Main Purpose |
Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries health conditions.
Accountabilities |
• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnosis and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations and treatment, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols. • Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood. • Follow up the progression of the admitted patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or require transfer, in collaboration with other medical staff including nurses and clinical officers, and informing the patient and/or family about the patient’s evolution. • Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. • Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards. • Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material. • Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care. • Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. • Ensures professional confidentiality is respected. • Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary. • Provides information for medical reporting. |
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities |
· Guarantor of medical ethics and quality health care to all the beneficiaries. · Ensures every patient is treated with respect as well as patient’s confidentiality is maintained. · Shows flexibility to work in any/all the departments requested, including assistance in health posts and mobile teams and medical support to the maternity ward. · Clinical examination of patients during ward rounds, during admission and as needed. · Ensures the correct application of MSF Clinical Guidelines, protocols and other guidelines. · Clinical diagnosis and prescription of treatment, with close follow up of complicated cases. · Follows-up prescribed medical treatments, adapting and modifying according to needs. · Recording every new diagnosis or finding, acts performed or prescribed in a clear and concise way on the patient's file. · Implements Patient Therapeutic Education i.e. providing them information regarding their health state and responding to their questions. · Discusses complicated cases and those needing referral with fellow MDs and participates actively in the decision making. · Theoretical and on-the-job training of clinical officers and nurses regarding general principles of care, common complications and prescription of systematic treatment. · Collaborates and monitors the clinical activities of all the medical staffs (other MDs/clinical officers/nurses) to ensure quality medical care to all the patients. · Ensures a verbal handover to next duty team regarding patients and their status. · Plans & implements measures regarding disease prevention. · Ensures proper waste management and infection control measures are in place. · Ensures rational use of drugs and also modifies treatment plans accordingly based on stocks. · Informs line manager of any problems that might be linked to work, as well as problematic equipment or material (e.g. broken or missing items). · Contributes to morbidity & mortality reports as well as analysis of weekly & monthly statistical reports. · Participates actively in the medical team meeting, supervisors meeting etc. for the smooth running and improvement of the medical activities.
- Market Allowance: 6,000.00ETB which is taxed - Hardship Allowance: 5,000.00ETB - Two Medical doctors needed |
Education | • MD in Tropical Medicine • Needs to be registered & finshed National Medical service according to the National MOH requirements |
Experience | • 2 years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training). Desirable in tropical medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health, obs and gynae, pediatrics, A&E, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, general practice, general medicine or minor surgery. |
Languages | • Mission language essential (high level command oral and written). • Local language desirable (Nuer). |
Knowledge | • Essential computer literacy (word, excel) |
Competences | • Flexibility and adaptability • Ability to work well as part of a multicultural and multidisciplinary team • Able to work independently with minimum supervision • Able to cope with high patient loads during the working hours. |
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