Application Guide
How to Apply for Consultoría en psiquiatría
at Compañeros En Salud
🏢 About Compañeros En Salud
Compañeros En Salud (CES) is a Mexican nonprofit affiliated with Partners In Health that brings high-quality healthcare to remote communities in Chiapas, often working where the public system is weakest. Its model pairs community health workers with clinical teams, emphasizing social justice, intercultural care, and accompaniment. This role is a chance to practice psychiatry in a deeply meaningful, community-rooted setting while shaping care for underserved rural populations.
About This Role
This hybrid psychiatry consultancy combines direct patient care, virtual supervision, and capacity-building for medical, nursing, and psychology staff serving Ángel Albino Corzo, Siltepec, and nearby rural communities. You will provide remote psychiatric evaluations and consultations, manage referrals to second- and third-level care, and spend two weeks per year on-site doing full-time in-person work. The position directly improves access to mental health care for people who would otherwise have little or none.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical remote day might involve reviewing referrals from primary care staff, conducting phone or video psychiatric evaluations, and providing real-time consultation to a psychologist or physician in Jaltenango. You might also coordinate a complex referral with the Derecho a la Salud team. During on-site weeks, you would see patients in person at health centers or maternal homes, lead training sessions for staff, and join community health worker visits, all while living in shared CES housing.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Compañeros En Salud Is Looking For
- Licensed psychiatrist in Mexico with experience in rural, underserved, or community-based settings, and comfort with telepsychiatry and phone evaluations.
- Skilled at supervising and training multidisciplinary teams (physicians, nurses, psychologists, community health workers) with a collaborative, non-hierarchical approach.
- Culturally humble and committed to intercultural care, respecting patients' explanatory models and working alongside community health workers and traditional practices.
- Willing and able to travel to Chiapas for two separate weeks per year, including stays in shared housing in Ángel Albino Corzo or Siltepec, and to manage complex referrals across levels of care.
- Spanish fluency required; experience with referral pathways, human rights in health, or public health systems in Chiapas is a strong plus.
📝 Tips for Applying to Compañeros En Salud
In your CV or cover letter, quantify your telepsychiatry and supervision experience: number of remote consultations per week, types of cases, and how you trained or supported primary care teams.
Explicitly address the hybrid schedule: state that you can commit 8 hours weekly remotely and travel for two separate weeks per year, and mention any previous experience working in rural or remote areas.
Highlight any experience with intercultural care, community health workers, or working with indigenous populations in Mexico, especially in Chiapas or similar contexts.
Mention familiarity with Mexico's referral system and programs like Derecho a la Salud, or show willingness to learn how CES navigates second- and third-level referrals.
If you have worked with Partners In Health, Compañeros En Salud, or similar global health organizations, name them early and describe your specific contributions.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
Emphasize your direct psychiatric care experience with underserved populations, your ability to supervise and train multidisciplinary teams remotely, your cultural humility and experience with intercultural care, and your concrete availability for the hybrid model including travel to Chiapas. Also connect your motivation to CES's mission of social justice and community-based mental health.
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Read about Compañeros En Salud's history, mission, and partnership with Partners In Health, especially their work in Chiapas and community health worker model.
- → Learn about the context of Ángel Albino Corzo (Jaltenango) and Siltepec: geography, indigenous populations, health infrastructure, and common mental health challenges.
- → Understand Mexico's public health referral system, including second- and third-level care, and how programs like Derecho a la Salud operate in Chiapas.
- → Look into CES's mental health initiatives, publications, or staff profiles to understand their clinical approach and values around intercultural care and accompaniment.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying without acknowledging the hybrid nature of the role or the required travel to Chiapas—this signals you haven't read the details.
- Focusing only on clinical expertise and ignoring supervision, training, and capacity-building, which are core to this position.
- Using generic language about 'helping underserved communities' without demonstrating specific experience or understanding of intercultural care in rural Mexico.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!
Ready to Apply?
Good luck with your application to Compañeros En Salud!