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  • Posted: Jan 14, 2019
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    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...
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    Medical Coordinator, Support

    Main Purpose:

    Supporting the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities including administrative tasks related to the coordination of work, ensuring good relationships with local and national authorities and ensuring adequate program management in the projects, according to MSF protocols, (para)medical standards, rules of hygiene and the standard precautions  in order to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities as well as to improve the health conditions of the targeted population

    Accountabilities:

    • Monitoring, supervising and evaluating the implementation of medical activities in the project, visiting projects according to preset schedule and participating in defining the human resources needs, materials and techniques. Assisting in the implementation of MSF protocols, (para) medical standards, the rules of hygiene and universal precautions in service.
    • Assisting in the collection of information on national health policy (meetings, reports, articles, etc.), collecting and participating in the analysis of epidemiological data (meetings, reports, articles, etc.) from the projects
    • Ensuring medical follow up of patients (treatment, improvement) in collaboration with the medical referent of the health structure and overseeing all medical expenses associated with the patient, in collaboration with the supervisors. Organize the administrative and medical information (reports, ongoing treatments), the discharge of patients and return to their homes
    • Supporting and supervising the project teams and participating in the management of the medical team in the capital (recruitment, training, monitoring their work, vacation planning, assessments, etc.). Participating in briefings and debriefings of the (para) medical team members and promoting communication and active participation in the development of the project
    • Applying the employee health policy and participating in the evaluation of hospital structures that can serve as reference structures for national and international staff. Participating in the medical monitoring of MSF personnel and overseeing all medical expenses associated with various consultations and hospitalizations in collaboration with the line manager
    • Participating in the management of the central pharmacy, advising and guiding the logistics team in the mission of drug stock management. Organizing the start-up, inventory and management of operational medical library according to the classification plan
    • Participating in the data collection and management from the projects as well as preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports and organizing · data archiving and medical reports in the project
    • Performing other duties at the request of Medco (exceptional strengthening of a field team, involvement in evaluations, etc.)

    MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:

    • Coach, train and motivate the teams in different project of Nigeria -OCA mission in order to align all field staff with MSF values and ethics, and ensuring their capability to carry out their job achieving MSF quality standards:
    • Ensuring proper induction of all MSF Staff.
    • Carrying out medical briefings and debriefings.
    • Identifying training needs for medical staff.
    • Identifying personnel showing potential.
    • Supervising and carrying out technical evaluations.
    • Promoting strict follow-up of MSF values and ethics by all staff and identifying any possible issue regarding this matter.
    • Any other  task  or  responsibilities  can  be  added  by the supervisor  according to the  need  identified.
    • Focal point  of the HIS  and medical data  base  of  the mission, update   the  database, ensure  quality of   data  collection, analysis  and  report , train  the MTLs  and  MAMs to  ensure  quality.Focal  point  for   AMR ,monitor  the implementation, meet with the staff to address  challenges that might occur,   ensure   each  month  projects  are  supplied  effectively  with  RUTF, milk and resomal  ,  on request of  the Medical  coordinator  the  medco Support will be  focal point for other  agreement  signed.
    • Carry-out administrative (inventory and management of the medical operational library, archiving of data and medical reports, etc.), information gathering and data collection tasks, and elaborate regular reporting, in order to have updated and reliable information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decision-taking
    • On the request of the Medical Coordinator, carries out extra tasks (one-off reinforcement for a field team, participation in an evaluation, etc.).

    REQUIREMENTS (QUALIFICATIONS):

    • Education : Medical Doctor diploma Specialization or training in tropical disease, desirable.
    • Experience:  Essential working experience in developing countries.  Desirable working experience in MSF  or other NGO’s.
    • Languages:  Mission language essential
    • Knowledge:  Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

    Competencies

    • People Management and Development L2
    • Commitment to MSF principles L2
    • Behavioural Flexibility L3
    • Results and Quality Orientation L3
    • Teamwork and Cooperation L3

    Method of Application

    Submit Application Letter, latest Curriculum Vitae (CV) and photocopies of all necessary credentials with telephone contact details (daytime) in an envelope (specify on the envelope – Application for the post of MEDICAL COORDINATOR SUPPORT to  the address below or you can send soft copies of your application letter, current CV and scan copies of your certificate to  nigeria-jobs@oca.msf.org

     The Human Resource Coordinator                   OR to Our project offices in Zamfara, Sokoto, Benue.

    No. 11, First Avenue, Gwarinpa

    Abuja.

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