About Action MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF Belgium) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid in more than 70 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.

Summary of Position 

Under the supervision of the Medical Doctor/ Activity Manager Hierarchically and the Nursing Activity Manager functionally. The Clinical Officer organize and ensure medical consultations with the target population providing treatment to patients within the scope of his/her medical competencies and referring them when appropriate, according to MSF protocols, procedures, and universal hygiene standards in order to guarantee quality and efficiency of the service provided.

Essential Job Duties

• Ensuring the implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records.

• Implementing diagnosis, prescription, and prevention procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients, and following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure correct implementation of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.

• Participating in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic and preventive protocols.

•  Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service list item.

•  In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates.

•  Recording in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed medical activities (drugs pre-scribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in order to ensure patients’ treatment continuity.

•  Participating in data collection and reporting when required.

•  Knowing and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their health state, and responding to their questions.

•  Knowing and promoting the proper application of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.

MSF Section/Context-Specific Accountabilities 

Teamwork Spirit

Good Communication skills

Capacity to build a good relationship between MSF activities and MoH staff.

To be able to easy adaptation when changing context or workspace.

Flexibility.

Job Requirements

• Education: Diploma in Clinical Officer 

• Experience: Two years of relevant experience. At least one year of previous Clinical Supervisor experience is desirable.

• Language: Fluent in Amharic, English, and Tigrinya.

How to Apply

Send your National ID, CV (not more than 3 pages), and cover letter (not more than one page) with “Clinical Officers position” written in the subject line via email: Msfocb-addis-recruitment@brussels.msf.org

 Deadline: January 14, 2023.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

MSF Belgium promotes EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

We strongly encourage women and people with reduced mobility (able to work in remote places) to apply.