Medical Doctor at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Contract Period: Indefinite

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• 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.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Medical Doctor degree Desirable degree in Tropical Medicine.
• Experience: 2 years’ experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within Medical training); Desirable in Tropical Medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health, Obs and Gynae, Paediatrics, A&E, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, General Practice, General Medicine or Minor Surgery