Consultant Psychiatrist

Job Purpose The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients presenting with acute and complex mental health conditions at the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE). The role will deliver safe, compassionate, evidence-based care across outpatient, inpatient, emergency, and liaison settings; lead multidisciplinary clinical decision-making; and strengthen AMCE's mental health pathways, governance, education, and quality improvement programmes. Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities Specialist Clinical Practice Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments, including mental state examination, risk assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning. Manage a broad range of mental health conditions, including mood, anxiety, psychotic, trauma-related, substance-use, neurocognitive, and medically associated disorders. Provide consultant-led outpatient, inpatient, emergency, and consultation-liaison psychiatry services. Prescribe, review, and monitor psychotropic medication in line with evidence-based guidelines, physical-health risks, and potential drug interactions. Coordinate psychological, social, occupational, and rehabilitative interventions as part of individualised care plans. Assess and manage psychiatric emergencies, including suicide risk, severe behavioural disturbance, delirium, withdrawal states, and acute psychosis. Multidisciplinary & Integrated Care Lead multidisciplinary case reviews and work closely with physicians, surgeons, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, and other allied health professionals. Provide specialist advice to AMCE's oncology, cardiovascular, haematology, general medical and surgical, and critical-care teams. Build effective referral, discharge, relapse-prevention, and follow-up pathways with internal and external care providers. Engage patients and families in shared decision-making, psychoeducation, and recovery-focused care while maintaining confidentiality and dignity. Clinical Leadership & Service Development Provide clinical leadership for psychiatry services and supervise junior doctors and other members of the mental health team. Develop and implement clinical pathways, protocols, and escalation arrangements for mental health care across the hospital. Support workforce planning, service evaluation, resource utilisation, and the responsible growth of psychiatry services at AMCE. Promote a culture of compassionate care, professional accountability, safeguarding, and zero tolerance for stigma or discrimination. Quality, Governance & Compliance Ensure practice complies with applicable Nigerian legislation, professional standards, AMCE policies, and recognised international guidelines. Lead clinical audits, incident reviews, morbidity and mortality discussions, and quality improvement initiatives related to mental health care. Maintain accurate, timely, confidential clinical records and monitor agreed quality, safety, and outcome indicators. Contribute specialist input to safeguarding, capacity, consent, restraint, and other complex ethical or medico-legal decisions. Teaching, Research & Professional Development Teach, supervise, and mentor residents, medical officers, students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Participate in research, service evaluation, scientific presentations, and publication relevant to psychiatry and integrated care. Maintain continuing professional development and support an evidence-based learning culture across the service.