Center for Psychological Medicine - Our Facility located in Abuja is currently expanding and would need part time and full time Consultant Psychiatrists
Job Title: Consultant Psychiatrist
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Part time – 30 hours a week including alternate Saturdays (Applicants interested in Full time are also encouraged to apply)
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assessment, Diagnosis and treatment : Responsible for patient assessment prior to admission, in patient care, discharge planning and aftercare
- Responsible for treating and managing mental illness, emotional disturbance and abnormal behavior in patients by prescribing psychotherapeutic treatments and medication.
- Provide Clinical leadership in interaction, planning and collaboration with multidisciplinary team comprising of Psychiatric Nurses, Social Workers, and Clinical Psychologists in delivering a comprehensive high quality service.
- Management of complexity, severity and risk to the patient, contain anxieties within the team and have overall responsibility of patient treatment plans whilst liaising with the multidisciplinary team
- 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 and delivery of services
- To communicate effectively through regular contact with patients, relatives and any other concerned bodies.
- To contribute to other departments in the organization – Business development, Administration and Management.
Required Qualification and Experience:
- Applicant must have a degree in Medicine (MBBS) from a well-known institution
- Applicant must be a registered member of Medical and Dental council Of Nigeria and should still own a valid practicing license
- Licensed Consultant Psychiatrist
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
- 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
Application Closing Date:
20th April, 2014
Method of Application
Interested and suitably qualified applicant should submit their applications to the following email address:
[email protected]
Note: the subject of the email should be
“Consultant Psychiatrist”