Job Description

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

MSF Spain is advertising for the following position: SENIOR MEDICAL DOCTOR

Requirements for the position

Education:    

• Essential: university degree as Medical Doctor
• Essential: Valid work permit – from medical council – Sanaa. As medical doctor , and desirable : work permit as senior medical doctor .

Desirable :

• Master in public health / Masters or Diploma in Tropical Medicine
• Specialization in one of: family medicine, tropical medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, infectious diseases, internal medicine, emergency medicine, general surgery or general practitioners. This includes equivalent post-graduate training qualifications from different countries, considered also for general practitioners.

Experience:    

• Essential: Senior clinician with at least 4 years’ experience delivering health care in humanitarian settings
• Field experience is the most important requirement for this role and therefore this will stand in lieu of formal academic post-specialization qualifications (which will be considered as strong assets)
• Experience of supervising clinical staff in Hospital/in-patient facilities in humanitarian settings

Languages:    Strong communication skills, Essential : written and spoken proficiency in English & Arabic.

Competencies    

• People Management
• Teaching skills
• Commitment
• Flexibility
• Results
• Teamwork
• Complies with MSF policies and practice with respect to protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Description

• Place of work: Abs District, Hajja Governorate, Republic of Yemen
• Level:  10
• Duration: One year, with possibility of extension subjected to probationary period according to the Yemeni Labour Law.
• Others: Salary: Based on the organization scale.

Main objectives    

To supervise the provision of quality of care at outpatient and/or inpatient medical services according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries health conditions.
The Senior Medical Doctor is responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of clinical care provided in her or his specialty area (including general medicine) and other technical areas when specialists are not available. S/he works in close collaboration with responsible nurse and non-senior doctors through provision of and support to clinical practice and services and oversight of an effective quality management and improvement system, according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures. This is a role that requires considerable field experience.
 
Main responsibilities and tasks    

As Senior Field doctor:

• Performs as clinical consultant for other medical doctors, providing bed-side hands-on training when appropriate
• Functional supervision of the GPs in the hospital or outpatient department in her or his speciality area providing clinical support. S/he supervises also other technical areas in the absence of corresponding specialists or Hospital Clinical Lead
• Support to HCL in the supervision of the implementation of medical protocols, procedures and standards used in her/his specialty area, and other areas in the absence of corresponding specialists or Hospital Clinical Lead, ensuring that MSF clinical standards are adhered to at all time
• Lead ward rounds and organize clinical sessions
• Provide technical coordination and inputs under HCL lead for: o Referrals of patients following agreed referral protocols o Acts as technical Focal Point in the Project for eHealth, telemedicine, radiology/POCUS, electronic diagnosis algorithms and Clinical Operational Research initiatives when appropriate.
• Works in close collaboration with Senior Nurse and/or Nurse Supervisor
• Quality of care: The Senior Field Doctor will support the HCL and in collaboration with with other team members upon request:
• Performs as Quality of Care Focal Point in the departments under his/her supervision and in conjunction with the ,MWAM NAM and Nurse Lead ensures the development and implementation of clinical quality improvement plans
• Contributes to the the implementation of the medical incident reporting policy and follow up of all medical incidents
• Collaborates and supports the ATB focal point in the rational use of antibiotics and taking this role of focal point when pertinent
• In close collaboration with medical and nursing managers, supports the implementation, monitoring and analysis of QoC indicators in the project
• Leads regular clinical review meetings to ensure quality assurance and continuous learning in place and/or (in in departments under his/her supervision) is core member of the in-hospital mortality committee
• In close collaboration with the laboratory manager and/or lab supervisor, supports the coordination between laboratory and imagery activities and clinical care provision.

Leadership and training:

• Support HCL in identifying training needs for all medical staff in core competences required for their area of practice in particular the ability to identify and escalate the management of acutely unwell and deteriorating patients.
• Provides on the job supportive training including spot checks and skills demonstration in her/his speciality area.

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Upon request from HCL, supports that patients records, and clinic registers are completed according to MSF requirements.
• Upon request from HCL, support in the use of established reporting formats for data collection, analysis and report on daily weekly activities to MAM or Hospital Clinical Lead as required and follow notifiable disease protocols.
• Supports the HCL or Hospital Clinical Lead in doing the HMIS data analysis of different areas Other:
• Support that all consultations with patients are in patient centered a dignified and appropriate manner in keeping with the Quality of Care standards and principles set out by MSF
• Reports to HCL patient and caregivers’ complaints and concerns and escalate as per MSF Patient Charter and Behaviour and Abuse escalation Policy. In close collaboration with HCL, support that systems in place to maintain patient confidentiality 

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities    

• Flexible to accept delegation of tasks from HCL
• Checking all administrative procedures related to patients’ follow-up (individual card filling, registers, paper exit, discharge, transfers ...) are carried out correctly and according to MSF procedures.
• Coordinating and monitoring the daily working plan of the team under his/her responsibility (Roster, absent personnel, vacations, tracking leaves ...).
• Facilitating the communication between departments to ensure smooth flow of activities.
• Participating in shifts and replaces a doctor, when necessary