Medical Doctor at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian medical NGO that was created in 2009 by professionals of humanitarian medicine. ALIMA’s mission is to provide medical care in emergency situations or medical catastrophes.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Medical Doctor

Location: UMTH Maiduguri, Borno
Department: Health and ITFC, Nutrition project
Report To: Medical Referent/Project coordinator and indirectly to Nutrition activity manager
Collaborate: Nurse supervisor and all the medical staff in the facility

Main Responsibilities

• The ITFC clinical doctor is responsible for ensuring quality medical care for malnourished children in accordance with the inpatient national Nigerian guideline.

Consultations and medical round visits:

• Organizes a medical consultation on admission to the ITFC
• Ensures that triage is carried out according to the patient's emergency and vulnerability criteria

Verifies Compliance of Admission to ITFC:

• Refers emergency cases to the inpatient department and reorients non-urgent patients if necessary.
• Decides to change phase or exit the child
• Performs a detailed consultation of the patient according to the treatment protocols and notes the observations on the folder record
• Initiates a rational prescription

Hospitalization:

• Ensures the daily visits in the service:
• Examines all hospitalized patients.
• Indicates and prescribes the care and treatment, respecting the protocols in order to rationalize the use of the drugs.
• Maintains up-to-date hospital records by accurately reporting examinations, diagnoses and treatments and ensuring compliance with the prescription.
• Constantly score the signs of tuberculosis in children whose clinical condition requires it;
• Requests for para-clinical examinations as required;
• Evaluates the clinical evolution of the patients and decides the phase and the type of milk with the dose to be given;
• Decides on the patient's discharge according to his or her state of health.
• Works in collaboration with the different doctors and supervises transfers to other services if necessary.
• Ensure compliance with transfusion rules in the service (cross-match, tests ...).
• Ensures the supervision and the continuing training of the medical / paramedical team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Manages the emergencies and ensures the guards.
• Ensure that professional secrecy and free health care are respected.
• Participates in the review of morbidity and mortality.

Others:

• Participates in medical meetings and service meetings.
• Promotes the exchange of information in its field of activity.
• Participates in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data.
• Ensures the proper functioning of the ITFC activities (triage, references, space)
• Ensures compliance with treatment protocols (national protocol) especially medical prescriptions
• Ensure the rational use of medicines and other medical equipment.
• Ensures that medical confidentiality is maintained and that the patient is properly informed of his or her illness and treatment within the ITFC.
• Works in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and participates in the continuous training of the staff (techniques of care, updating protocols)
• This job profile is an integral part of the employment contract.

Requirements
Education:

• Medical Doctor diploma. Desirable diploma in Tropical medicine, Nutrition and pediatrics.

Experience:

• 1 years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be   within medical training). Desirable in tropical medicine, Nutrition and inpatient healthcare setup, pediatrics and or ITFC management experience in conflict or IDPs setup.

Languages:

• English language essential. Local language desirable. Fluency in Hausa and Kanuri an added advantage

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Application Closing Date
27th April, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the email.

Note:

• Women are encourage to apply
• Only successful applicants will be called for interview.
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.