Medical Coordinator Support-Maternity Replacement

MSF Spain is looking for a Medical Coordinator Support in  Jerusalem to Support the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities including administrative tasks related to the coordination of work, ensuring good relationships with local and national authorities and ensuring adequate program management in the projects, according to MSF protocols, (para)medical standards, rules of hygiene and the standard precautions  in order to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities as well as to improve the health conditions of the targeted population.

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

Accountabilities

•       Monitoring, supervising, and evaluating the implementation of medical activities in the project, visiting projects according to preset schedule and participating in defining the human resources needs, materials and techniques. Assisting in the implementation of MSF protocols, (para) medical standards, the rules of hygiene and universal precautions in service.

•       Assisting in the collection of information on national health policy (meetings, reports, articles, etc.), collecting and participating in the analysis of epidemiological data (meetings, reports, articles, etc.) from the projects

•       Ensuring medical follow up of patients (treatment, improvement) in collaboration with the medical referent of the health structure and overseeing all medical expenses associated with the patient, in collaboration with the supervisors. Organize the administrative and medical information (reports, ongoing treatments), the discharge of patients and return to their homes

•       Supporting and supervising the project teams and participating in the management of the medical team in the capital (recruitment, training, monitoring their work, vacation planning, assessments, etc.). Participating in briefings and debriefings of the (para) medical team members and promoting communication and active participation in the development of the project

•       Applying the employee health policy and participating in the evaluation of hospital structures that can serve as reference structures for national and international staff. Participating in the medical monitoring of MSF personnel and overseeing all medical expenses associated with various consultations and hospitalizations in collaboration with the line manager

•       Participating in the management of the central pharmacy, advising, and guiding the logistics team in the mission of drug stock management. Organizing the start-up, inventory, and management of operational medical library according to the classification plan

•       Participating in the data collection and management from the projects as well as preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and organizing data archiving and medical reports in the project

•       Performing other duties at the request of Medco (exceptional strengthening of a field team, involvement in evaluations, etc.)

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

Based in Jerusalem office, flexibility is required for frequent trips to Ramallah and Hebron to support project / mission activities.

Mission Palestine for OCBA has been a mental health vertical mission for a very long time until the last quarter of 2020 when medical activities were integrated to provide a holistic package of medical and MHPSS services in remote communities in Masaffer Yatta (Firing Zone) and Hebron H2.

In Gaza, OCBA was, in collaboration with MOH, suporting a MHPSS Unit in TPFH as well as rehabilitated the emergency room services in 1 Zayton PHC supporting with trainings for strengthening the emergency response capacity. Currently Gaza intervention is under MSF OCBA Emergency Unit.

The mission has gone through a big step to conceive and implement a new operational vision for targeting violence through comprehensive activities (med and MH) and establishing an emergency response capacity supporting MOH emergency directorate.

Hebron: MHPSS full package program; DMC (decentralized model of care) in implementation status, part of it already in place with MC (Mobil clinics) providing basic package of general consultations, NCDs, SRH, SGBV, HP and MH; CE (Community engagement) strategy in elaboration.

Emergency response capacity building trainings at different levels; community, PHC and second level hospitals.

After violence escalation in Gaza and West Bank, reorientation of Hebron has been proposed to increase ER capacity in Hebron at different level (community, PHC and Hospital) in case of full blockade of the communities inside Hebron.

Main duties

Responsible of the National staff health according to the NSH Policy:

• Be the focal point for national staff health ensuring the correct implementation of the National Staff Health Policy in the project and in Jerusalem.

• Be the focal point of the national staff health in Jerusalem, receive and review the medical expenses associated with the staff health policy and  keeping close control ensuring the proper use of  resources. 

• Present the revied medical claims for final validation and signature to the Medical Coordination.

• Support Hebron project (PMR) with the NS health climes review and archive (final validation is under PMR)

• Ensure all the staff in the mission are vaccinated and continuously update their vaccination status and deliver the report to the MedCo.

Supports in the follow up of the international staff health

• Health briefing for the newcomers

• Ensure the reception of the Health Files of every newcomer  and share with the PMRs the once from the staff located in the projects.

• Follow up and support to IS when sick based on MedCo´s request

Supports with the general medical mission briefings for the newcomers and the debriefings based on MedCo’s request.

Responsible for the medical library set up and follow up in the mission (Jerusalem and supporting the projects)

• Ensuring the location of the books and reporting loses on time for timed and effective actions.

•Updates the inventory and place the order in collaboration with the PMRs and the MedCo.

Prepare and conducts trainings when needed as per MSF/MOH protocols under the supervision of the MedCo/PMRs (depending on the location).

Fill the gap of medical doctors in Hebron when needed.

In support of the medical coordinator, represent MSF in meetings or with different stakeholders.

Assist the MedCo in the stakeholder mapping (organigram of MoH, etc.)

Participate in the assessment of medical facilities and field/ project assessment as per requested.