• Application Deadline: Fri, 2 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Medical Doctor



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 2 years



• Location Kano




• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  
  

Job Description

• 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. 


• Clinical diagnosis and correct prescription of treatment 


• Ensure the correct application of treatments and close follow up all patients Specific tasks 


• Clinical examination/treatment and follow up of all patients in, ATFC, ITFC 


• Follow up prescribed medical treatment, adapting and modifying according to needs. 


• Record every new dianosis or finding, act performed or prescribed in a clear and concise way on the patient’s file. Participate in the activities to improve quality of care including patient satisfaction survey, mortality review. 


• To support the duty nurse in the event of complications during night duty, propose summaries to be pasted in telemedecine and give regular feedbacks to the rest of team member. 


• Ensure a proper handover to next duty staff to ensure quality of care as well as participatin regularly to the presentation during Tuesday medical meetings and Thursday medical staffs. 


• Complete the referral form at referral to other facility and make a sammary at discharge 


• Particpate in trainings regarding nutrition programs 


• Works in collaborate with all health staff and non medical staff to provide quarity of care. 


• Contributes to statistics (daily/weekly) and mortality and morbidity report and data analysis. 


• Informs line manager if any problems linked to work 


• Participates in the team meetings for exchanging information and particpate to the ARO and mid year reviews with pertinent contributions. 

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with at least 2 year work experience.