Accountabilities

• Ensuring the implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and to guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records
• Implementing diagnosis, prescription and prevention procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients and following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.
• Participating in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic and preventive protocols.
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
  • In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates
  • Recording in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed medical activities (drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in order to ensure patients treatment continuity.
  • Participating in data collection and reporting when required
  • Knowing and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their health state and responding to their questions.
  • Knowing and promoting the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.

Context Specific Accountabilities

• Follow infection control and prevention procedures and, in collaboration with the IPC team, ensure that all team members comply to these procedures.
• Contributing in creating a safe and secure environment for the patients and their caretakers.
• Participate in trainings, ward meetings, hospital committees as required by the hospital or MSF academy.
• Under supervision of the medical doctors and / or the clinical director, facilitate trainings for other medical team members.

Required Criteria

Education: Higher diploma in community health and clinical studies essential

Languages: Mende, Krio and English

Experience: Clinical supervision experience of least one year, experience or additional trainings (Eg. ETAT+) in paediatrics / emergency an asset

Willingness to work in a Viral Hemorrhagic Fever pre-referral ward, if required