Medical Coordinator Support at Medecins Sans Frontieres - Belgium

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Coordinator Support

Location: Abuja (FCT) 
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Period: Indefinite

Main Purpose

• Supporting the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities including administrative tasks related to the coordination of work, ensuring good relationships with local and national authorities and ensuring adequate program management in the projects, according to MSF protocols, (para)medical standards, rules of hygiene and the standard precautions in order to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities as well as to improve the health conditions of the targeted population.

Accountabilities

• Monitoring, supervising and evaluating the implementation of medical activities in the project, visiting projects according to preset schedule and participating in defining the human resources needs, materials and techniques. Assisting in the implementation of MSF protocols, (para) medical standards, the rules of hygiene and universal precautions in service.
• Assisting in the collection of information on national health policy (meetings, reports, articles, etc.), collecting and participating in the analysis of epidemiological data (meetings, reports, articles, etc.) from the projects
• Ensuring medical follow up of patients (treatment, improvement) in collaboration with the medical referent of the health structure and overseeing all medical expenses associated with the patient, in collaboration with the supervisors. Organize the administrative and medical information (reports, ongoing treatments), the discharge of patients and return to their homes
• Supporting and supervising the project teams and participating in the management of the medical team in the capital (recruitment, training, monitoring their work, vacation planning, assessments, etc.). Participating in briefings and debriefings of the (para) medical team members and promoting communication and active participation in the development of the project
• Applying the employee health policy and participating in the evaluation of hospital structures that can serve as reference structures for national and international staff. Participating in the medical monitoring of MSF personnel and overseeing all medical expenses associated with various consultations and hospitalizations in collaboration with the line manager
• Participating in the management of the central pharmacy, advising and guiding the logistics team in the mission of drug stock management. Organizing the start-up, inventory and management of operational medical library according to the classification plan
• Participating in the data collection and management from the projects as well as preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports and organizing · data archiving and medical reports in the project
• Performing other duties at the request of Medco (exceptional strengthening of a field team, involvement in evaluations, etc.)

MSF Section / Context Specific Accountabilities

• Knowledge on Nigeria healthcare system.
• Support Medical coordinator in participating in various meetings.
• Responsible for implementation of National Staff health policy in collaboration with HR department, including ensuring giving medical inputs at the time of recruitment. Education of the national staff on preventative measures and ensuring that they are following that in the mission.
• Act as a mission focal point in terms of national staff health issues.
• Assist medical coordinator for the administration of expat health policy.
• Monitor the key health concerns in the mission and ensure regular information sharing and exchange with national staff colleagues in the mission.
• Compile monthly medical report across the mission including providing feedback to the staff in the field. Detect data errors in the report and address with the respective field in collaboration with the mission epidemiologists.
• Gather relevant medical contextual information and share with the medical coordinator.
• Gather relevant epidemiological information, analyse information, and share with a medical coordinator with recommendations
• Participate in emergency assessments or responses when required in the field.
• Provide epidemiological and public health data analysis during the response to emergencies
• Gap-fill relevant position in the field in the case of needs after discussions and agreement with MedCo.
• Replace PMRs (project medical referent) in the field in the case of gaps/holidays in agreement with MedCo.
• Attending task force meetings with medical coordinator representing MSF.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) essential.
• Required license to practice

Experience & Knowledge:

• Experience working in NGO or MoH sector.
• Medical Emergency experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Medical Doctor with MSF, or other INGO / NGO or Private.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in managerial position.

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2022.