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Katsina |
Posted 2 years ago |
JOB TITLE: Medical Doctor
JOB LOCATION: Katsina
Contract: Fixed Term Contract during Malaria Peak / 208 working hours per month with roster flexibility
JOB DETAILS:
- Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/children according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries’ health conditions.
Job Description
- Clinical care of children referred and admitted to ITFC/IPD according to MSF medical protocols and standards by consultation in Emergency room and conducting daily clinical ward rounds in ITFC wards.
- Ensures that ITFC/IPD referral, admission, and discharge criteria are maintained according to the updated MSF medical protocols.
- Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
- Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
- Ensure proper and complete documentation of medical information in the relevant patients’ charts with respect to patient’s confidentiality.
- Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment.
- Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
- Informing the line manager about any problem or complication of the patients’ illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
- Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
Requirements
Education:
- Medical Doctor Diploma, desirable Diploma in Tropical Medicine and/or Paediatric.
Experience:
- 2 year’s experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training).
- Desirable experience in tropical medicine and Paediatric care.
- Experience in inpatient management of malnutrition desirable
Languages:
- Essential fluent in English / Hausa.
Knowledge:
- Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Competencies:
- Clinical knowledge and skills
- Commitment to MSF principles
- Flexibility
- Results and Quality Orientation
- Teamwork.
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Note
- Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employ of MSF-France in any location.
- No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
- MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
- MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
Deadline: May 29, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Medical/ Healthcare / Pharmaceutical |