Community Health Worker - Arsal Isolation Center

In light of increasing its emergency response in Lebanon to support in the fight against COVID-19,

Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland is looking to fill the following positions for a COVID-19 Isolation Center in Arsal operating 24/7.        Those positions will be directly supporting the care of asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 patients:

2 Medical Doctors/General Practitioners  ·  15 Nurses  ·  3 Nurse Aids  ·  2 Counsellor Educators  ·  2 Community Health Workers

Upon hiring, selected candidates will receive a paid training of 1 week. After that, working contracts will be established only in case of activation of the Isolation center.

Purpose: Liaise with the families and patients and provide health education sessions according to MSF principles and values in order to promote health information through health measures and hygiene conditions as well as provide information about MSF activities in order to facilitate access to healthcare

Activities: Maintain the link between the patients in the isolation center and their community, p prepare the ground for discharging patients and follow up their reinsertion in the community, ensure all discharged patients and their families respect all COVID 19 related measures

Requirements: Literacy in Arabic is essential, English desirable, an internal MSF training on health messages will be necessary