Main Purpose

Provide outpatient and/or inpatient medical care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries health conditions.

Accountablities

• Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention. Carry out outpatient and inpatient

• consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols.

• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.

• Follow 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.

• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.

• Participate in the collection and analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material.

• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.

• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confidentiality is respected.

• Manage 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.

MSF Section/Context-Specific Accountabilities

• Provide medical care to MSF staff according to the MSF National Staff Health policy for

• Ethiopia, including undertaking medical consultations for MSF staff who require primary

• health care.

• Weekly check of line lists provided by Designated Medical Institutions (health care providers with whom MSF has an agreement to provide medical care to staff) of the patients they have treated, and compare this to lists of eligible staff and their dependents.

• Scrutinizing health care bills, and ensure that the care provided falls within the coverage of the MSF National Staff Health policy.

• Evaluating whether recommendations for referral to specialists/higher level care made by Designated Medical Institutions are indicated.

• Evaluate sick leave certificates, and where necessary seeking a second opinion.

• Ensure proper sick leave procedure amongst MSF staff is followed by staff and by DMI.

• Escalating complex cases to medical activity manager, and where necessary, the DPMR or the project Medical referent.

• Provide direct medical care to NTD in Suhul and to support NICU and NTD in Maiani when in Maiani, including assessment, diagnosis, and management of common neonatal conditions (e.g., sepsis, prematurity, low birth weight, neonatal jaundice, and birth asphyxia).

• Ensure adherence to MSF neonatal care protocols, including infection prevention and control.

• Participate in mortality and morbidity reviews and contribute to continuous quality

• improvement initiatives within the NTD in both hospital and NICU in Maiani.

• Ensure referral patients and patients at NTD (specifically kalazar, snakebite and rabies) ward receive adequate and quality health care in the project.

• Collaborate closely with hospital MOH doctors, conducting regular rounds to assess patient progress, monitor treatment adherence, and adjust treatment plans as needed to ensure optimal outcomes.

• Identify and report any medical incidents, near misses, or adverse events to the medical activity manager and other relevant stakeholders, contributing to continuous quality improvement efforts.

• Receive and review referrals from the mobile team, assessing patient needs and ensuring that they receive appropriate medical care and treatment at Suhul and maiani hospital

• Facilitating health promotion activities and practices to keep our workforce healthy.

• Accurate medical record keeping, and ensuring medical information remains confidential.

• Provide quality primary health care including taking a proper medical history, performing a correct physical examination, accurately diagnosing illness, and knowing when referrals for further investigations are indicated.

• Familiarity with all aspects of comprehensive OPD care including malnutrition, maternal

• health & family planning, SGBV care, mental health and NCD.

• Providing Psychological first aid, and recognizing when additional mental health support is required.

• Rational prescribing of medical supply.

• In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care.

• Providing treatment according to MSF guidelines and protocols.

• 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.

• Recognizing communicable diseases with outbreak potential, reporting them immediately to the clinic supervisors, and completing line lists.

• Responding to outbreaks as required, for example cholera response and MCI.

• Participating in trainings.

• No. of positions: One

• Place of work: Tigray Primary Health care Project Based in shire

• Position holder report to (direct supervisor): Medical Activity Manager

• Length of contract: Until 31 December 2026 with possibility of extension

• Remuneration and Benefits:

• Starting gross salary ( N+0) : USD 1,509 (One Thousand Five Hundred Nine US Dollars) payable with ETB

• Medical cover: as per the organization policy

Job Requirements

Requirements

Education Essential: Medical Doctor degree

Desirable : diploma in Tropical Medicine, or post-graduation experience in

public health, infectious disease , HIV/TB, ,minor surgery

Experience 2 year experience minimum as a Medical Doctor or in clinical work (can be within medical training). Desirable in tropical medicine, or post-registration experience in Public Health , obs and gynae, paediatrics, A&E, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS/STDs, TB, general practice, general medicine or minor surgery.

Languages Mission language essential. Local language desirable.

Knowledge Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Competencies

• People Management

• Commitment

• Flexibility

• Results

• Teamwork

How To Apply

Interested applicants can submit their CV and application letter including

photocopies of all supporting documents via www.ethiojobs.net. Please be informed that we do not accept applications in other forms.

Please Note that we only contact short-listed candidates.

Sincerity of Declarations and Documents Submitted to MSF

Use of false documents to gain employment with MSF will lead to automatic cancelation from the recruitment process and if found after employment it will lead to termination.

We strive to promote, create, and maintain a safe organizational culture for all people who work for and with MSF OCA, including our partners. Moreover, we ensure that the workplace, wherever staff are located, is built on respect, tolerance, diversity, and inclusion that delivers a safe and respectful environment.

At Medicines’ Sans Frontières we are committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and encourage qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Requirements The successful candidate should possess a Medical Doctor (MD) degree. A Diploma in Tropical Medicine or postgraduate training/experience in Public Health, Infectious Diseases, HIV/TB, or Minor Surgery is desirable. The candidate should have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a Medical Doctor or in clinical practice, including relevant experience gained during medical training. Demonstrated ability to provide clinical care, diagnose and manage patients, support infectious disease and HIV/TB management, perform basic minor surgical procedures, and maintain appropriate clinical records and standards is essential. How to Apply Apply using the provided link below.