Medical Doctor

PU-AMI has been active in Lebanon since 2001 implementing emergency and recovery projects in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, in Shelter Rehabilitation and in Livelihood Recovery sectors.   PU-AMI is currently working in a Shelter and Wash projects in the Palestinian camps and gatherings is Saida. Moreover, PU-AMI is conducting several projects in support of the areas affected by Syrian refugees’ influx in the North governorate, in Beirut, Mount Lebanon (El Metn, Baabda, Aley and Chouf districts) and South (Saida district) Governorates. The projects include rehabilitation works, water, sanitation and hygiene-related assistance, community services and food vouchers distributions. These projects are funded by the Humanitarian Aid and Civil protection department of the European Commission (ECHO), the United Nations High Committee for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP).   The UNHCR-funded project in support of the areas affected by Syrian refugees’ influx in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and Saida areas conducted by PU-AMI contains, among others, a health component, which consists in the implementation of a referral system in Mount Lebanon governorate.    General objective   In collaboration with the health team, the Medical Doctor is responsible for ensuring the provision of quality healthcare services to Syrian refugees, respect of the medical procedures established in the framework of the project, as well as of PU-AMI overall principles and strategy defined by the Project Coordinator, Medical Coordinator and Country Director.   Responsibilities and tasks   Ø Ensuring the quality of the health activities -       Provide technical support for the implementation and management of the medical activities implemented in the framework of the referral system -       Ensure that the preventive and curative healthcare services are properly implemented (following the national protocols and referral procedures) and managed by the partner health facilities -       In coordination with the Health Supervisor and the Pharmacist, evaluate the needs of the health facilities in terms of training, supply, etc. -       Monitor and make recommandations concerning hygiene in the health facilities -       Ensure, in collaboration with the entire medical team, that health care is provided with respect of the prices agreed upon by PU-AMI and the partner centers -       Monitor the organization of the staff, including working hours, and report to the supervisor the difficulties and the changes needed -       Ensure an accurate follow-up of the drugs consumption and the rational use of drugs in the partner health facilities, analysis and reorientation if necessary in collaboration with the staff in charge of the pharmacy stock and the Pharmacist -       Contribute to improving safe prescribing and administration of medications as well as control unnecessary prescribing of the medications and medical tests -       Propose the ways to deal with any referral cases that require an extensive investigation and management -       Propose the ways to update existing tools and procedures in collaboration with the Project Manager and Medical Coordinator -       Analyze the needs of the beneficiaries in terms of access to health   Ø Capacity building -       In coordination with the Health Supervisor and the Pharmacist, provide necessary support to the partner health facilities in terms of the activities implementation (training, capacity building) -       Prepare and provide training to the staff of health facility on the provision of services to the Syrian refugees   Data collection and reporting -         In collaboration with the Pharmacist, ensure a direct supervision of the medical data collection and reporting system implemented in the health facilities -         In collaboration with the Health Supervisor, provide capacity builiding in terms of medical data collection to the health facilities, when necessary -         Ensure the monthly monitoring of the indicators (internal and external) -         Participate in writing of all required medical reports (for PU-AMI, donors, partners, etc)   The tasks and responsabilities of the Medical Doctor mentionned above are not thorough and may be subject to evolve depending on the needs PU-AMI may have.