Jobs at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Responsibilities

• According to medical prescription, preparing and performing clinical exams/tests with appropriate techniques and following MSF protocols and procedures.

This function includes, among others:

• Taking blood, vaginal and urethral samples.
• Centrifuging blood and urine samples.
• Performing laboratory exams (serology, haematology, biochemistry, bacteriology or parasitological, according to context of the mission).
• Ensuring proper reporting and registration of the sample results to keep a written track of activity and give information to the relevant persons, ensuring confidentiality.
• Taking care, manage and organize efficiently the laboratory material/equipment:
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning
• Applying hygiene and safety protocols, doing daily cleaning /maintenance, sterilization, washing general glassware after procedures are done.
• Ensuring proper sample waste disposal according to MSF protocols and highest safety standards.
• Supplying orders, do stock, storage conditions follow-up, keep inventory.
• Keeping organized the data collection system of laboratory results, and all information generated from the analysis done.
• Reporting all relevant information linked to the activity in the laboratory to the line manager, especially the loss/robbery/damage of laboratory equipment or medicines.
• Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
• Spot check biochemistry machine.
• Ensure the quality of the received sample
• Operating the Spotchem analyzer
• Performing daily calibration and quality control.
• Reagent preparation and management
• Routine maintenance,
• Troubleshooting basic technical faults.
• Ensuring result accuracy and reliability.
• Participating in blood transfusion activity
• Participating in recruitment process of blood donors
• Conducting Transfusion Transmissible Infections(TTIs) screening of the potential blood donors
• Bleeding the qualified blood donors
• Crossmatching blood samples before taking the blood units to the wards
• Ensuring that blood is kept in cold chain from the blood bank to the ward to maintain its therapeutic viability
• Maintaining blood stock status at the blood bank in collaboration with the laboratory supervisor
• Assisting the laboratory supervisor in organizing blood drives
• Working collaboratively with the unit staff to trace patients’ relatives to come and replace blood
• Doing quality controls on the Point Of Care (POC) devices used by the unit staff
• Hemocue devices
• Glucometer devices
• Carrying out preventive maintenance on laboratory equipment
• Hemocue
• Centrifuge
• Microscope
• Full Blood Count (FBC) machine
• Working collaboratively with the pharmacy in stock management of laboratory consumables
• Participating in proper waste management of the laboratory wastes by following waste segregation protocols
• Participating in laboratory data collection
• Plus any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences / Radiography with 3 - 5 years of relevant work experience.

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Responsibilities
Clinical Leadership & Patient Care: Lead and supervise the implementation of (specialized) rehabilitation interventions, ensuring quality, safety, and continuity of care:

• Conduct / Oversee patient assessments and collaborate with the team to develop and adjust treatment plans.
• Guide and support the rehabilitation team in daily patient care.
• Ensure delivered care aligns with referral criteria, protocols, ethical standards and legal requirements.
• Promote multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach with medical, paramedical, and mental health teams.
• Encourage involvement of patients’ families and caregivers in their treatment process.
• Manage patient continuity of care, from admission to discharge (based on established criteria), transitions between services, follow-up after hospitalization and referrals to external facilities when adapted.

Activity Management & Quality Improvement:

• Organize, monitor and evaluate rehabilitation activities, including data analysis to ensure alignment with project’s goal.
• Ensure the participation of rehabilitation representative in meetings, surgical/medical planning, clinical case discussions, training sessions and multidisciplinary rounds.
• Contribute to annual activity planning and budget development in collaboration with the line manager and referents.
• Support the implementation of new procedures and policies.
• Coordinate regularly with MSF Foundation and technical advisors to align goals and address challenges.
• Contribute to the implementation and development of potential research initiatives.
• Promote inclusive, non-discrimination rehabilitation services. Include people with disabilities.
• Ensure informed patient consent is obtained adaptively to situation (treatment, communication, research...)
• Represent the service externally and explore local partnership (exchange, services, patient’s orientation…).
• Ensure compliance with hygiene standards, aseptic practices.

Team Supervision & Capacity Building:

• Supervise the rehabilitation team, manage workload distribution during the week and weekend when applicable, and coordinate rotations (IPD/OPD/HBC).
• Support team members technically and organizationally.
• Organize schedules, validate leaves, and ensure care-continuity during absences.
• Identify training needs and lead knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Participate in recruitment of new team members and lead their on-boarding.
• Conduct regular individual evaluations, set objectives, and support professional development.
• Propose and implement department-level initiatives (training, exchanges, practice development).
• Facilitate team discussions and encourage service improvement proposals.

Equipment, Stock & Inventory Management:

• Ensuring availability, proper use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment
• Monitor inventory levels and manage orders (pharmacy, logistics) based on activity needs.
• Coordinate cleaning and safety checks of equipment with MSF Bio-med.
• Report issues related to equipment loss, damage, or theft to line manager.
• Provide feedback on materials, suggest improvements or new equipment /consumables with line manager and referents.

Data Management, Reporting & Communication:

• Report incidents about patients and staff following the process set in the mission.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date filing of patient lists, document dropouts, discharges, and functional outcomes, and guarantee proper data entry in EMR, Praxis, and Excel databases
• Maintain confidentiality and secure handling of patient data. Ensure rehabilitation records are complete, relevant, and updated with personalized treatment plans.
• Ensure data collection (clinical and activity indicators) and timely entry into registers and databases.
• Analyze service data (indicators, statistics) and provide monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to line manager and referents.

The supervisor must guarantee that patients receive optimal quality of physiotherapy care by performing and ensur-ing that the team realize adapted pediatric rehabilitation intervention:

• Assess, set objectives, treatment plan and rehabilitation procedures adapted for malnourished pediatric patients.
• Master how to approach a pediatric patient between 0 and 5 years-old.
• Propose playful exercices adapted to the patient neuromotor and medical status.
• Lead and organize group stimulation sessions.
• Support and train caregivers' ability to care for their child's development.
• Organize activities/information sessions on supporting children's development.
• Program Development & Coordination
• Support and train the supervised physiotherapists in pediatric rehabilitation in malnutrition.
• Support the medical team on neuromotor screening and prescribing physiotherapy.
• Ensure documentation is properly fullffilled by all team members.
• Maintain regular communication and meetings within project and technical referents