Current Vacancy at Medecins du Monde for a Medical Doctor Supervisor
Medecins du Monde or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency and long-term medical care to vulnerable populations while advocating for equal access to healthcare worldwide.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Medical Doctor Supervisor
Job Type: Contract (Full Time)
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Supervisor: Health Program Coordinator
Duration: 4 Months with possibility of extention
Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Main Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the health Program Coordinator, the Medical Supervisor will be responsible for the following main activities:
- Supervise the day-to-day activities of one of MDMs field clinics
- Act as focal point for the clinic in the field
- Supporting the development of coherent project implementation strategy
- Reporting and attendance to different meetings
- Manage Community Health Workers
- Liaise with medical trainers to ensure the delivery of quality SRH, CMAM, PHC services to the target population.
- Providing technical and operational support to mobile clinic staff and/or OTP staff
- Management and leadership of Clinic team
- Collection and analysis of health & pharmaceutical data
Tasks Descriptions
- Providing technical support to mobile clinic staff
- Train MC staff on medical protocols including hygiene protocols
- Ensure use and respect of medical protocols through observation and supervision of medical and paramedics staff
- Implement regular on-the-job trainings and supportive supervision according to a weekly/monthly schedule
- Train and supervise CHW working in mobile clinic areas
- Establish mechanisms of providing regular weekly/monthly feedback on statistics and health activities to Clinic Staff
- Plan and implement thematic capacity building or specific trainings according to the identified needs for MC staff and/or OTP staff
- Participate in establishing/improving referral system
- Supervise drugs stock management in mobile clinics and OTP
- Work in close collaboration with the MDM medical trainers to ensure comprehensive on-the-job training for each of the specialities: SRH, PHC, EPI, Nutrition, LAB,
- Oversee and support the implementation of best practices introduced by trainers and HPC
- Operational Management of Clinic team
- Act as focal point for liaison with community leaders and representatives in clinic area of operation
- Lead on coordination with other actors, including UN, INGO and GoN, in clinic area of operation
- Identify and rectify gaps or weaknesses in medical activities by using monitoring and supervision tools
- Ensure rapid communication of suspect communicable disease to HPC
- Developing coherent project implementation strategy
- Assist in preparing and implementing operational action plan for MC and/or OT component in collaboration with MdM coordination team
- Assist in the implementation of the project activities in collaboration with MdM coordination team
- Assist MdM Health Program Coordinator and MdM medical coordinator in preparing data collection tools as well as medical and paramedics protocols
- Reporting and attendance to different meetings
- Provide regular, timely updates to Health Programme Coordinator
- Organize the weekly schedule of the Clinic team to ensure the smooth running of the activities
- Ensure that Clinic medical and paramedics staff respect their assigned tasks
- Provide strong leadership to ensure Clinic staff understand and work according to MdM principles
- Collection and analysis of health & pharmaceutical data
- Ensure the implementation of data collection protocols, working closely with the database officer and HPC
- Ensure accurate collection of MC/OTP data
- Monitor the drugs consumption by establishing/maintaining mechanisms of consumption record and inform the Health Program Coordinator and Pharmacist in case of any unusual consumption, or stock shortages
- Prepare a weekly activity report to submit to the Health Program Coordinator
- Compile epidemiological reports for inclusion in medical reports or any other relevant reports
- Support the pharmacist to compile drug consumption report per month
- Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Others:
- Establish good relationship with the different stakeholders in order to have a smooth implementation of MdM project
- Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
- Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
- Perform other additional duties on request of the Health Program Coordinator and coordination team
Profile Required:
- Medical Doctor
- Experience in similar position (management) for at least 3 years
- Strong sense of responsibilities and organization skills
- Strong work ethic and rigor
- Languages (spoken and written): English
- Good knowledge in nutrition
- Good knowledge of pharmacy
- Capacities in team management
- Flexibility
- Team player
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to:
[email protected] clearly indicate "Medical Doctor Supervisor" as the subject of your application (Applications intended for this role without this subject will not be treated).
Application Deadline: 8th March, 2019.