Medical Doctor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Belgium

Medecins Sans Frontieres is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. Medecins 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 Doctor

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Period: Indefinite

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.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing beforehand the drugs, material, and equipment required.
• Administering and maintaining anesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force.
• Monitoring patients throughout the intervention.
• Ensure transfer of patients to the recovery room, and full recovery of the patient’s consciousness and setting analgesic protocol
• Advise on Postoperative care in both Intensive Care Unit and wards with the surgeon, including fluid management, oxygenation monitoring and airway care and chest physiotherapy and mobilization, with special focus on patient’s pain relief during the recovering process.
• Implement and supervise hygiene rules, procedures and MSF protocols in OT/recovery, anesthesia material (decontamination, sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) to ensure the safety and protection of patients and staff.
• Supervise the OT pharmacy (drugs orders, inventories, expired drugs) and ensure OT register, consumptions, empty phials of narcotics, ensuring adequate stock is maintained..
• Ensure good functioning and maintenance of OT equipment (oxygen extractor, ventilation, equipment, etc)
• Organize the tasks of personnel under his/her responsibility, and participate and carry-out other team management activities (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, motivation, internal/external communication, etc.), in order to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
• Collaborate with other departments in the project (responding to accident & emergency department requests, intervening in support of other services when needed, etc.), and participate in any emergency activity or exploratory mission, in order to support the overall MSF project with his/her expertise and capabilities.
• Ensure proper fulfillment of administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients files, forms, statistics, data base, etc.), and elaborate regular reporting about results, proceedings and problematic situations and cases, in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decisions.

MSF Section / Context Specific Accountabilities

• Providing Emergency Obstetric Care in OT based on implemented MSF standard in collaboration with the hole operating theater team (anesthetists and OT nurses) and maternity department
• Ensuring the capacity building of staff working in maternity and OT for the correct medical management of patients form the admission up to the discharged passing buy labour room, delivery room and postpartum ward;
• Do Rounds in Neonatal unit
• Supporting the OPD in terms of medical managed when a specific care (ultrasound scan, gynecological consultation, etc.) is needed for SGBV cases, Family Planning ;
• Conducting the ward round every day with Medical Doctors for the correct follow up of post op patients and Neontal ward by using carefully MSF protocols;
• Responding positivelly on calls made either by midwives,Nurses or medical doctors when a medical technical support is needed at any time as per MSF standard implemented at projection level;
• Participating actively on medical meetings organised by the department and supporting the medical team during the mortality review;
• Ensuring good collaboration between maternity and OT team. Before sending patient to OT, the maternity team should communicate to the OT team for the preparedness of the room. On the other hand, once the post op follow up is done, before the patient is referred from recovery room to post partum, the OT team should communicate to the maternity team.
• Ensure in collaboration with medical activity manager (MTL) the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines, and protocol related to gynecology and obstetrics to minimize clinical risks and to the extend best reproductive practices.
• In collaboration with other medical colleagues, carry out the collection of quantitative gynecological data and ensure exhausive use of management tools.
• Participate in collaboration with the midwife manager the maintenance and running of the gynecological equipment and drugs consumption, preparing new orders when required and ensure its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock level are permanently updated and available.
• Participate in the mortality review process / Near miss (record in the dedicated tool, analysis and presentation), and participate in the analysis and review of medical errors
• Participate in any other project or organizational activities as deemed Necessary.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education

• Essential, Medical Doctor Diploma / Degree

Experience:

• Essential at least 2 years certified work experience in Obs/ Gynaecology and neonatal Unit
• Desirable previous experience with MoH, MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries

Competencies:

• Essential English and Hausa
• Strategic Vision, Leadership, People Management and Development, Service Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation.

Application Closing Date
7th January, 2024.