MEDICAL DOCTOR

MSF Spain is looking for a MEDICAL DOCTOR   in Gaza to Provide outpatient and/or emergency 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.

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

•       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.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

·         Have the flexibility to work as medical doctor in different settings including working in primary health care clinic and emergency room.

·         In emergency room:

o    Perform effective triage in the emergency room, prioritizing cases based on the severity of conditions.

o    Manage a variety of medical and surgical emergencies using available resources, ensuring timely and appropriate treatment.

o    Stabilize patients in the emergency room, providing necessary medical interventions to ensure their safety.

o    Decide on the need for discharge or referral to secondary healthcare facilities for further treatment.

·         In Primary Health Care clinics:

o    Provide curative and preventive health consultations for all age groups.

o    Diagnose medical conditions and refer patients to other healthcare providers when necessary.

o    Address both communicable and non-communicable diseases, including mental health cases.

o    Participate actively in primary health care needs assessments to identify gaps and plan interventions.

o    Work closely with Medical Managers to ensure the continuous availability of essential medications and supplies in the clinics