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Medical Doctor

Purpose

Provide outpatient (mobile clinics), emergency care and/or referred inpatient medical care to beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevent complication of diseases. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF
• Keep the patient informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, and ensuring they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IPD patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred – in collaboration with clinic doctors/ consultants.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care of the quality of the drugs and medical material. Assure general compliance with hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and making pertinent analysis on a monthly basis.
• Participate in the monthly medical reporting.
• Informs the MFP/MAM about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical errors and monitors as a team member the proper functioning of the team’s activities.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team 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, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control measures.
• Ensures professional confidentiality is respected at all times.
• Fully participate in all team work during the mobile clinics according to MSF HR policies and procedures, participate in the organisation of activities and directly participating in emergencies and on calls when assigned to.
• Respect clinical case definition at all times during consultations and apply rational drug use in relation to diagnostic and treatment.
• Participate in all activities during the mobile clinic according to task division (triage, distribution, consultations, follow-up, emergency response, referrals, clinical interventions such as dressings, vaccination, etc.)
• Respect referral policy criterias and protocol at all times when assigned to be referral doctor. Keep referral data tool updated with referrals done during his time of responsability.
• Perform the requested task as weekly medical focal point during mobile clinics (security responsible, communication with DC management, liaison with all team, planning of MC and team’s departure)
• Perform any additional duties when asked by supervisor
• For temporary replacement, the doctor may be assigned to other position

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Work in all areas of the project including detention centres, disembarkation points, outreach mobile clinic and PHCs.

• Work in close collaboration with MFP/MAM in ensuring that the overall referral system functions adequatly.
• Ensure proper referral process of patient identified during mobile clinics in the detention centers and community

• Ensure that all weekly referrals (OPD and IPD) are properly entered in the referral book and that it is up to date in terms of patient’s data and diagnosis/ Send updated tool to MFP weekly upon request.

• Provides the MFP/Referral MD with all needed information in order to ensure the proper referral process of patients identified during mobile clinic activities
• Support the team of nurses in the preparation of medical drugs and supplies to bring to the mobile clinics, including regular follow up of Emergency backs (remove expired items/ refill of drugs and bandages if needed). Makes sure that only items used during the clinics are carried and that critical items are not forgotten.

• Ensures that all medical vulnerabilities (incl. PoC) who are in DC are flagged to HAO
• Facilitate implementation of patient support activities through integrated activities with Adherence Counselors, with the goal of improving adherence to treatment through raising and focusing on reducing the potential for defaulting.
• Reports any event of increase in presentations of infectious diseases in response to outbreaks.

• Participate in weekly planning of visits and task division together with the MFP

• Participate in on call for referral and disembarkation activities during week and weekends when assigned to

• Together with the MFP, makes weekly analysis of consultation cards in order to detect if prescription protocols were respected, drugs used rationally and morbidities entered properly in the data tools.
• Participate in the weekly and monthly medical reporting about the mobile clinic section, including mortality and escapes data.
• Ensure that the confidentiality of medical data is protected at all times.
• Ensure that the confidentiality of patient is strictly respected and maintained
• Advocate for patient welfare and wellbeing to influence systematic change – whilst recognizing cultural sensitivities associated with advocacy
• For temporary replacement, the doctor may be assigned to other position

Application

Interested candidates should submit their applications in English on or before Sunday, 12^th of June 2022 up to 18.00 hrs with a CV, motivation letter and supporting documents (certificates, diplomas, Valid MD License etc.) to Médecins Sans Frontières, via E-mail tripoli-jobs@oca.msf.org and Libya-hrco@oca.msf.org.

The subject line of the email must state ‘your name _ Medical Doctor _ Application’ in English in order to be accepted.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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