Medical Doctor

Summary of position: 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.

Key Responsibilities:

Apply medical knowledge, 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.

Patient recruitment and initial informed consent, Support the identification and recruitment of eligible participants for the clinical trial and Basic explanation of the trial to potential participants, incl. purpose, procedures, potential risks, and benefits.

Enrollment and monitoring, Prescribe clinical trial and laboratory tests in accordance with the trial protocol.

Act as a trusted liaison between the trial team and participants.

Combine medical expertise with ethical considerations to safeguard participant rights, privacy, and confidentiality at all times.

Represent MSF to the community and other agencies and attend meetings as & when required by MSF.

Up on the request from Dep-PMR act as staff health focal person.