MEDICAL DOCTOR PEDIATRICIAN – BAR ELIAS – 50% activity rate

As part of the Thalassemia Project medical team, provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care and daily follow-up to patients according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients health conditions.

- Function responsibilities include:

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the patients, through visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection, and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the collection and analysis of data, checking its validity and informing the line manager about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

- Specific activities:

• Plan and schedule blood transfusions for patients according to the therapeutic indication and manage blood transfusion related complications along with the nursing team
• Provide comprehensive care and regular follow-up for thalassemia patients
• Monitor the iron overload in patients receiving multiple transfusion and act accordingly
• Keep good record of all the thalassemia patients’ files
• Use collegial discussions and telemedicine to discuss clinical cases
• Coordinate, with external partners, the supply of blood based on the needs and make sure all the lab investigations are carried out before delivery
• Plan, together with the external activity team, the blood supply by organizing blood drives
• Participate in protocol reviews if needed

- Experience required:

• 2-year experience minimum as a MD in a Pediatric hospital (can be within medical training). Desirable in Pediatric Hematology (previous experience in Hematology or chronic diseases care center is an asset).