Psychiatric Registered Nurse for Mobile Crisis Team- Beirut

A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Psychiatric Registered Nurse will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary mobile team to intervene during emergency mental health crisis through a 24/7 mobile unit.

B. ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

• Respect: To consider all individuals worthy of high regards and respect.
• Integrity: To adhere to the highest moral and ethical principles in fulfilling Embrace’s mission.
• Compassion: To understand another person’s condition from their perspective and strive to respond to their needs.
• Inclusiveness: To actively include stakeholders in decision making and the implementation of Embrace’s strategic goals.
• Accountability: To acknowledge and assume responsibility for all actions and decisions undertaken within the organization.
• Ownership: To assume one’s responsibility towards their role and the organization, to problem solve and actively seek feedback in a proactive manner.
• Collaboration: To actively seek feedback from members of the team, and work collaboratively with team members inside the organization as well as engage external partners in fulfilling Embrace’s mission and vision.

C. MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONISBILITIES

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary mobile team to provide holistic care during emergency mental health crisis through a 24/7 mobile unit
• Assess, collaboratively with MCT GP/psychiatrist, for current stressors, current mental health status, mental health history, vital signs, and other aspects as necessary with the service user and/or family/ friends/ caregivers 
• Provide appropriate care/support through verbal de-escalation and providing emotional support, psychoeducation, collaborative problem solving or setting of action plan, while avoiding unnecessary law enforcement involvement, ED use and hospitalization.
• Administer medication(s) as prescribed by MCT physician and monitor for medication reactions
• Crises planning and follow up
• Managing the medication kit, and updating medication sheet after every dispatch
• Collaborate with physician in documenting and reporting services provided as per protocol
• Follow up on the clinical status of service users hospitalized through the Mobile Crisis Team and manage their stay given the budget and estimated duration of hospitalization needed
• Communicate with service users/ family and hospitals when transfer of service users is indicated
• Communicate follow up outcomes with the project coordinator

D. QUALIFICATIONS:

I- Critical Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• License to practice as a registered nurse from the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health/Order of Nurses.
• 3-5 years of clinical experience in mental health post Bachelors
• Fluency in English and Arabic, French is a plus.

II- Professionsl Skills:

• Demonstrates ability to conduct thorough clinical assessments
• Demonstrates ability to recognize mental health priority conditions as per the mhGAP.
• Demonstrates ability to use standardized assessment tools.
• Demonstrates ability to provide empathic, evidence-based, brief, psychological first aid to a culturally diverse population.
• Demonstrates ability to intervene and de-escalate mental health emergencies and suicidal crises.

III-Skilled in or Willing to Build Their Capacity and Knowledge In:

• Evidence based approach in psychiatric nursing.
• Biopsychological model in mental health.
• Community-based approach and human rights-based approach in mental health.
• Mental Health in complexes emergencies (IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid, mhGAP…)
• Predictable stresses of humanitarian aid work and the policies and practices needed to mitigate them.

IV- Behavioral Skills:

• Demonstrates ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates excellent organization and time management skills.
• Demonstrates excellent communication, problem solving, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrates ability to adhere to ethical considerations and principles with regard to working with vulnerable populations.
• Demonstrates a high level of professionalism while providing services to beneficiaries or working with internal support staff.