Project Medical Referent Support (Medical Doctors) - Bekaa (Baalbek, Hermel and Arsal) - Activity Rate 100%

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: 100%, fixed term, 12 months, renewable.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and 5 weeks of paid leave.

Place of work: Baalbeck, occasional travel to Arsal and Hermel

Scope of responsibility:

Supporting the Project Medical Referent through delegated tasks and responsibilities, including administrative tasks, related to defining, planning, and monitoring of medical activities and programs in the project, in order to ensure the quality of medical care and good relationships with local/national (health) authorities, in accordance with MSF policies, standards and protocols.

Function responsibilities include:

• In collaboration with the Project Medical Referent, monitors, supervises and evaluates the implementation of medical activities in the project. Supports medical managers and supervisors in the implementation of MSF protocols, medical standards, the rules of hygiene and universal precautions
• Participates in the discussions on the evolution of MSF project program, contributing with his/her experience to the improvement of the overall performance, adapting to changing reality and context
• Represents the PMR in different internal meetings as well as, in support of the PMR, represents MSF with different external stakeholders (MOH and local medical actors)
• Supports the PMR with the medical data collection, analysis and reporting to the Medical Coordination in the capital in order to ensure a proper monitoring of the program
• Supports the implementation of the project's staff health policy, appropriate patient referral, evaluation of hospital structures that can serve as reference structures for national staff and development and documentation of protocols related to referral. Participates in the medical monitoring of MSF personnel, providing preventive necessary measures, structures and emergency plans
• Supports in medical follow up of national staff patients (treatment, referrals, improvement, medical expenses, reimbursements), organizes the administrative aspects, the discharge of patients and return to their homes, in collaboration with the line manager.
• Participates in defining the human resources and training needs, materials and techniques.
• Performs other appropriate duties as requested by the PMR

Specific activities:

• With support of the PMR and Referral Focal Point, ensures referrals meet the referral criteria, validates the referrals and follows-up hospitalized patients until discharge. With the Focal Point organizes a regular assessment of the referral facilities to make sure the quality of care provided to our beneficiaries
• Supports the PMR in managing staff health in the project. Makes sure the staff health policy is applied, all sick leave is justified and monitored for each staff, the second opinion consultant is used for unclear cases, the medical reports of staffs are provided by the Hospitals and well archived.
• Supports the PMR on medical data analysis and reporting as well as for all administrative tasks: paid leave, attendance sheet of staff under PMR responsibilities, internal requests.
• Supports in networking with different actors working in the area, organizes meeting with other stakeholders, participates to the medical cluster meetings and reports to the PMR.

Experience            

• Essential: 2 years of clinical working experience as General practitioner (GP).
• Essential: 2 years of experience in a supervision/ management position.
• Desirable: Experience in public health institutions and the health system in a programme management or governance position.
• Desirable: Experience in a clinical or management role with MSF or other local or international NGOs.

Languages          

• Essential: Professional Fluency in English and Arabic.
• Desirable: Proficiency in French at any level

Knowledge         

• Essential: Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of MS office applications (word, excel, outlook) 

Competencies    

• • • Commitment to MSF Principles       L2
    • Behavioural Flexibility                         L2
    • Stress Management                             L3
    • Results and Quality Orientation        L2
    • Teamwork and Cooperation              L2