National Medical Officer

Under the direct supervision of the technical Officer TB/HIV in Lebanon and the overall guidance of the Head of IOM Office in Lebanon , the incumbent will contribute to streamlining the health services available to migrants and vulnerable populations across the areas of IOM work.  

1. Promote and facilitate compliance with protocols including accurate coding of diagnosis and that cases are managed according to the standards and guidelines of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)
2. Assist in Conducting medical records assessments to ensure compliance with MOPH standards
3. Assist in monitoring  the requests for coverage submitted to the PHU.
4. Assist in monitoring regularly the compliance to SOP’s set.
5. Participate in establishing links between health status/coverage indicators and social/other vulnerabilities (e.g. vaccination status, nutritional status, mental health indicators, chronic infectious disease, persons with disabilities etc.); 
6. Assist in monitoring and providing support for the implementation of improvement plans through regular visit at the PHCCs.
7. Participate in the analysis of epidemiological trend using the Health Information system, monitor early warning systems for outbreaks and investigate emergence of communicable diseases.
8. Support the field staff and Monitoring and Evaluation staff in the analysis of morbidities, service utilization and care seeking behaviour.  
9. Assist in interpreting the project technical and operational guidelines to the PHCC staff and support them in applying these guidelines.
10. Support in referrals between supported health facilities and other health service providers with proper documentation.
11. Perform medical examination and consultation for medical treatments and investigations of TB confirmed and presumptive cases when needed.
12. Provide patients with sufficient details about tuberculosis during the daily duties; to raise awareness toward tuberculosis and to prevent the habits that could spread it.
13. Support In-patient TB facility (Sanatorium) in TB and MDR-TB case management and follow up.
14. Provide suggestions for scaling up and improving the quality of HIV prevention, care, treatment and control including TB screening services for most–at-risk and vulnerable populations.
15. Assist in putting in place, clear referral pathways for health services between IOM and its different service providing partners.
16. perform such other duties as may be assigned.