6 General Practitioners

Scope of responsibility: Under the responsibility of the family doctor and the Medical team leader • Ensure and organise medical activities for patients and/or a population in accordance to the context, to MSF protocols and to universal hygiene standards taking into consideration quality and continuity of care • Ensure supervision and training of a team Activities: Medical activities: • Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnosis and prevention (helped by clinical examination, laboratory results and exams available) • If necessary prescribe relevant treatment according to MSF guidelines and protocols • Check all children for vaccination status • Ensure a medical follow-up of quality and if necessary (and possible) refer to other health facilities • Apply hygiene standards in all medical activities • Keep informed the patient and his family about any development • Collaborate with nurses and team supervisor in indicating the needs in medical equipment and drugs • Prescribe drugs according to MSF-Lebanon standard list Pharmacy and medical equipment management: • Has an obligation to report stock ruptures in pharmacy; • Prescribe in rational manner and consider 2nd lines of treatments • Has an obligation to contribute and monitor the quality of the disinfection and sterilization process of the material and medical equipment • Is in charge of new needs identification, in terms of drugs and medical equipment, in line with pathologies met in his/her medical practice Organisation and team management: • Organise and work in collaboration with other departments • Refer defaulters and vulnerable patients to the social worker to do the home visits and follow up • Refer patients who need services not provided by MSF structure to the social worker to find a proper referral structure • Motivate and train a multidisciplinary health team and more particularly staff carrying out medical activities (formal and informal training) when needed • Could propose protocols and guideline for medical activities if doesn’t exist (after validation by the technical referent) Monitoring, analysis and reporting: • Participate in the development of the plan of action • Monitor the medical activities with a public health approach and make propositions of possible evolution if necessary • Collect data about morbidities and submit them on daily/weekly/monthly or any other basis when requested. • Report immediately to the technical referent any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines. Number of positions: 4 full-time positions 2 part-time positions (50%)