Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality. A worldwide movement MSF was founded in Paris, France in 1971. Its principles are described in the organisation’s founding charter. It is a non-profit, self-governed organisation. Today, MSF is a worldwide movement of 24 associations, bound together as MSF International, based in Switzerland. Thousands of health professionals, logistical and administrative staff – most of whom are hired locally – work on programmes in some 70 countries worldwide. Humanitarian action MSF’s work is based on humanitarian principles. We are committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis, regardless of race, religion or political affiliation. MSF operates independently. We conduct our own evaluations on the ground to determine people’s needs. More than 90 per cent of our overall funding comes from millions of private sources, not governments. MSF is neutral. We do not take sides in armed conflicts, we provide care on the basis of need, and we push for independent access to victims of conflict as required under international humanitarian law. Bearing witness and speaking out MSF medical teams often witness violence and neglect in the course of their work, largely in regions that receive scant international attention. At times, MSF may speak out publicly in an effort to bring a forgotten crisis to public attention, to alert the public to abuses occurring beyond the headlines, to criticise the inadequacies of the aid system, or to challenge the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests. Quality medical care MSF rejects the idea that poor people deserve third-rate medical care and strives to provide high-quality care to patients. In 1999, when MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the organisation announced the money would go towards raising awareness of and fighting against neglected diseases. Through the Access Campaign, and in partnership with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, this work has helped lower the price of HIV/AIDS treatment and stimulated research and development for medicines to treat malaria and neglected diseases like sleeping sickness and kala azar.
The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is currently recruiting:
Position: Medical Doctor (Malaria Activity, 4-5 months)
Start Date: 28 July 2021
Work Location: Katsina
End Date: 7 August 2021
Context
Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing
medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political
affiliation.
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/beneficiary’s health
conditions.
Job Description
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/IDP 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
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 patient’s 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.
Requirements
Education Medical Doctor Degree Essential
Tropical Medicine Degree Desirable
Valid MDCN Registration and Practicing Licence
Experience 2-year 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, Infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, General Practice, General Medicine or Minor
Surgery.
Languages English and Hausa essential; any other local language desirable
Contract:- 208 working hours per month and roster flexibility required
Remuneration:-
Fill the online form either my following the link:
https://forms.gle/eSfvNykDwhHKCkXQ9
Deadline for the submission of applications: 7 August 2021 by 5:00pm
Please make sure to submit your application on or before this date.
Only successful applicants will be called for next steps.
No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial
system.
MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation
