MEDICAL DOCTOR

Job Description

Title: MEDICAL DOCTOR

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Medical Doctor diploma Desirable diploma in Tropical Medicine (For OCB OCBA Tropical Medicine Is essential)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 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
∎ • Screening, traige and treatment of SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) and Covid-19 patients in MSF isolation facilities, including Rubber Garden SARI isolation-treatment center, according to MSF protocols.
∎ • Treatment of non-covid-19 patients (in the OPD, ER, Pediatrics, Adult and neonatal wards) in MSF facilities, according to MSF protocols.
∎ • Ensure strict IPC standard are followed in the all MSF facilities, by MAs, Nurses and self..
∎ • Fexible to work in treating Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients in all MSF facations and locations.
∎ • Able to perform day and night shifts according to rosters.
∎ • Provide training to medical assitants (MAs) and nurses when required – theorotical and bed side training.
∎ • Ensure proper collection, documentation, analysis and reporting patient data.
∎ • Submit timely reports, when required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience: 2 year experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training).
∎ Desirable in tropical medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health , obs and gynae, paediatrics, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, general practice, general medicine or minor surgery.
∎ Languages: Mission language essential. Local language desirable.
∎ Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
∎ Competencies: People Management, Commitment, Flexibility, Results, Teamwork

Application Deadline: April 27, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Address : 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: • All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected.• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing.• Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents.• No applications will be accepted after the deadline.• Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position.• No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.