The Provost and Medical Director’s office as both the Clinical and Administrative seat of power and the overall administrative head of the hospital, is known and addressed with the title of the “Provost and Medical Director”. The Office of the Provost is at the helms of affairs in the hospital. The office carries out the day to day running and management of the main complex of the Aro and its Annex at Lantoro.
The Provost and Medical Director is the Chief Executive
Officer of the hospital and he is responsible to the Board for the leadership,
management and development of the hospital and its strategic plans.
BRIEF HISTORY
The Office of the Provost and Medical Director came into existence in 1954 with
the appointment of Late Prof. Thomas Adeoye Lambo as the first Medical
Superintendent of the hospital. Since inception till date, the office had been
occupied by Twelve (12) substantive Provost and Medical Directors.
PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVE
Philosophy
To ensure the implementation of plans, programmes and strategies in
consonance with the tripartite mandate of the hospital.
To create an enabling environment for excellent treatment of the clients of
the hospital.
To maintain constant and continuous training of both clinical and non clinical
staff of the hospital and students.
To establish, maintain and sustain the conducive environment that will allow
the continuous research into different fields of psychiatry and its related
disciplines in the hospital.
To thrive to be the best among the comity of Psychiatry Hospitals in the
country and beyond.
OBJECTIVES
To ensure that the hospital is a national centre of excellence and an
international point of reference in mental health by providing a conducive
environment for qualitative service delivery, research and training with
community participation and international collaboration.
To see to the implementation of policy, programmes and strategies that will
offer an environment for staff, students and patients to thrive.
To liaise with relevant regulatory ministries, agencies and departments that
will ensure smooth running of the hospital.
FUNCTIONS
It is the overall administrative seat of power where the day-to-day running of
the hospital is carried out. The office serves as administrative beehive of activities of the hospital where
letters, correspondences, and documents are treated on a daily basis.
The Office of the Provost is responsible for the implementation of the vision
and mission of the hospital, creating strategies and prioritising resources in
the fulfillment of the mandate of the hospital. In doing these, the office works
closely with the Directorates of Clinical Services, Research and Training and
that of Administration.
Policy and Planning Formation: the office spearheads and coordinates the
development and review of policies, strategic plans and other interventions
designed to achieve growth and professional excellence in the hospital.
Management and Fiscal Control: The office is responsible for maintaining
efficiency, effectiveness and good governance of the hospital. It provides
efficient leadership to the hospital through coordinating the effective
implementation of strategic management plans and board decisions.
It directs and supervises the Management Team responsible for the clinical,
financial and administrative functions of the hospital and monitors their
performances in line with prescribed standards.
It mobilises both internal and external resources necessary for the
implementation of the hospital policies, plans and programmes.
It oversees the acquisition and fair allocation of resources to various hospital
clinical and non-clinical bodies.
It is responsible to the Management Board of the hospital by presenting the
hospital’s position and recommendations on various issues and challenges
requiring the Board’s intervention.
It prepares periodic reports to the Management Board and is also responsible
to the Board for the general conduct and discipline of hospital’s staff students
as well as general patients’ welfare.
The Provost and Medical Director who is the head of the office and the
hospital is the Chairman of Top Management Committee of the hospital and a
member of the Management Board.
It is responsible for general administration and personnel evaluation which
include preparation of report, reviews and recommendations, appointments,
promotions, discipline and conduct of staff.
The office through the Provost represents the hospital externally in order to
promote awareness and understanding of the hospital vision, mission,
objectives, policies and programmes.
It works with relevant supervising and regulating ministries to ensure moral
and financial support for the hospital.
