Consultant Psychiatrist at the Olive Prime Psychological Services (TOPS)

The Olive Prime Psychological Services – We are a new “mental health facility” based in Abuja, currently looking for the best hands that can provide excellent and client-focused services. We are committed to providing individuals with a flexible pathway to full recovery in a way different from conventional inpatient services. We intend to provide support for our service users where we engage them in various psychological therapies and other complementary activities which in the long term equips them with a more realistic and flexible form of recovery.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant Psychiatrist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities of this role include:

• Assessment, Diagnosis and treatment: Responsible for patient assessment prior to admission, in patient care, discharge planning and aftercare
• Construct an accurate summary of patients’ needs, strengths, and a comprehensive individualized risk assessment that contributes to caring planning.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Director in taking overall clinical responsibility for clinical management of facility patients, as well as communication with families.
• Lead and supervise the Clinical team to deliver pick-up service in the community (support families to collect patients from home for admission into the facility) when necessary
• 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 the interaction, planning and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team comprising of Psychiatric Nurses, Support Workers, and Clinical Psychologists, Art therapists, Occupational therapists, etc. in delivering a comprehensive high quality service.
• Actively form partnerships with other hospitals; represent the Olive Prime, Lagos at mental health awareness activities (media events, seminars for organisations, schools, etc) that come up.
• Work with the Clinical Director to organize and supervise weekly continuing education clinical meetings/training for facility staff.
• Play an active role in our sister charity organization, Reconnect Health Development Initiative
• Take a lead role in developing mental health services
• Responsible for Consultant Overview of your patients admitted to the Olive Prime Tourmaline Centre.
• Accountable and responsible for the Olive Prime Centre services on 2 weekdays and alternate Saturdays.
• Perform any other duties as directed by the Clinical Director or Medical Director.

Job Information:

• To work at the Olive Prime Tourmaline Centre, Lekki on 2 weekdays and on alternate Saturdays.
• Reporting Line: The position will report to the Clinical Director.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 10 years of work experience.

Deadline: 20th December, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@theoliveprime.com using “CON-PSY” as the subject of the email.