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Job Title: Medical Doctor
Location: Damboa, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Main Responsibilities
Under the supervision of Medical Supervisor, the Medical Doctor will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Task Description
Provision of free-charge curative health consultations:
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations
Perform curative consultations:
Take a proper medical history including:
Reason for consultation
Duration of the illness or complaints
Main symptoms
Past medical history and treatment.
Perform a correct physical examination:
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Systematic checking of signs of severity
Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient’s registration form.
Explain the treatment to the patient
Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program:
Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases
Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
Discharge cases according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol
Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
Fill in the specific OTP form
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data:
Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings:
Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to team leader
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
Others
Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
Skills Required:
Medical Doctor or any relevant experience in public health and project management
Significant experience in similar positions
Experience in supervising health facilities
Experience in health system strengthening project
Experience in program cycle management and budget follow up
Experience in outbreak management and emergency response
Ability to have a global overview of a program (not only on medical plan)
Ability to analyze an epidemiological context and propose relevant interventions
Ability to take quick decisions according to the context in coordination with the team
Ability to manage and motivate a team
Knowledge of the Maiduguri context
Personal Skills Required:
Ability to manage a team and work in an international team
Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, capacity to take initiatives
Organizational skills
Good writing and communication skills
Ability to manage priorities
Team spirit
Interest for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
Respectful of the traditions and local culture
Capacity to work and to live in tense conditions (climate, cultural context, promiscuity, isolation)
Salary:
N500,000 – N750,000 monthly.
Application Closing Date
25th June, 2024.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV and cover letter in the same document to: [email protected] using the position as the subject of the email.
Note
Please note that MdM does not engage in or accept bribes in exchange for job opportunities. Any attempts to offer or accept bribes will result in immediate disqualification from the recruitment process.
Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
