Jobs at Médecins du Monde for Medical Supervisors

Médecins 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 Supervisor Location: Maiduguri - Borno, with frequent travel to field sites Supervisor: Health Program Coordinator Supervise: MoH Clinic Staff, Community Volunteers, Community Mobilisers Starting Date: ASAP Technical Link: Pharmacist, Database Officer, MDM trainers Main Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Health Program Coordinator, the Medical Supervisor will be responsible for the following main activities:

Operational Management and Leadership of one of MDM field Clinics
Supervise the day-to-day activities of one of MDMs field clinics
Manage Community Volunteers in the field (crowd controllers, registers, community mobilisers in coordination with community mobilization supervisor)
Provide regular, timely updates to Health Program 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
Adhere to MDM HR policies, and ensure staff under supervision do the same
Ensure rapid communication of suspect communicable disease to HPC
Ensure in close collaboration with MdM trainers and the community mobilisers the correct follow up and the outcomes for all patients referred
Ensure the logistics department is immediately informed of any maintenance required in the clinic
Ensure the notice board in the clinic has relevant information and the clinic opening hours, as well as the services provided at the clinic

Pharmacy, Data Collection and Reporting:

Oversee proper data collection, reporting and communication from daily health activities & pharmaceutical data working closely with the database officer and HPC
Establish mechanisms of providing regular weekly/monthly feedback on statistics and health activities to Clinic Staff together with the community mobiliser supervisor
Assist MdM Health Program Coordinator and MdM medical coordinator in preparing data collection tools as well as medical and paramedics protocols
Compile epidemiological reports for inclusion in medical reports or any other relevant reports
Supervise drugs stock management in mobile clinics and OTP
Adhere to confidentiality principles for medical data collection
Identify and rectify gaps or weaknesses in medical activities by using monitoring and supervision tools
Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to the Health Program Coordinator

Coordination of MDM activities at the field level:

Lead on coordination with other actors, including UN, INGO and GoN, in clinic area of operation
Act as focal point for the clinic in the field for all internal and external stakeholders, including community leaders and representatives in clinic area of operation
Reporting and attendance to different meetings where required
Technical Management and Support to one of MDM field Clinics
Provide technical support to mobile clinic staff according to National and other guidelines suggested by the Health Program Coordinator and MdM trainers
Liaise closely with Health Program Coordinator and Pharmacist to ensure pharmaceutical supplies are continuous
Liaise with medical trainers to ensure the delivery of quality SRH, CMAM, PHC services to the target population.
Supervise community mobilisers in collaboration with the Community Outreach supervisor to ensure they are following the protocols according to the plan
Oversee and support the implementation of best practices introduced by trainers and 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
Participate in establishing/improving referral system.

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
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
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

Requirement

Candidates should possess relevant qualifications.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letters and CV's to: [email protected] using "Clinic Medical Supervisor" as the subject of the mail. Note