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.
Position: Female Medical Doctor / CHO
Location Borno
SUPERVISOR :
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
MDM is seeking female clinicians to work in our Primary Health Care facilities in Damboa and Maiduguri ***
* Under the supervision of the team leader, the Mobile Clinic Doctor/CHO 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.
* Explain the treatment to the patient
* Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
* Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
* Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
* Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
* Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
* Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
* Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
* Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
* Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases
* Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
* Discharge cases according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol
* Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
* Fill in the specific OTP form
* Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
* Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
* Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
* Reporting and attendance to different meetings
* Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to team leader
* Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
* Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
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
* Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
* Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
* Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential
* Qualified Medical Doctor or Clinical Health Officer
* Completed Internship in Nigeria
* Strong work ethic, flexible, high level of integrity
* Fluent Hausa
* Desirable
* Experience in the humanitarian sector
* Local Languages (Kanuri, Fulani)
Application Closing Date:
31st August, 2017
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
Female Medical Doctor / CHO - [email protected]
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