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This is a development opportunity, spending 8 weeks in Lesotho, supporting a hospital with your psychiatry expertise, as part of the International Learning Opportunities Programme funded by the Welsh Government.
The placement is based in a hospital specialising in mental health, providing psychiatric care and support for individuals with mental health disorders. It offers both inpatient and outpatient services, playing a critical role in mental health care in Lesotho.
The country has suffered from a lack of psychiatrists in recent times which has left a gap in knowledge in managing psychiatric illness. Through this placement the hospital would like to enhance its knowledge of the management of psychiatric diseases including novel approaches. They would also value guidance on how to incorporate research into the organisation.
You will be an experienced psychiatrist with good interpersonal skills and an eagerness to learn about a different culture.
For further details or to apply, email the Welsh Government Wales and Africa team at walesandafrica@gov.wales.
The International Learning Opportunities programme (ILO) provides a unique opportunity to spend 8 weeks in Lesotho, Namibia or Uganda.
We source a wide range of projects with a diverse group of established partners in these three very different countries.
The ILO programme aims to improve the social, environmental and economic wellbeing of both sub-Saharan Africa and Wales through a variety of mutually beneficial projects, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The ILO programme gives individuals from the public, business and third sectors in Wales the opportunity to work on projects designed to both enhance their leadership skills and deliver a developmental outcome for their hosts. The opportunities listed illustrate placements requested but other opportunities may also be available. Overall, we conduct about 10 placements a year and would not expect to deploy more than one person to an organisation at a time. This scheme is open to anyone who lives or works in Wales. We are particularly interested to receive applications from members of the African diaspora.
