Staff Health Doctor

Job Purpose: 

Providing 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: 

• Applying medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carrying out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.  

• Keeping the patient and/or his/her family informed, according to confidentiality rules, about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.  

• Following up the evolution of the  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.  

• Checking and controlling the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assuring general compliance with standing hygiene standards.  

• Participating 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.  

• Ensuring ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.  

• Knowing and ensuring 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. Ensuring professional confidentiality is respected.  

• Managing 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.  

Context specific accountabilities:

MSF is looking for a general practitioner to monitor the health of Gaza staff and their dependents in Egypt.  

 The doctor recruited will be in charge of :

• Reinforcing the quality of medical practices

• Administrative Responsibilities and sick leave follow up