Physician (Bekaa or South)

Major Tasks and Duties:

• Commitment to working hours
• Receive patients by identifying themselves
• Check the patients’ identity
• Support the pre-vaccination assessors in decision making based on MoPH guidelines, whether to proceed to vaccination or defer it upon request
• Conduct complimentary medical assessment pre-vaccination if needed to ensure safe proceeding to vaccination
• Provide support to registered nurses in vaccination and monitoring stages in case of suspicion of medical issue, or to facilitate the patient flow
• Respond to any medical emergency on vaccination site before, during or after the vaccination, providing emergency medical care, basic (and advanced) life support depending on qualifications
• Coordinate with first aid services and coordinate referrals of patients to emergency department when needed
• Provide support in patient awareness and education session on vaccination site in coordination with the team
• Ensure proper record of all required information in the patient files and information system, including scanning documentation
• Ensure proper record of any medical incident in the patient files and information system
• Abide by all policies and work procedures
• Wear PPE according to the guidelines
• Treat all patients with respect and professionalism
• Commit to maintain professional ethics, quality of care, patient confidentiality
• Inform the team supervisor and management team of any emergency
• Perform any other tasks based on needs to ensure proper roll out of the vaccination, upon manager and site supervisor request

Person Specification:

• Medical degree (MD) in intensive care and/or emergency medicine, internal medicine, general medicine, or anesthesiology
• Registered by the Order of Physician in Lebanon
• Licensed by MoPH to practice
• Work experience in healthcare facility of one year minimum
• Familiarity with the MoPH guidelines on Covid-19 vaccination
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Stress management, adaptability, and autonomy
• Ability to work under pressure and in limited settings
• Basic computer skills (electronic medical file, Excel, Powerpoint, Word), electronic printer, scanner, fax, etc.
• Languages: Arabic in addition to English or French