Job Description
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an International
Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress,
victims of natural and man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict,
regardless of race, religion and political beliefs. For more information, visit
our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org
Médecins Sans Frontières France is looking for Yemeni
nationals to recruit for the following position:
MEDICAL LIAISON OFFICER/NORTH OF YEMEN
Location: Sana’a Coordination.
Contract type: one year with the possibility of renewal
Reports to (Hierarchical): Network and Planning Coordinator
Reports to (Functional): Network and Planning Coordinator/
Deputy Medical Coordinator Yemen
Main Purpose:
Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to
patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF
protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the
patients/beneficiaries’ health conditions. Refer candidate patients who can be
admitted to Amman surgical program and ensure their medical follow-up after
discharge.
Accountabilities
- Refer
candidate patients who can be admitted to Amman surgical program and
ensure their medical follow-up after discharge. Recruiting 10-15 patients
on monthly basis, medical FUP and updates of 30-50 cases/month
- Networking
and program representation activities.
- Keep
the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide
appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have
understood.
- Knows
and ensures all MSF 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.
MSF Section/Context-Specific Accountabilities
Dimension of post
- Reconstructive
Surgery Hospital with in average 600 admissions per year,
- over
1000 surgeries annually,
- 72
surgical beds and 126 rehabilitation beds,
- 2 OTs
for Orthopaedic, maxillo-facial and plastic surgeries,
- OPD
with in average 550 consultations/month
- physiotherapy
and psychosocial department, and a micro laboratory within the hospital
Scope of responsibilities
- Patients’
identification, referral and follow-up:
- Identify
and screen patients who can be admitted to the MSF Amman surgical program,
mainly in North Yem-en.
- Be the
focal point for referrals and consultations for patients in the assessment
process at OPD and other hos-pitals OPD.
- Follow
up with the patients after discharge according to the surgical plan and
the Deputy network coordinator's instructions.
- Prepare
and submit patients’ medical files to the Deputy Network and planning
Coordinator for the Validation Committee presentation
- Ensure
the list of cases to be admitted after monthly request numbers from the
Deputy Network and planning Coordinator
- Organize
Patient + family caretaker referral processes after scheduling.
- Brief
the patients (main rules of the hospital, code of conduct etc…)
- Carry
Medical fitness screening for the family caretakers
- Follow
up on patients' condition in their home country and ensure the continuity
of care regarding any complica-tions, pain, physiotherapy needs, and
mental health issues.
- Networking
and program representation activities:
- Extension
of the network (NGOs, hospitals, care delivers, field workers) in order to
assess North of Yemen's needs in the field of reconstructive surgery and
ensure better access to patients
- Regular
field visits to hospitals, INGOs, IDP camps, MSF projects and any other
provinces upon request.
- Support
network and planning coordinator in any visit for networking and mapping.
- Updates
Network and planning Coordinator about any changes in the medical
situation in Yemen.
Identifying patients who can be admitted to Amman surgical
program and ensuring the Medical follow-up
- Generally
speaking and until further health context assessments, all the patients
should be victims of violence and war
- All
the patients should be within the medical criteria
- The
validation of the cases will be done by the validation committee in Amman
only
- All
the referred cases should be medically stable and able to handle the
process of referral to AL MOWASAH Hospital
- All
the patients should be identified through NGOs, OPD, field organizations,
health partners…
- On a
monthly basis, ensure the medical follow-up of the patient according to
the surgeons’ request (information delivered by the Deputy network and
planning Coordinator at the discharge of the patient), organize the
schedule of appointments, perform the assessment and manage any requested
process for follow-up’s feedback, follow up should also include the
continuity of care to manage complication, pain, mental health disorder
and referral for physiotherapy.
- Ensure
to have an updated number of patients under follow-up and use the proper
protocols in order to maintain a real and documented list (regular phone
calls to patients, a record of lost contacts, defaulters, refusal etc…)
Prepare medical files
- All
the files should be prepared according to MSF standards
- Each
file should have filled referral and medical forms, clinical pictures
- Tools
are recommended according to each specific case (x-ray, EMG, Video,
photos, etc…)
- Any
available medical investigation should be added to the medical files
Complete medical files
- Complete
any medical information requested by the medical committee on a weekly
basis
- Complete
any medical investigation requested by the medical committee on a weekly
basis
Briefing of the patients
- Brief
the patients about the code of conduct
- Brief
the patients about their treatment plan in MSF Amman surgical program
- Brief
the patients about the living conditions in MSF Amman surgical program
- Brief
the patients about MSF in general and MSF activity in Jordan
- Prepare
the admission of the patients
- Share
patients’ availability with the deputy network and Planning Coordinator
for monthly scheduling and fore-cast the list of patients to be admitted after
a request from the Deputy Network and planning Coordinator regard-ing
numbers and specialty.
- Contact
patients to transmit their scheduling information, assess if there is a
specific social assessment to be added (patient’s situation that can
impact his stay in the Hospital)
- Ensure
that all patient files are completed and available to be shared with
Deputy network and planning coordina-tor.
Medical Fitness
- Follow
patients with medical problems until they will fit for general anaesthesia
and surgery
- Follow
the family caretaker’s fitness.
Extension of the Network in order to access patients and
assess reconstructive surgery:
- Ensure
to have all updated documents about the Program
- Initiate
and perform presentation of MSF activity (PowerPoint, …) for Medical and
non-Medical partners in the country
- Maintain
good awareness and understanding of RSP criteria
- Keep a
constant network with partners of the camps, hospitals and INGO. Integrate
MSF referrals in the imple-mented systems, feedback partners with difficulties
and constraints
- Track
the health concerns of the targeted population, understand main referral
processes and their constraints, keep contact with communities and assess
the specific needs in the field of reconstructive surgery related to the
lack of access to care.
Reporting
- Monthly
activity report to be sent to Network and planning coordinator and Deputy
medical coordinator in Yem-en.
- Any
kind of report related to the specific medical case or related to the
North of Yemen network in general (feed-back from meetings, presentation
to partners…)
Additional activities
- Work
in harmony with the team of the MSF Yemen team; respects protocols and
hospital procedures
- Respect
and follow the security guidelines of the Yemen mission.
- Upon
request
Working hours : Office hours
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
Medical Doctor diploma
Experience:
- 2
years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be
within medical training).
- Desirable
residency in surgical or orthopedic department.
- Experience
working with medical structure and/or NGO.
- Emergency
experience.
Languages:
F/R – English A – French
R - National language A - Other
dialects
F – Fluent | B – Basic | R – Required | A –
An asset
Knowledge:
- Essential
computer literacy (word, excel, power point and internet).
Competencies:
- People
Management and Development L2
- Communication
skills, negotiation skills
- Multi-cultural
flexibility or experience
- Diplomacy,
good communication and interpersonal skills
- Confidentiality,
strong sense of integrity
- Commitment
to MSF principles L2
- Autonomous,
independent, rigorous, organized
- Initiative
- Results
and Quality Orientation L3
- Analytical,
Synthetic, Planning capabilities, organizational skills, problem solving,
multi-tasks management
- Teamwork
and Cooperation L3
- Reporting
and Writing capabilities
How to Apply
Applications must be addressed in English.
Candidates should submit CV, Motivation letter, and relevant
Certificates.
All interested applicants should apply and send to
msff-amman-recruitment@paris.msf.org
Deadline for application: 08 of May 2024 at 5:00 PM
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for
interviews.