Medical Doctor at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Main Job Objectives:

To supervise the overall patient management and ensure the smooth running of inpatient admission criteria, including the consultation, setting up of patient management plan, supervision of nurses, nurse assistants and paramedic helpers, in order to ensure 24/7 good quality care of patients admitted in ALIMA health program, in collaboration with the doctors and respecting a protocols & guidelines.

Job Description: At any time when called by ALIMA, the staff is expected to perform the following duties;

• Apply medical knowledge and skills in diagnoses and prevention of illness. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, and prescribe the necessary treatment while respecting ALIMA protocols In designated duty station 
•  Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, ensure patients/relatives have clear understanding of the available treatment options and their eventual outcomes.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment while respecting ALIMA 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 documentation in the patient file including the particularly the final diagnostic at discharge that will be recorded in praxis.
• Attend ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care. 
• Knows and ensures all ALIMA 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.
• As assigned in the roster, conduct staff health clinics (staff and dependents), in accordance with ALIMA Nigerian staff health policy while respecting ALIMA treatment guidelines.

Reporting

• Incident report related to Doctors activities shall be registered in a special book. 
  Monthly data collection for patient referrals, patient admitted, doctor consultations, mortality reviews and capacity building sessions.
  Monthly data collection on quality indicators.

Other activities:

• Attendance at ITFC/IPD weekly medical and project meetings
• Cover the gap of doctors when required in the project.
• Any other task as deemed necessary by the supervisor but in line with overall job responsibilities. 

Skills/Competencies

• Certified Medical Doctor with License to practice in Nigeria
• List of technical competencies required for the position, such as (not exhaustive):
• Planning capabilities, organizational skills, 
• Management skills
• Communication skills
• Computer skills (good knowledge of MS Office and specifically excel) 
• List of personal qualities required for the position, such as (not exhaustive)
• Diplomacy, good communication and interpersonal skills, 
• Multi-cultural flexibility or experience, Team Player, 
• Calm, stress management, patient, 
• Confidentiality, strong sense of integrity
• Ability to adapt to new circumstances, flexibility