External Vacancy Announcement- Local Position

Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland

(Temporary position- for Emergency Response)

Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors without Borders or MSF) is a private, non-profit, international humanitarian medical organization that intervenes in emergencies and crisis situations to relieve human suffering resulting from unmet medical needs. MSF observes strict neutrality with respect to politics and provides its assistance without discriminating on the basis of race, religion, ideology, or political affiliation. MSF’s members are required to respect humanitarian principles and principles of medical ethics at all times.

MSF Holland is looking for: Medical Doctor

Number of Position:  4

Place of work: Shire, Tigray region  and the surrounding areas 

Terms of employment: Temporary position- for Emergency Response

Length of contract : 3 months only

Remuneration and Benefits:

Starting gross salary/month:  30,614 birr

Market allowance- 6000 birr

Medical Coverage : as per organizational scale

Hardship allowance: 25% of salary with maximum amount of Birr 5,500

Date of application: 14-18 January,2021 ( 5 days)

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.

Accountabilities

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.
• 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.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients, through daily visits , consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• 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.
• Manage the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.

Please note that, this job description will be amended in line with activates or evolution of the mission. Generic job profile used only for Job Advertisement.

Job Requirements

Education

Medical Doctor diploma- Desirable diploma in Tropical Medicine

Experience

2-year experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training). Desirable in tropical medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health , obs and gynae, paediatrics, A, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, general practice, general medicine or minor surgery.Requires valid Medical license 

Languages                                        

• Mission language essential. Local language desirable

Knowledge

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Competencies

• People Management
• Commitment
• Flexibility
• Results
• Teamwork

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit their non-returnable CV and application including photocopies of all supporting documents to the address given below: HR & Administration Department, Address MSF Holland office, Shire Town, North West Tigray, Sub City-Shire E-Selassie, Kebele 05 or ethiojobs.net                        

Please note that we only contact short-listed candidates.