Staff Care Psychologist – Based in Amman, Jordan

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCA MENA Office – Amman, Jordan, is looking for a:

Staff Care Psychologist- Based in Amman, Jordan

Applying for MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. We are an independent, neutral, impartial humanitarian organisation and go where needed most. Our teams of doctors, nurses, logisticians, and other frontline workers are often among the first on the scene to respond to the needs of people whose lives have been disrupted by a crisis.

MSF assists people based solely on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation.

At Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our employees.

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, races, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

Context

The staff-care psychologist is in charge of providing psychosocial support to field teams (MSF & partner staff) in the MENA (Arabic speaking colleagues) region, with a focus to North West Syria missions according to MSF principles, standards and procedures and in order to improve the staff mental health.

MSF is currently running different projects with support of facilities (burning units, maternities, PHCCs) and mobile clinics activity in North West Syria. All projects support the provision of quality care, through partnership with local organization/DoH. The psychological support will be provided on request to the staff of the partners MSF is supporting in the different Health Facilities.

Main Responsibilities

1. Responding to the request an organizing the psycho support sessions
2. Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of staff and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of treatment.
3. Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, group) to staff according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions
4. Increase the understanding of stress management of staff, managers and leaders within the organizations (stress definition, reactions, consequences, confidentiality, identification of troubled or at-risk people)
5. Assisting and training staff members and resourceful people whenever necessary in order to promote the services and contribute to fighting against MH stigma
6. Collecting statistical and monitoring data about psychological support activities and produce regular and ad hoc reports if needed
7. Informing the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise related to staff treatment and/or staff behavior-suffering that may be work-related in order to provide the best possible solution from a medical perspective
8. Ensuring that all patient information is kept confidential
9. Support the teams in case of critical incidents with eventual field visit

Requirements

Experience:

• Licensed clinical psychologists only
• Minimum 5 years of experience with 3 years in the humanitarian field
• Staff care background experience

Professional competences:

• Clinical background with strong knowledge of mental health

Languages:

• Fluent in Arabic and English

Personal abilities & qualities:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management

Contract

• Part-time position 50%
• 6 months Jordanian Contract, with possibility of extension
• Position based in Amman, home-based, with regular visits to the field and MSF Offices
• Ideal start date: ASAP
• Gross monthly salary: 1’067.5 JOD (+ seniority in MSF) according to the internal regulations and salary grid of MSF in Amman

Application

If you recognize yourself in this profile, we welcome you to send your resume (CV, 2 pages max) and a cover letter (1 page max) in English to: [اضغط هنا لمشاهدة البريد اﻹلكتروني]

The closing date for applications is Thursday 16th of March 2023. The applications will be treated confidentially. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Notice:

• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.
• The protection of your personal data is important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your data only for the recruitment process to have all the information and documents necessary to proceed with the recruitment, validation of your application and selection of the most suitable candidate. Your data will be treated confidentially. Only people part of the recruitment process have access to your data. MSF does not sell your data under any circumstances. If you have any questions or requests, you can contact [اضغط هنا لمشاهدة البريد اﻹلكتروني]

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