Medical Doctor

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 diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF
• 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 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.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Be able to work in the clinic in a collegial way, as part of a team with other medical and non-medical staff, as well with supervisors and expatriate team, to ensure a more efficient patient workflow. Given that the clinic is structured around Multi-Disciplinary-Team (MDT) approach, collaboration is mandatory between the medical, physiotherapy, mental health, intercultural mediation and social work disciplines.
• Apply medical knowledge and skills to examine, assess, diagnose, and treat outpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting the MSF protocols. Be part and take the responsibility of all patient flow points: Intake process, new assessments, follow up, internal referrals, emergency cases
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, and make sure that they have fully understood the dosage and special instructions
• Refer patients to appropriate areas of specialties in medicine if needed
• Together with MD Supervisor, follow up on patients for external (OPD and IPD), internal referral and medical investigation.
• 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
• Observes patient-doctor confidentiality at all times and ensures the whole medical team does the same
• Follow all MSF protocol on documenting all medical cases, making sure all appropriate documents are filled up correctly; follow and be responsible for the file’s closure
• Actively participates in the documentation and certification of SV and tortured victims and carry out the Sexual Reproductive Health care including ANC/PNC as necessary.
• Participate in all the required meeting and training actively
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care, as well as participate in training sessions that will update medical knowledge and skills to be better equipped in managing specialized cases
• Willing to participate and present case studies in the clinic on a regular basis to share medical knowledge and to analyze data to improve patient care and quality