Pediatrician (PICU) / International Field Work

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian organization that delivers impartial medical care to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in over 70 countries.

MSF has been working continuously in Lebanon since 2008. Today our operational teams work all over the country delivering quality, free of charge medical care to those who need it.

MSF Lebanon Branch office is part of the MSF international movement. Our team is composed of 20 full time employees based in Beirut and Cairo working together in the areas of international field recruitment, communications and medical operational support.

From Lebanon and Egypt, we work regionally and contribute globally to MSF’s medical humanitarian response.

Main Purpose:

As a paediatrician you provide quality medical care to children on paediatric, nutrition and/or neonatal wards in very close collaboration with other profiles such as midwives, nurses, health promoters, and logisticians. 

You supervise the implementation of guidelines and protocols. You’re responsible for the paediatric, nutrition and/or neonatal ward, do bedside teaching and organize trainings for the medical and paramedical staff in all aspects relating to paediatrics in order to help build the capacity of staff to provide quality care for children, adapted to the local context. 

You engage in/support paediatric activities at health centre and/or community level. As part of a team, you help find innovative solutions to the challenges you encounter.  You look beyond the purely clinical aspects of patient care to achieve the best results possible for the population you serve.

Requirements:

• Completed residency in pediatrics
• Relevant clinical experience is desirable
• Openness to also provide medical care for adults depending on circumstances. 

Other requirements:

• Medical ethics,
• Cultural sensitivity,
• Altruism,
• Openness and flexibility,
• Ability to live and work as a team,
• Ability to manage stress,
• Availability: MSF requires a minimum of a 2 years commitment.

Languages:

• Arabic, English and/or French.

What we offer:

• A fixed-term contract
• Monthly pay salary during the mission
• A daily allowance (per diem) during the mission
• Medical coverage
• Payment of all mission-related expenses (transport, accommodation)
• The opportunity to work and quickly take on responsibilities in humanitarian situations and varied medical programs
• Personalized career development, with access to different levels of training, in order to grow within the organization.