Medical Doctor_GP (Community Doctor)

Main Purpose
Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF and MoH 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.

•Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe primary and acute care to patients in a Primary Health Clinic setting, working within MoH and MSF guidelines and following current, evidence based practice.

•Conduct independently, adult and paediatrics outpatient consultations in a primary care setting ensuring complete assessment, treatment, safe prescribing, referral and follow up in line with MSF guidelines.

•Deliver care that is culturally sensitive and respectful of the diverse backgrounds of the patients

•Respects at all times medical confidentiality and ensures privacy

•Support in providing health education, including disease prevention, and management strategies,empowering patients and their families to actively participate in their health care.

•Participate in health promotion activities to address public health needs and improve access to primary health care services.

•Ensure contemporaneous and appropriate documentation to aide communication and patient care and meet medicolegal requirements

•Accurately performs data collection and encoding and complete MSF/MOH medical documentation as required and ensure all MSF forms are filled out correctly and submitted on time.

•Report any incidents, safety concerns, or security issues to the MSF Nurse Supervisor without delay during your shift to ensure patient and staff safety.

•Attend rostered teaching sessions to improve knowledge and skills in primary and acute care

•In collaboration with the MD IMS, contributes in providing regular medical training for the MSF team in JN and TK, according to the needs. If requested, contributes in providing training for MoH staff, for other NGOs/INGOs, community groups,according to the need, the skill level of the audience (medical, paramedical, non-medical) and the evolution of the medical strategy.

•Attend rostered clinics and respond to on call as required

•Attend MSF meetings, general and departmental, and engage with the team to enhance outcomes for beneficiaries

•Commit to working within a diverse and multidisciplinary team and adapt to the unique challenges of the context.

**Can be requested to travel and work in both project locations (Jenin and Tulkarem), according to the needs. Additional tasks and responsibilities can be requested, according to the evolution of the medical activities in the project.

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The deadline is 8th of December.