Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontiéres provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions. www.msf.org
The following vacancy is open to all residents of Nigeria.
Contract Period: Indefinite
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, 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 evolution of the hospitalized/lDP patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments — in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patieds 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 patien€s illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
- Ensure bedside training of paramedical team in order to optimize the quality of care.
- To work in collaboration with the nurses to ensure medical care of quality
- To work as a team member, taking in consideration the non-medical problems the patients have to face (food and care problems etc.)
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
ITFC
- To examine all new SAM cases admitted in the ER/ICU and respect the admission criteria(triage)
- To recognize, call and/or immediately inform the paediatrician/MAM about the malnutrition children in a serious condition requiring emergency interventions.
- To refer to other NGO/Partners non malnourished children with complicated cases requiring further management.
To prescribe routine and basic treatment according to the malnutrition protocols used in the project,
To completely and properly fill the individual card with the medical data.
- To give clear instructions to the nurses on the medical care and specific monitoring of the patient.
- To do a quick late-afternoon round to be sure that the patients are stable for the night, the directives are done. PHASE I & TRANSITION
- To daily follow the patients in phase 1: medical round
- To estimate the medical evolution (improvement, deterioration etc.)
To give the medical treatment according to the malnutrition protocol
To hold properly the patient folder
- To decide, in collaboration with the nurse, on the transfer of the patient(s) to phase 2
- To ensure all patients above six months, have been vaccinated when transferring to phase 2
- To do a quick late-afternoon round to be sure that the patients are stable for the night, the rounds directives are well followed.
To make dressings if it’s necessary to the malnutrition cases/ KWASH.
ATFC
- To daily follow the patients with medical problems.
- To control 3 times a week the medical status of all the patients.
- To prescribe basic medical treatment.
- To consult the paediatrician or MAM about the patients who are not gaining weight, who have a complicated medical problem.
- To decide, in collaboration with the nurses, on the discharge of the patients. Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) essential. Required license to practice
- Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Medical Doctor with MSF, other INGO/NGO or Private medical facility.
- Previous experience in Nutrition/HlV/TB program, General Pediatric ward desirable.
- Languages: English essential. Local language (Hausa, Kanuri) desirable.
- Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word/excel)
Competencies: Results and Quality Orientated, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioural Flexibility, Commitment to MSF Principles, People management, Stress Management.
MSF is an equal opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should submit their application, including cover letter, resume and copy of relevant certificates
Only through email at: [email protected]
- Subject: “Application for Medical Doctor”
- Deadline: 10th December 2021
Please note only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interview; MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
