Paediatrician - Specialized Medical Doctor

Accountabilities:

• Applying medical knowledge and skills to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children, ensuring integrated new-born and paediatric care through Emergency, OPD, and IPD services in New-borns and  cases of malnutrition. Prescribing the necessary treatment, respecting MSF protocols.
• Collaborating closely with the different department of the hospital (e.g. Maternity), Knowing and ensuring all updated MSF medical protocols and universal precautions are followed and implemented, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control.
• As an expert in paediatrics, proposing strategy (modification on current new-born and paediatric care management) and implementing them after validation of Operation and Paediatric Advisor.
• Ensuring on-going new-born and paediatric training (formal and bedside) of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the new-born and paediatric quality of care. Reviewing and discussing selected complicated cases or mistakes and giving technical input.
• Keeping patients and their families informed of the illness and the treatment to follow, checking that they have been understood. Ensuring professional autonomy and confidentiality are respected and a good attitude and proper bedside manner towards the patient and their care takers and the rest of the medical team.
• Following up the evolution of the hospitalized/IDP patients through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.
• Monitoring the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material and addresses the list of the missing item for new-born and paediatric activities. Providing inputs  about general organization of the different paediatric wards, including the admission, transfer and discharge criteria + referral procedure from Maternity and post-delivery wards
• Checking and controlling the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and taking care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assuring general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participating in the introduction / improvement of the collection and analysis of epidemiological new-born and paediatric data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problems or complications of the patient’s illness and medical errors. Collecting Clinical cases for further trainings and list a series of comments to improve the current MSF protocols
• Managing the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
• Designing and providing training to staff as required.
• Debriefing with coordination, Headquarter (including Paediatric Advisor) and providing written report on main findings, activities, conclusions and further recommendations
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Context Specific Accountabilites:

• Provide technical supervision and on-the-job coaching to GP staff assigned to PHCCs and MMU, ensuring safe and evidence-based paediatric and newborn case management according to updated MSF protocols, national guidelines and universal precautions.
• Conduct regular structured trainings (formal sessions and bedside/consultation-based coaching) on key paediatric topics including IMCI, neonatal danger signs, respiratory infections, common childhood illnesses, growth monitoring, vaccination counselling, nutritional screening, and referral criteria.
• Strengthen newborn care competencies at primary level, including resuscitation, thermal protection, feeding support, jaundice assessment, sepsis screening, and follow-up of low birthweight or premature infants.
• Perform regular supervision visits to PHCCs and MMU to observe clinical consultations, review documentation quality, provide feedback, identify knowledge gaps, and propose corrective actions to improve quality of care and patient safety.
• Support GP in early identification, stabilization, and timely referral of complicated paediatric cases to secondary care facilities.
• Review complicated paediatric cases, case management with Patient Safety Incident, or near-misses with GP teams, facilitating continuous learning, morbidity reviews and improvement plans.
• Ensure early detection, reporting and follow-up of paediatric malnutrition cases, supporting growth monitoring, MUAC assessment and correct application of nutrition protocols in PHCC/MMU settings.
• Provide guidance on rational use of medications in outpatient paediatric care.
• Contribute to the organization, availability and maintenance of paediatric equipment, basic laboratory supplies and emergency drugs required for newborn and child care in PHCC and mobile activities.
• Support community health promotion teams with technical input to develop messages on breastfeeding, hygiene, vaccination, nutrition, early care-seeking behaviour, and prevention of childhood infectious diseases.
• Coordinate with line management to identify further training needs, propose training plans, and update teaching materials according to MSF paediatric standards.
• Debrief regularly with the Medical Activity Manager (or PMR) and Paediatric Advisor on progress, challenges, field observations and recommendations related to paediatric primary care capacity building.

Education

• Medical Doctor degree from a recognized university
• Ministry of public health practice license as doctor in Lebanon
• Certificate of registration at the Lebanese order of physicians-LOP

Experience

3 years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor in paediatric hospital

Knowledge

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Updates his / her knowledge before each mission, according to the most updated MSF new-born and paediatric protocols

Competencies

• People Management and Development 
• Commitment to MSF principles 
• Behavioural Flexibility 
• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Teamwork and Cooperation