Doctors Needed at Médecins du Monde

Employment Nigeria 09-Dec-2017 BORNO , Health NGO

Médecins du Monde an international humanitarian non-profit non governmental organization that provides medical care to vulnerable populations while advocating for equal access to healthcare worldwide.

POSITION : Medical Doctor

Responsibilities

The Medical Doctor will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP programCollection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
Fill in the specific OTP form
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to team leader
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM officeFollow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations
Perform curative consultations:
Take a proper medical history including:
Reason for consultation
Duration of the illness or complaints
Main symptoms
Past medical history and treatment.
Perform a correct physical examination:
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Systematic checking of signs of severity
Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient’s registration form.
Explain the treatment to the patient
Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM casesEnsure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
Discharge cases according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM

Candidate Profil

A Medical Doctor
Capacities in team management
Strong sense of responsibilities and organization skills
Strong work ethic and rigor
Experience in similar position for at least 2 years
Good knowledge in nutrition
Languages (spoken and written): English
Flexibility
Team player

How To Apply
Candidates should send a two page Curriculum Vitae, three work-related references and one page Cover Letter, in One Document explaining how your skills and experience match the job requirements stated above (If possible, please send all the above in one document – MS Word or PDF) to:recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net with the position applied for as the subjec

Sorry the application deadline for this job has elapsed

Disclaimer: Though we make every effort to verify the authenticity of our posts, We're in no way affiliated to any of these companies whose vacancies we publish.
Note : Do not pay any fees to Employers for recruitment. To report and to view a list of fake recruiters in Nigeria, . Click Here

Doctors Needed at Médecins du Monde

SIMILAR JOBS

MOST RECENT JOBS

GET FREE JOB ALERTS

POPULAR JOBS

Employment Nigeria

Job Seekers

Employers

Contact