Main Purpose

Organizing and ensuring medical consultations to the target population providing treatment to patients within the scope of his/her medical competencies and referring them when appropriate, according to MSF protocols, procedures and the universal hygiene standards in order to guarantee quality and efficiency of the service provided.

Accountabilities

• Ensuring the implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and to guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records

• Implementing diagnosis, prescription and prevention procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients and following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.

• Participating in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic and preventive protocols.

• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.List item

• In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates

• Recording in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed medical activities (drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in order to ensure patients treatment continuity.

• Participating in data collection and reporting when required

• Knowing and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their health state and responding to their questions.

• Knowing and promoting the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

· Participate in the training plan at the centralized H.C (Darme HC) or nearest health centre with assistance from the Medical Activity Manager at the project base level. Training of the HEWs/CHWs and other MoH staffs.

· Organizing in advance of all medical supplies like drugs, medical equipments and supplies for preparing consultation and treatment (Outreach activities and or in HC supported by MSF) in collaboration with the MAM, NAM.

· Screening of medical, MH and sexual violence cases from the HC, Mobile clinic in IDPs Camps and Carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, other medical procedures.

· Participating in health promotion activities (health education) of the patient (and family) when necessary in collaboration with the HP team.

· Keeping hygien protocols in working areas and Follow up all the IPC measures and everywhere MSF is providing services and ensure that are all respected.

· Provide technical support to the HP team and the HEWs team in the community in the identification and monitoring of Children with SAM, Diarrhea, Respiratory Tract Infection, Malaria in collaboration with the MAM outreach.

· Taking referral cases to hospitas as needed, supporting patient registration in a referred hospital and handovering of patient to hospital staffs. Supporting MSF referral nurse in hospitals visits.

· Working in HC and/or Mobile Clinic (Outreach activities) as requested by supervisor and ensuring quality data registration and reporting (registration daily arrivals/IDPs, consultation, referrals, drug Consumption, handovering of medical equipment, resourcefullness) working as shift leader as per a roster and implementation of shift leader task lists.

Job Requirements

Education

Essential clinical officer diploma with valid relevant professional licence

Experience

Desirable previous clinical supervision experience of at least one year, For OCA: Essential, 2 years of relevant working experience

Languages

Essential local language. Mission working local language knowledge would be an asset

Knowledge

Desirable computer literacy

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation L2

• Teamwork and Cooperation L2

• Behavioural Flexibility L2

• Commitment to MSF Principles L2

• Stress Management L3