Médecins Sans Frontières is a non-governmental humanitarian organization, created in France in 1971, under the status of a non-profit association. Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Médecins Sans Frontières aims to provide humanitarian medical aid to any affected population without distinction of ethnicity, gender, religion, philosophy or political opinion.
Mission
DIRECT RESPONSIBLE: Responsible for medical activities
But principal
Provide outpatient and inpatient medical care to patients and beneficiaries of care in accordance with appropriate and up-to-date medical knowledge, protocols, values and MSF universal hygiene criteria in order to improve the health status of patients and beneficiaries.
Responsibilities
- Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnosis and prevention. Provide outpatient or inpatient consultations and prescribe the necessary treatment in accordance with MSF protocols .
- Inform the patient or family about the illness and provide the necessary explanations about the treatment to be followed, ensuring that they have been understood.
- Monitor the progress of hospitalized patients, with daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribe the necessary treatment in accordance with MSF protocols , decide whether the patient can be allowed to leave the hospital or be transferred to another department – in collaboration with other doctors – and keep the family informed of the patient’s progress.
- Check and supervise the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and ensure the quality, disinfection and sterilization of medical equipment. Ensure general compliance with usual hygiene criteria.
- Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, verifying their validity and informing the line manager or field coordinator of any problems or complications concerning the patient’s illness, or medical errors; supervise the proper functioning of the department, equipment and materials.
- Ensure the continuing training of the multidisciplinary medical and paramedical team in order to optimize the quality of care.
- Be familiar with all MSF medical protocols and ensure they are applied and implemented by verifying that universal precautions are observed at all times, reducing biological risks and improving infection prevention. Ensure that professional confidentiality is respected.
- Lead the team under his/her responsibility according to MSF HR policy and procedures , supervising the work, organizing and scheduling team composition and rotation, and participating directly in emergencies and on-call duty when necessary.
MSF Section Specific Responsibilities/Context
- Liaise with the Protection Manager according to the procedures implemented in the project
- Availability to do night shifts with flexibility of schedule.
- Provide care without judgment or discrimination and respecting the cultural sensitivities of each patient.
- Have a holistic approach to the patient, taking into account physical and psychological/psychiatric symptoms, adapting to cultural and social specificities and language barriers where appropriate.
- Strictly respect medical confidentiality by only sharing information about the patient’s health with medical personnel directly involved in their medical care.
- If it is necessary to transfer patients from one health facility to another, discuss this with the line manager or field coordinator.
- Carry out medical monitoring of hospitalized patients throughout the duration of the hospitalization. Ensure that medical records are kept and that discharge treatments are appropriate and delivered to the patient.
- Stabilize serious patients, if necessary, in the prehospital setting and organize the patient’s transport to the appropriate health facility as quickly as possible. Coordinate the transfer with this facility and provide the necessary information.
- Being able to triage patients, in routine cases or in cases of mass influx of victims, and thus identify patients whose medical care is a priority.
Professional skills
Education
University degree: Doctor of Medicine degree
Diploma in tropical medicine desirable
Experience
Minimum of 2 years of experience as a physician or in clinical practice (during medical training if necessary)
Experience desirable in tropical medicine, gynecology-obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency department, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STIs, general medicine or minor surgery.
LANGUAGES
Oral and written French is essential.
English is essential.
Wolof is an asset.
Knowledge
Computer skills essential (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Required qualities
- Personnel management and development;
- Adherence to MSF principles;
- Flexibility of behavior;
- Results and sense of quality;
- Autonomy, teamwork and cooperation;
- Good stress management;
- Listening and empathy.
Job specifics
Work location: Dakar .
Application files will consist of:
- Cover letter addressed to the Migration Project Administrator
- Up-to-date CV including contact details (email and telephone) of reference persons to contact;
- Certified copies of diplomas;
- Certificate of registration with the medical association;
Only selected candidates will be contacted either by email or telephone for the rest of the process. Written tests will take place only in Dakar according to a schedule established for the occasion followed by oral interviews which will take place according to a schedule that will be communicated later to those concerned.
Contract type: Fixed-term contract
Contract duration: 6 months
Salary (€): Level 9 of the MSF Senegal salary scale
