Medical Supervisor at Medecins du Monde (MdM)

Medecins 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 fill the position below:

Job Title: Medical Supervisor

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Type: Full time

Main Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Health Program Manager, the Medical Supervisor will be responsible for the following main activities:

• Supervise the day-to-day activities of one of MDMs field clinics
• Act as focal point for the clinic in the field
• Providing technical and operational support to mobile clinic staff and/or OTP staff
• Management and leadership of clinic team
• Collection and analysis of health & pharmaceutical data
• Supporting the development of coherent project implementation strategy
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings
• Manage Community Health Workers
• Liaise with medical trainers to ensure the delivery of quality SRH, CMAM, PHC services to the target population.

Tasks Description
Providing technical support to mobile clinic staff:

• Train MC staff on medical protocols including hygiene protocols.
• Ensure use and respect of medical protocols through observation and supervision of medical and paramedic staff
• Implement regular on-the-job trainings and supportive supervision according to a weekly/monthly schedule.
• Train and supervise CHW working in mobile clinic areas
• Establish mechanisms of providing regular weekly/monthly feedback on statistics and health activities to clinic staff
• Plan and implement thematic capacity building or specific trainings according to the identified needs for clinic staff and/or OTP staff
• Participate in establishing/improving referral system
• Supervise drugs stock management in mobile clinics and OTP
• Work in close collaboration with the MDM medical trainers to ensure comprehensive on-the-job training for each of the specialities: SRH, PHC, EPI and Nutrition
• Oversee and support the implementation of best practices introduced by trainers and Deputy Gen.Co.

Operational management of clinic team:

• Act as focal point for liaison with community leaders and representatives in clinic area of operation
• Lead on coordination with other actors, including UN, INGO and GoN, in clinic area of operation
• Provide regular, timely updates to Health Program Manager
• Organize the weekly schedule of the clinic team to ensure the smooth running of the activities
• Ensure that clinic medical and paramedic staff respect their assigned tasks
• Provide strong leadership to ensure clinic staff understand and work according to MdM principles

Collection and analysis of health & pharmaceutical data:

• Ensure the implementation of data collection protocols, working closely with the database officer and HPM
• Ensure accurate collection of MC/OTP data
• Monitor drug consumption by establishing/maintaining mechanisms of consumption record and inform the Health Program Manager and Pharmacist in case of any unusual consumption, or stock shortages
• Identify and rectify gaps or weaknesses in medical activities by using monitoring and supervision tools
• Ensure rapid communication of suspected communicable disease to HPM

Developing coherent project implementation strategy:

• Assist in preparing and implementing operational action plan for MC and/or OTP component in collaboration with MdM coordination team
• Assist in the implementation of the project activities in collaboration with MdM coordination team
• Assist MdM Health Program Manager and Deputy General Coordinator in preparing data collection tools as well as medical and paramedic protocols.
• Participate in health system strengthening

Reporting and attendance to different meetings:

• Prepare a weekly activity report and submit to the HPM
• Compile epidemiological reports for inclusion in donor reports or any other relevant reports
• Support the pharmacist to compile drug consumption report per month
• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)

Others:

• Establish good relationship with the different stakeholders in order to have a smooth implementation of MdM project
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
• Perform other additional duties on request of the HPM and coordination team
• Because of the emergency relief nature of MDM’s work, working hours may be irregular and employees are expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours under emergency conditions.
• He/she works under the supervision of the health program manager.
• The employee shall respect Médecins du Monde - France’s schedule and Terms and Conditions of Engagement for National Staff and is expected to be available anytime in order to answer to an emergency situation and be flexible and available beyond normal working hours if requested.
• This job description can be modified according to changes in MDM activities or in the context. It can be amended at any time after mutual consultation, in order to fit the requirements of the programs.

Application Closing Date
12th October, 2023.