The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The psychiatrist will provide specialized psychiatric consultations and treatment to patients with moderate to severe mental disorders in community or home settings, either as part of mobile medical teams or independently. In addition, the psychiatrist will provide general medical consultations and treatment for acute and chronic conditions, support in the management of medications, including psychotropic drugs, perform structured clinical assessments, maintain strict confidentiality in documentation, manage emergencies, issue referrals, and participate in Ministry of Health case management meetings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide specialized psychiatric consultations and treatment to patients with moderate to severe mental disorders in community or home settings.
- Assess clients’ specific needs and develop individualized case management strategies accordingly.
- Work closely with a psychologist, physician, and nurse to ensure the physical and mental health and well-being of the most vulnerable patients through daily home visits.
- Provide basic medical consultation and treatment for acute and chronic conditions when necessary and refer patients to appropriate specialists as needed.
- Conduct group psychoeducational sessions or training.
- Provide psychological first aid and make house calls for this purpose.
- Support the project pharmacist in managing pharmaceuticals, including psychotropic medications.
- Effectively manage emergencies, make appropriate referrals, and actively participate in Ministry of Health case management meetings.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of services provided, maintaining client confidentiality.
- Actively participate in supervision meetings.
- Provide regular reports on work performed.
- Receive and promptly forward referrals from the medical team, other IRC departments, and external organizations.
- Perform any other tasks that the supervisor deems necessary to support the goals of the PHC program.
Concerning all client-facing staff:
- Information sharing - Regularly share and discuss timely, accurate and relevant information in local languages with communities about: - access and eligibility to service, -expected staff behaviors and code of conduct, - community feedback, safeguarding mechanism and how to use them.
- Facilitating participation - Identify and provide communities with opportunities to participate in and guide programs – from assessment and design through to monitoring and evaluation. Talk with communities about how they would like to be involved in decision-making and discuss with management how this can be facilitated.
- Feedback collection and reporting - Establish or promote the formal feedback mechanism – aligned with organizational best practice – to capture, monitor, respond to and act on feedback and complaints from communities.
For people managers:
- Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection at team level to strengthen safeguarding, wellbeing and duty of care, and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.
- Lead by example and support IRC’s commitment to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct.
For FMT and ESMT members:
- Model accountability and commitment to safeguarding all staff, partners, clients and others the IRC works with to build a culture of prevention of safeguarding violations in our workplace and our programs.
- Model accountability and commitment to wellbeing of all staff, partners, clients and others, the IRC works with to build a culture of duty of care in our workplace and our programs.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education:
- Master’s degree in medicine with a specialization in psychiatry.
Experience:
- At least 3 years of professional experience in psychiatry in a clinical and/or direct care setting.
- Previous experience in health programs and work with NGOs is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in clinical supervision and training.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Be familiar with and apply the IASC MHPSS guidelines and best practices as part of your previous work experience.
- Significant experience in clinical supervision, training, and/or coaching others.
- Experience in assessment, program development, evaluation, and technical training and supervision using the WHO Mental Health Gaps Action Plan (mhGAP).
- A clear understanding of protection principles, case management, and client-centered care in humanitarian settings.
- Fluency in Ukrainian is required, and basic knowledge of English is desirable.
- Proficiency in IT skills, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, is essential for tasks such as data collection, updating maps, and providing detailed weekly reports on advocacy activities.
REPORTING STRUCTURE AND TEAM COLLABORATION
- Reports to the Senior Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer (line reporting) and the MHPSS Manager (technical reporting).
- Works closely with other members of the mobile medical team (nurse, doctor, and psychologist), the MHPSS Manager, and protection teams operating in the region.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
- This role requires full-time work in the office or hybrid type of work is possible after probation period
- Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace so they can effectively complete their work during regularly scheduled work hours.
- Travel to other locations is needed up to 75% of time
- Exempt from overtime
- Sometimes work on weekends may be required
- Work in the matrix organization
- Fast pace of working, multitasking and stressful work
- The organization cares about staff and provides flexible working options (start early-finish early, start later-finish later, remote work)
Staff can ask for accommodation in the workplace. Specific requests can be discussed with HR.
IRC employees are eligible to the following benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Purposeful job and development opportunities
- English classes and unlimited online training courses
- Life Insurance
- Medical insurance for staff and family members
- Free psychological support to employees and their family members
- 30 calendar days of annual vacation with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
- Up to 10 days of paid medical leave
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.
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