Posted on: Mon 27-04-2020

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: Roving Medical Doctor

Location: Borno

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of Medical Supervisor, the Roving Medical Doctor 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

Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy

Requirements

Qualified and registered national Medical Doctor from a recognized university with a valid practicing license from Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

Work Experience:

At least 2 years of progressive work experience with similar role as a Mobile clinic physician.

Demonstrated understanding of the INGO systems and structure.

Previous work with humanitarian organizations is added plus.

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 the "Roving Medical Doctor Maiduguri" as the subject of the mail.

Note

Applications without the correct subject line stated above will not be treated.

Female Candidates are Strongly encouraged to Apply

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