Surgeon at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main Purpose

• Organize and carry out surgery activities, ensure pre and post-operative surgical care, in accordance with MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in close collaboration with medical staff in the emergency, intensive wards and operation theatre in order to improve patients’ health conditions.

Job Description

• Coordinates the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines and protocols (antibiotic prophylaxis, postoperative pain management, thrombo-prophylaxis, caesarean section, blood transfusion, etc) and recommendations (standard hygiene and sterilization rules, prevention to HIV, TB, Syphilis and Hep B exposure) in order to minimize clinical risks.
• Undertake pre-operative consultations, evaluating the surgical risks with the anaesthetist and/or other medical staff involved, and obtaining the patient’s signed consent to operate.
• Carry out emergency surgical intervention following MSF protocols and policies including swab counts, ensuring appropriate use of surgical equipment and proper OT registry entry/documentation of all OT intervention.
• In collaboration with the anaesthetist, carry-out the collection and analysis of quantitative surgical- anaesthesia data, using post-operative observation sheets, routine data collected, patient files, operating department register, patient file, etc to monitor quality. Monthly revue data and analyze clinical trends and comment on adverse events / poor clinical outcome.
• Support organizing the operating program and with OT staff monitor use of material and equipment and advise on instrument needs and coordinates patient referral.
• Ensure good cooperation among the members of the surgical team, which typically includes another surgeon or qualified person who acts as the surgeon's assistant, the anesthesist, and operating room nurses (MOH and MSF).
• Respecting, promoting and ensuring medical confidentiality and implementing and following hygiene rules, procedures and protocols at all times as well as looking after the integrity of anesthesia material (decontamination, sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) and other equipment, in order to ensure the safety and protection of patients and other staff.
• In collaboration with the nurse anesthetist and support of manager and pharmacy supervisor, carry out pharmacy related activities (stock control, OT re-stocking, inventories, expired drugs, etc.) and other equipment of anesthetic support, doing special follow-up of narcotics and sedatives (register, consumptions, empty vials, etc.), ensuring enough stock-up and the good functioning to carry-out the medical activities.
• Drawing up pharmacy orders according to needs with support from manager and pharmacy supervisor.
• Training other medical staff when applicable and working particularly in close collaboration with the ER department and SRH team in the maternity department (especially to resuscitate new-borns).
• Engage the use of telemedicine and promote its use with the other staff. Aug 2023 MSFE (OCBA) Zamfara Human Resource Office

Requirements

Education Essential:

• MBBS Degree and residency certificate from any recognized University in Nigeria

Experience:

• Essential: Minimum of 2 years cognate experience as a surgeon
• Essential: Experience with MSF or other International NGOs in Developing countries, experience working in an international environment.

Language:

• Mission language essential, knowledge of local language, an asset.

Knowledge:

• Essential: Computer literacy (Word, Excel and Internet, others).

Gross Monthly Salary

• According to MSF National Salary Scale.