Description
PIH JOB DESCRIPTION ( MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN)
Position Title:
Mental Health Clinician
Reports to:
Mental Health Coordinator
Department:
Mental Health
Liaises with
PIH mental health team, service users, family and caregivers, community Health promoters, religious leaders/traditional healers, community and opinion leaders,
Other PIH departments (Operations, Finance, HR, M&E, Community Health, Nursingโฆ)
County Health Team (CHT) and district health teams (DHTs)
Supervises:
Work Location:
Maryland County
Employment Type:
Grant Funded
Position Overview:
The Mental Health Clinician will play a critical role in strengthening the mental health workforce in Maryland County. This position aims to expand access to mental healthcare services, improve patient engagement, and enhance the quality of care for individuals with mental health conditions. This position is designed to reinforce the clinical mental health workforce in Maryland County, improve the frequency and quality of patient interactions, and ensure the delivery of effective, patient-centered mental healthcare.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Ministry of Health (MOH) clinicians to support mental healthcare delivery at assigned mental health clinics.
- Assess, diagnose, and provide care to patients at mental health clinics, static clinics, and hospital wards.
- Schedule patient appointments and work closely with caregivers to ensure continuity of care.
- Supervise primary healthcare clinicians providing mental health services.
- Deliver care to patients in the community, including homeless and other vulnerable populations.
- Respond to inpatient and emergency mental health consultation requests.
- Provide mental health and wellness support to PIH staff.
- Participate in community and facility-based mental health promotion, awareness, and prevention activities.
- Receive supervision, mentoring, and professional development guidance from the Mental Health Coordinator and senior clinicians.
Programmatic responsibilities
- Document mental health activities and report to mental health coordinator.
- Support mental health program monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement activities.
- Ensure the documentation of all patientโs information, including detailed history and treatment plan in patientโs registers and in the electronic medical record.
- Support mental health coordinator in his administrative and programmatic tasks such as reporting, planning and logistical coordination for mental health activities.
- Carry out other tasks within his/ her professional competencies determined by his/her supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Certification as a Mental Health Clinician in Liberia is highly desired.
- Bachelorโs degree in Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, or Masterโs degree in Mental Health Nursing or Social Work; licensure is a plus.
- Must have the ability to prescribe psychotropic medications in Liberia and supervise others who do.
Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the worldโs leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governmentsโ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.
As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement. PIH was invited by the Government of Liberia in 2014 to respond to the Ebola Virus Outbreak and thereafter accompany the Government to rebuild the health system. PIH Liberia works shoulder-to-shoulder with the Ministry of Health to strengthen person-centered primary health care systems in the rural Southeastern part of the country with the aim of establishing Maryland County as a model for universal health care through innovative community-based rural service delivery.
PIH is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. PIH prohibits sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse and all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:
At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members โas well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Healthโs PSEAH policy. Partners In Health will request information from applicantsโ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Social Justice
We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.
Method of Application
All interested candidates are encouraged to send their functional resume and cover letter to: [email protected] on or before October 25th, 2025 not later than 4:30 pm. All open positions with PIH are also posted on our employment website: https://www.pih.org/pages/employment .