MEDICAL DOCTOR – 

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.

MSF Spain is advertising for the following position: 02 MEDICAL DOCTOR

Requirements for the position

Education:

• Essential Medical Doctor Bachelor dgree 
• Essential valid work permit 

Experience:    

• Essential at least 2 year certified work experience as a Medical Doctor
• Desirable previous experience with MSF or other NGOs 

Languages: Essential Arabic and English 
Other: Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Description

• Place of work: Al-Qanawis Mother and Child Hospital District, Hodaidah Governorate, Republic of Yemen
• Level: 9
• Duration: Until the end of 2023, with possibility of extension 
• Others: Salary: Based on the organization scale

Main objectives: The hospital in Al Qanawis is a mother and child hospital providing care for pregnant women, new-born and paediatrics according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiary’s health conditions.

Main responsibilities and tasks    

• 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 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.