Posted on: Wed 29-04-2020

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Clinical Health Officer

Location: Borno

Main Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor, the Clinical Health Officer will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

• Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
• Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings

Tasks Description

Provision of free of charge curative health consultations:

• Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
• Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
• Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations
• Perform curative consultations

Take a proper medical history including:

• Reason for consultation
• Duration of the illness or complaints
• Main symptoms
• Past medical history and treatment.

Perform a correct physical examination:

• Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
• Systematic checking of signs of severity
• Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
• Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient's registration form.

Others:

• Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
• Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics

Qualifications and Experience and Attributes

• Certificate in Community Health with a valid Liscence
• At least 3-5 years post qualifying experience in a similar environment/context
• Possession of a valid practicing certificate.
• Background/familiarity with Emergency is an added advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English. Knowledge of Kanuri and Hausa Languages will be an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal and team building skills and excellence as a team player.
• Must possess the ability to learn with speed and ease.
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point Presentation etc.)
• Strong sense of responsibility, methodical and accurate with high organizational skills
• Honesty and integrity and able to cope with stressful situations.
• Manages effectively his own time as well as flexible and available to work over time when needed
• Willing to be deployed to the newly liberated local government areas.

Application Closing Date

10th May, 2020.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter in one single attachment via email to: [email protected] using "Clinical Health Officer" as the subject of the mail.

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