MEDICAL DOCTOR

Position status: Temporary Position
Location: Al Qaieda Hospital 
Contract duration: 2-month contract with a probation period of 1 month.  

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organisation providing assistance to people in need as a result of natural and man-made disasters, irrespective of race, religion, ideology or politics.

Main Purpose

Provide 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 con-sultations, 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 exami-nations, 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 quali-ty of care. 
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal pre-cautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

Requirements

• Education: Medical Doctor diploma  Desirable diploma in Tropical Medicine.
• Experience: 2 year experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training). Desirable in tropical medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health , obs and gynae, paediatrics, A, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, general practice, general medicine or minor surgery.    

Languages: Arabic and English are essential

Knowledge and competencies    

• Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Flexibility, Commitment, Teamwork & open to learn.
• Able to react quickly and make crisp decisions in an atmosphere of crisis
• Capacity to work in an extremely high-pressure environment
• Able to multitask and pay attention to details