Médecins 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 to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: Medical Doctor 

 

Location: Damboa, Borno

Slot: 2 Openings

 

Job Descriptions

Under the supervision of the team leader, the Mobile Clinic 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 Descriptions

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 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 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 activity 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

 

Qualifications, Experience and Attributes

Essential Bachelor’s University Degree in Medicine and Surgery from an accredited university.

Two years of relevant professional work experience, including in a developing country, in public health and nutrition.

Background/familiarity with Emergency.

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

12th July, 2019.

 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter explaining why you consider yourself suitable for this position and providing a valid email and telephone contact to: [email protected] using “Medical Doctor Damboa” as the subject of the mail.