Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified Nigerians for consideration for appointment as Medical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. The hospital is the foremost Mental Health Tertiary Institution in Nigeria.
Position: Medical Director
Our Vision:
- To be a National Centre of Excellence and an International Point of Reference in Mental Health.
Our Mission:
- To provide Qualitative Mental Health Service, Training and Research in a Conducive Environment with Community Participation and International Collaboration.
The Job
In line with Decree No, 10 of 1985 now referred to as Cap. 463, the Medical Director will be charged with the responsibility for the execution of the policies and matters affecting the day-to-day management of the affairs of the hospital subject to the general control of the Board of Management.
Requirements and Specifications:
The candidate aspiring for the post of Medical Director in the hospital must fulfill the under-listed criteria:
- Must be a Medical Doctor who is medically qualified and registered for a period of not less than twelve (12) years and a Consultant in psychiatry specialty for at least five (5) years with evidence of a current registration with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
- Must have a post-graduate qualification in psychiatry that is duly registered with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
- Must show evidence of high-level managerial and executive capacity in the administration of a tertiary medical institution.
- Should have attained professional and academic standing that must be sufficiently high to command national and international respect particularly in the specialty such that it would enhance the good reputation already established for the hospital.
- The appointee should be a person of courage who can take decisions on the basis of merit facts and principles and not on the basis of pressures from individuals or groups, He/She must also be a person of impeccable character and unassailable integrity.
- The appointee should possess skills that can attract funding from the private sector to supplement government subventions and further enhance the execution of the mandate of the hospital.
Condition of Service:
The salary is consolidated and the appointee shall enjoy other benefits of office as may be approved from time to time by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Method of Application:
Applicants are to forward ten (10) copies of their applications and detailed Curriculum Vitae stating: Age, Marital Status, Full Qualifications, Experience, List of Publications, Statement of his/her own vision for the hospital in the 21st century and beyond, Names and Addresses of three (3) Referees and ten (10) Photostat copies of their Certificates to the Head of Administration. All applications must contain the e-mail address and GSM number of the applicant for easy and quick communication.
Applicants are requested to inform their Referees to send Confidential Reports on them directly to the Head of Administration from whom further details may be obtained.
Applications are to be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked “Post of The Medical Director” of the top left corner addressed to:
The Head of Administration
Neuropsychiatric Hospital,
P.M.B. 2002
ARO, Abeokuta
To reach the office of the Head of Administration on or before 15th May 2013.
Please note that only shortlisted candidate will contracted.
