Hospital Physician Generalist at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Main Responsibilities:

• Conducts ward rounds regularly with Mobile Surgeons and local doctors; participates in patient assessments, treatment plans and documentation.
• Assesses the organization, activities and performance of the surgical department.
• Participates in setting up surgical/clinical procedures and treatment protocols.
• Supervises the ER and Wards where relevant, through on call shifts.
• Ensures rational prescription practices in accordance with valid national and international protocols/standards.
• Contributes to preparing orders of medical supplies and identifies new needs for drugs and medical equipment in line with pathologies encountered, guidelines and standards.
• Contributes to ensuring respect for universal hygiene standards.
• Implements teaching programmes to develop the skills of local staff.
• Analyses Hospital statistics and contributes to reporting.
• Participates in mass casualty management and conduct triage exercises involving local hospital staff during and after mass casualty incident.
• In the event of an emergency deployment of the mobile surgical team, be prepared to work in a more substitutive
• model actually not only assisting local surgeons in their tasks but actively taking part in the management of casualties (triage, patient assessment, surgery, postoperative care)
• Attends regular sub-delegation and hospital team meetings.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in Medicine and a valid license to practice in Nigeria. Postgraduate qualification in orthopedic surgery a strong asset.
• Computer literacy.
• Fluent command of English (both written and oral).
• Hausa, Arabic, or Kanuri an asset
• Between 3-5 years of professional clinical experience.
• Minimum 2 years of international humanitarian experience, including in delivery of hospital care.

Personal Attributes:

• Experience in low-resource settings and sound knowledge of protocols and guidelines relevant to these contexts.
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop local staff to achieve common objectives
• Shows judgment abilities to deal with special cases and propose solutions