General Practitioner (Part Time – Tripoli/aabdeh)

Scope of responsibility: Under the responsibility of the clinical manager and the PHC/NCD doctor Ensure and organise medical activities for patients and/or a population in accordance to the context, to MSF protocols and to universal hygiene standards taking into consideration quality and continuity of care Ensure supervision and training of  team activities:   Medical activities: Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnosis and prevention (helped by clinical examination, laboratory results and exams available) If necessary prescribe relevant treatment according to MSF guidelines and protocols Check all children for vaccination status Ensure a medical follow-up of quality and if necessary (and possible) refer to other health facilities Apply hygiene standards in all medical activities Keep informed the patient and his family about any development Collaborate with nurses and team supervisor in indicating the needs in medical equipment and drugs Prescribe drugs according to MSF-Lebanon standard list   Pharmacy and medical equipment management: Has an obligation to report stock ruptures in pharmacy; Prescribe in rational manner and consider 2nd lines of treatments Has an obligation to contribute and monitor the quality of the disinfection and sterilization process of the material and medical equipment Is in charge of new needs identification, in terms of drugs and medical equipment, in line with pathologies met in his/her medical practice Organisation and team management: Organise and work in collaboration with other departments Refer defaulters and vulnerable patients to the social worker to do the home visits and follow up Refer patients who need services not provided by MSF structure to the social worker to find a proper referral structure Motivate and train a multidisciplinary health team and more particularly staff carrying out medical activities (formal and informal training) when needed Could propose protocols and guideline for medical activities if doesn’t exist (after validation by the technical referent)   Monitoring, analysis and reporting: Participate in the development of the plan of action Monitor the medical activities with a public health approach and make propositions of possible evolution if necessary Collect data about morbidities and submit them on daily/weekly/monthly or any other basis when requested. Report immediately to the technical referent any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines         Starting date: As soon as possible Type of contract: GP part-time under Service contract