Deputy Medical Coordinator – Beirut

-Starting date: April 2022

-Type of contract: Fixed Term Contract

- Activity rate: 100%

-Place of work: Beirut

Main Purpose:

Supporting the Medical Coordinator through delegated tasks and responsibilities including defining, leading and coordinating the entire medical scope of the mission, according to Médecins Sans Frontières - MSF protocols, standards, policies and values, in order to ensure the quality of the medical care given to the targeted population and thus improving their overall health and living conditions. Fully assuming the medical coordinator's responsibilities in case of absence.

Accountabilities

• Supporting the Medical Coordinator in defining, monitoring and updating the medical content of the MSF country policy and annual plan, by scanning health needs and translating them into objectives, priorities and resources needed in order to cover medical and humanitarian needs of the population at risk.
• At the request of the Medical Coordinator, representing MSF before third parties (Ministry of Public Health - MOPH and Health Working Groups - HWG) concerning medical issues, ensuring its good public image and the alignment with the mission interests, through regular contacts with other actors in the country, negotiating with authorities when necessary, and informing on MSF charter, values and principles
• Participating and contributing in the definition and update of the country policy, annual plan and budgets in order to develop the projects and programmes aimed at addressing humanitarian issues at stake ensuring its efficiency and quality ( i.e. monitoring the project implementation, assisting the Project Coordinator and the medical teams in drafting the project proposal and follow-up, identifying priority needs, other potential areas of action and emergency situations and collaborating and assisting in the production of medical reports)
• Coaching, training and motivating the teams in the mission in order to align all field staff with MSF values and ethics, and ensuring their capability to carry out their job achieving MSF quality standards (i.e. induction, briefing/debriefing, training, potential detection, evaluation)
• Collaborating, together with the logistics department and according to project needs, in the pharmacy management in order to ensure enough and quality supply of drugs and medical material (i.e. review of medical orders and monitoring of medicines consumption and stock levels of the different projects)
• Assisting in defining and implementing the staff health and security policies for international and national staff in order to ensure its overall safety (i.e. monitors both physical and mental health state of staff, promotes compliance of all related protocols and procedures and collaborates in the update of issues regarding the security context)
• Ensuring the Medical Coordination in the Mission and fully assuming the Medical Coordinator’s tasks and responsibilities in case of absence/gaps.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

1. Ensure continuity of the medical activities and documentation in the Mission, provision of continous support to the field and when needed covering as back-up for the Medical Coordinator - MedCo / Project Medical Referent - PMR.

2. Clinical focal point for Satff Health at Beirut coordination office. Evaluation and validation of medical procedures and treatment according the diagnosis and MSF standards.

3. Health Networking and support in representation in the Health Working Groups. Health Context and epidemiological monitoring, filtering relevant information related to health humanitarian needs and potential areas of intervention.

4. Harmonisation of specific MSF protocols to be aligned with country policies including but not limited to:
   • Sexual and Reproductive Health - SRH and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence – SGBV: Update the documentation on Legal framework and country policies including management and reporting of cases, referral pathway and actors network update.
   • Non-Communicable Diseases - NCDs and Mental Health - mhGAP protocols harmonisation (MSF/ MOPH) and follow up of referral issues with YMCA at central level.
   • Human Immunodeficiency Virus – HIV / Hepatitis B - Hep B protocols harmonisation (MSF/ MOPH) and follow up of referral issues to the National  HIV program at central level.

5. Ensure all protocols and guidelines are up-to-date and harmonised in the mission, including the revision of MSF standard forms and tools with the projects and data manager. Collaborating in the production of medical reports with emphasis on indicators follow-up and analysis.

6. Support the implementation of the mission’s new medical activities (Hospital setting) according to MSF protocols and standards.

7. Perform medium or long term assignements at Akkar and/or Bekaa projects as assgined by the Medical coordinator or the Head of Mission.

8. Perform medical replacement(s) at project level when needed - namely the “Project Medical Referent – PMR” position.

Requirements

Education

Essential: Medical Doctor Degree

Desirable: Master’s degree in Public Health

Essential: Training & experience as General Practitioner

Experience

Desirable: 2 years’ experience in relevant jobs, in MSF or similar medical NGO.

Desirable: Previous MSF experience and International working experience

Languages                           

Essential: English and Arabic languages

Knowledge

Essential: Computer literacy (word, excel, outlook and internet)

Competencies

• Strategic Vision
• Leadership
• People Management and Development
• Service Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation