MEDICAL DOCTOR

[Baghdad,Iraq ]

Title: MEDICAL DOCTOR

Reports to: Medical Activity Manager

Location: Baghdad

Main Purpose:

Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values, and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries’ health conditions.

 

Accountabilities:

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits , consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.
• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary

Specific Accountabilities:

• Support the Medical Activity Manager (MAM) with informations, connections and orientation about the system and day to day activities of the health care facility MSF supporting to have a better understanding about the situation there. Good understanding about public local health care system, facilitate procedures and to maintain good working relationships with hospital’s staff.
• Participating in medical activities which involves training the medical staff (doctors, nurses, paramedics), simulating the training, give presentations about certain protocols and applying the Mass Casualty Plan (MCP).

• Conduct translation and keep minutes(english/arabic) in meetings and daily activities
• Participate in the collection and analysis of data, checking its validity and informing the line manager about any problem, monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

Title: MEDICAL DOCTOR

Reports to: Medical Activity Manager

Location: Baghdad

Main Purpose:

Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values, and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries’ health conditions.

 

Accountabilities:

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits , consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.
• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary

Specific Accountabilities:

• Support the Medical Activity Manager (MAM) with informations, connections and orientation about the system and day to day activities of the health care facility MSF supporting to have a better understanding about the situation there. Good understanding about public local health care system, facilitate procedures and to maintain good working relationships with hospital’s staff.
• Participating in medical activities which involves training the medical staff (doctors, nurses, paramedics), simulating the training, give presentations about certain protocols and applying the Mass Casualty Plan (MCP).

• Conduct translation and keep minutes(english/arabic) in meetings and daily activities
• Participate in the collection and analysis of data, checking its validity and informing the line manager about any problem, monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

Education: Medical Doctor diploma  

Experience: 

2 years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work 

ER working experience is an asset.

Fluent in both English and Arabic speaking and writing is essential

Being flexible on job requirements is important.

The deadline for receiving job applications is 7^th of September 2021

If you are confident about your qualifications meeting the requirements, please send your cv’s to [email protected] and mention the job title MEDICAL DOCTOR  in the subject line or drop your application in a closed envelope and mention the job title “MEDICAL DOCTOR” in your envelope and put it on the CV box at the MSF OCB Office in Baghdad.