient assessment ward rounds and review
• Liaise with consultants with regards to Inpatient and Outpatient care
• Relate with patients relatives / caregivers on present state of health and further management.
• Provide documentation as regards Health reports and discharge summaries of clients
• Attend to emergencies as regards clients (inpatient) health care.
• Evaluate effectiveness of current care methods and suggest improvements
• Business development and NGO activities
• Some administrative function.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in mental health care
• Must have completed NYSC.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages
• Attention to details
• Good listening ability
• Strong communication and interpersonal skill.
• Excellent relationship management.
• Proactive problem solving approach
• Ability to work under pressure.
• High level of professionalism.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.

Selection Process

• The selection process is going to be carried out in 3 stages:
  • Telephone/ virtual Interview - November 2018: Based on your resume, if you have the qualifications and the experience that meet our specification, you will be invited to a telephone/ virtual interview.
  • Online Questionnaire - Mid November 2018: online questionnaire to be filled and sent back to us within 2 weeks.
  • Face to Face Interview - End of November, 2018: face to face Interview.
• Welcome on Board - December, 2018.

Application Closing Date
28th September, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: northwest@synapseservices.org Using your State of residence and Job Title as the subject of the email. E.g. Katsina (Medical Officer), failure to abide by this would lead to automatic disqualification.