Medical Jobs at The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Location  MAIDUGURI (MUNA&ITFC)

Main Purpose

Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients according to ALIMA’s protocols, universal hygienic standards and other procedures, in order to ensure a good delivery of care.

Job Description

• Implement and follow at all times the universal hygiene standards, security rules and other protocols and procedures regarding nursing and children nutrition matters.
• Ensure proper functioning of the Therapeutic Program. This includes:
• Daily collect the number of new admissions and exits and to check the attendance
• Calculate the quantity of food needed for the day based on the number of children registered
• Ensure triage of patients in waiting areas, detecting the priority acute cases, carrying out first aid care when necessary and referring them to the doctor if necessary.
• Carry-out all patient’s related tasks for the admission, weighing and measuring the children, identifying the degree and types of malnutrition, administration (patient card, register,) etc.
• Ensure that medical and nutritional care is properly delivered to the patients and to daily follow the evolution of the patients.
• Carry-out consultations to children and their parents, undertaking a complete clinical examination of children, looking for associated pathologies, drawing up nutritional surveillance forms and milk cards, providing required vaccination, etc.
• Carry-out surveillance and follow-up of patients’ medical and nutritional evolution, identifying possible emergency situations arising and keeping doctors informed if necessary.
• Provide advice and inform children’s families about everything concerning the hospitalization, participate in the health education of the mothers and/or treatment process.
• Control all pharmacy, food, and medical equipment (carrying out inventories, checking its quality and its functioning, storage conditions, doing follow-up of expired drugs, etc.).
• Carry-out and supervise administrative procedures and documents (fill in patients files, forms, statistics, etc.), ensure an appropriate written/oral handover, and report any problematic situations and cases arising.
• This position profile can be modified, depending on the evolution of the job. In addition to the tasks listed above, the nurse may be required to perform other tasks assigned by the supervisor as required by the mission

Requirements

• Education: Nursing diploma with nutritional training essential.
• Experience: Previous experience with other NGO required.
• Languages: English language is essential and other language is desirable.
• Knowledge:    Desirable computer literacy (word, excel)
• Skills:  Results, teamwork, commitment and flexibility.

Working conditions: Fixed term contract

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MAIN PURPOSE

Diagnose and treat patients with the most common diseases

Refer those who require further investigation or attention and treatment to the emergency unit or other appropriate health structure.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Take a proper medical history including:

• Reason for consultation.
• Duration of the illness or complaint.
• Presence or absence of the main symptoms like fever, diarrhea, cough,    dyspnea, vomiting
• Past medical history
• Previous treatments received.
• Perform a correct physical examination:
• Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation.
• Systematic checking for neck stiffness, impaired consciousness, respiration rate,
• chest indrawing, anaemia and dehydration.
• Diagnose and treat the following pathologies according to treatment protocols:
• Uncomplicated malaria
• Uncomplicated acute respiratory infections
• Watery diarrhea with or without mild or moderate dehydration
• Dysentery in patients with good general health status
• Intestinal worms
• Urinary tract infection without fever
• STDs: genital ulcers, urethritis, vaginal discharge
• Conjunctivitis
• Impetigo
• Scabies, lice
• Superficial wounds.
• Write the most important complaint, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment  on the patient’s health card.
• If necessary, send the patient for lab exam (parachek, …)
• Explain the treatment to the patient.
• Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease.
• Refer all patients with diarrhea to the ORT corner and supervise the process of rehydration.
• Screen children under 5 for measles vaccination status and refer those who need vaccinations to the immunization site.
• Diagnose and refer the following cases to the appropriate level of care:
• Life threatening conditions (respiratory distress, shock, coma)
• Cerebral malaria
• Severe ARI
• Severe dehydration due to diarrhea
• Severe dysentery
• Urinary tract infections with fever
• PID
• Meningitis
• Measles
• Deep wounds, severe traumas
• Severe anaemia
• Conditions requiring surgical management
• Any other condition above the level of competence of the health worker.
• Ensure proper data collection: Fill in the daily morbidity surveillance form. Fill in the consultation book on a daily basis
• This position profile can be modified, depending on the evolution of the job. In addition to the tasks listed above, the Medical doctor may be required to perform other tasks assigned by the supervisor as required by the mission

Requirements

• Education: Medical doctor with annual practicing license.
• Experience: Minimum of 1-year experience in practice in a similar position with other NGO is an asset.
• Languages: English language, and local languages (Hausa, Kanuri).
• Knowledge:    Desirable computer literacy (word, excel)
• Skills:  Results, teamwork, team management, stress management, commitment and flexibility.

Working conditions: Fixed term contract