Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an International Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and man-made disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political believes. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org

Médecins Sans Frontières France is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit in medical department, Amran governorate for the following position:

OBSTETRICIAN GYNECOLOGIST 

Location: Amran Governorate – Khamer
Contract type: Short term contract.
Reporting to:  Medical Activity Manager

Main Purpose:

To provide support to the project medical team by giving specialized consultation, clinical and surgical management of obstetric and gynecological patients and to improve and reinforce the quality of obstetrics and gynecology care according to MSF standards.
Perform gynecological and obstetric procedures and any other prior treatment required, during or immediately after a woman has given birth in order to improve women’s reproductive health and to reduce pre and postpartum complications. This will be done in accordance with MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in multidisciplinary collaboration with other medical, surgical and midwifery team members in the hospital.

In the frame of these activities he/she will:

• Manage all the obstetrical and gynecological emergencies
• Perform daily round of the obstetrical/gynecological cases in IPD, in collaboration with Medical Activity Manager and GP team if case is not purely obstetrical/gynecological
• Support the Midwife Activity Manager and Maternity Supervisor in managing the clinical activities.
• Implement all the protocols and hygiene procedures; supervise her team to follow the same standards, in order to warrant the quality of the care and service in his/her specialty.
• Support the Midwife Activity Manager and Maternity Supervisor in managing the premises, material and supplies.
• Assess the training needs for the national midwives and provide theoretical and clinical training in cooperation with the Midwife Activity Manager and Maternity Supervisor.
• Carry-out information and data collection (patient files, forms, statistics, etc.) tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project, output/ outcome and support decision-taking.
• Attend at 8:00am to the daily morning meeting of the hospital, providing input concerning her activity and to other meetings related to her activity.
• Participate to the monthly Morbidity Mortality review (MMR), Trainings, and relevant meetings.
• Ensure professional confidentiality is respected; ensure compliance with medical ethics.
• Inform the line manager about any problem or complication of the patients’ illness, medical error and monitor the proper functioning of the department, equipment, or material.
• Ensure proper documentation of medical data and filling system.
• Respect the time schedule and be at work on time.
• 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.
• Ensure timely emergency review of patients in the department when needed/indicated.
• Maintain good attitude and proper bedside manner towards the patient and their caretakers and the rest of the medical team.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

Education    

Essential:

• Obstetrician-Gynecologist diploma essential.
• Practice license in Obstetrician-Gynecologist specialty.

Experience    

• Essential 2 years of previous experience having worked in MSF or other NGO’s and in developing countries is desirable.

Languages    

• English and Arabic essential..

Knowledge    

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Competences    

• Teamwork, flexibility, commitment, stress management, training