Clinician – Mobile Clinic (Roster) at Medecins du Monde (MdM)

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Clinician – Mobile Clinic (Roster)

Location: Katsina

Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the medical doctor (team lead), the Clinician will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

• Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings.

Tasks Description
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations

• Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
• Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
• Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations 
• Perform curative consultations
• Take a proper medical history including:
  • Reason for consultation
  • Duration of the illness or complaints
  • Main symptoms
  • Past medical history and treatment.
• Perform a correct physical examination:
• Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
• Systematic checking of signs of severity                                
• Explain the treatment to the patient
• Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
• Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
• Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient’s registration form.
• Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
• Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
• Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
• Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
• Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity.

Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program

• Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
• Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases
• Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
• Discharge cases according to the criteria of national nutrition protocol
• Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
• Fill in the specific OTP form
• Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations 
• Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
• Prepare weekly activities report to submit to team leader
• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security)
• Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings.

Others:

• Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics 
• Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
• Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
• Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field.

Requirements

• Any medical certification. Eg. Nursing, Community Health, etc.
• At least 1-2 years of professional experience in a clinical setting, preferably in mobile clinic operations or humanitarian healthcare services.
• Experience in a similar position for at least 5 years. (Essential)
• Ability to diagnose and treat common illnesses.
• Good knowledge of nutrition
• Capacities management medical emergencies
• Strong sense of responsibility and organization skills
• Strong work ethic and rigor
• Languages (spoken and written): English, Hausa and Kanuri.

Skills Required:

• Strong understanding of primary healthcare, including curative consultations, diagnosing and treating diseases based on clinical protocols, and handling emergency cases.
• Familiarity with screening for malnutrition (MUAC, H/W) and management of SAM cases following national protocols.
• Experience in collecting, computerizing, and analyzing epidemiological and medical data.
• Understanding of EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) protocols and ability to refer unvaccinated children appropriately.
• Ability to respond effectively to disease outbreaks and unusual health events in a timely manner.

Personal Skills Required:

• Ability to adjust to changing working hours, perform under pressure, and respond promptly to emergency situations.
• Strong communication abilities to explain treatments, provide health education, and work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong working relationships with team members, community partners, and stakeholders.
• Empathy and commitment to treating patients with respect and dignity while maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to provide creative solutions for challenges related to the functioning of mobile clinics.
• Capacity to take independent actions while ensuring the quality of healthcare services provided.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV and cover letter in one document to: [email protected] using the position as the subject of the email.

Note

• Because of the emergency relief nature of MDM’s work, working hours may be irregular and employees are expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours under emergency conditions. 
• The employee shall respect Médecins du Monde – France’s schedule and Terms and Conditions of Engagement for National Staff and is expected to be available anytime to answer to an emergency situation and be flexible and available beyond normal working hours if requested. 
• This job description can be modified according to changes in MDM activities or in the context. It can be amended at any time after mutual consultation, to fit the requirements of the programs.