Principal Physician

MMU- Tripoli Zgharta is a three-year project implemented by the CWB. It aims to increase access to primary and secondary health care services for the vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian refugees in Tripoli and the districts of Zgharta and Danniyeh. The project will operate one MMU offering medical inspections, free of charge medicines, referrals to healthcare centers, and psychosocial support. The unit will operate in 10 different locations in the targeted region over a specific routing plan. The latter takes into consideration the intensity of needs as well as other stakeholder services to avoid overlapping and increase coverage.

Under this project, CWB is seeking to recruit a Principal Physician having extensive medical, managerial, and communication skills to coordinate implementation of all MMU health activities and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. He/she directly coordinates with the MMU coordinator and  center manager and reports to medical director at CWB headquarter. He/she manages the nurses and part-time physicians and deals with the Hub Assistant.

Objectives

The objective of the Principal Physician position is to coordinate all project health activities and ensure that patients are served based on the standards and spirit of the CWB. The Principal Physician shall coordinate all referral activities as well as proper documentation of inspections for all served beneficiaries.

Scope of Work

The Principal Coordinator will be primarily responsible of the following activities:

• To provide onsite management of mobile medical operations
• To provide medical treatment, medical drugs, referrals and advices to the patients
• To participate in conducting health outreach
• To participate in local community health events when appropriate
• To participate in recruiting qualified part-time physicians to be approved by the Medical Committee and the Project Manager
• To ensure that the medical services are in compliance with all applicable regulatory of Ministry of Public Health, Project guidelines and CWB.
• To supervise and monitor the medical cases referred to the external laboratories, hospitals and to the Primary Healthcare Center. The agreement with the medical structures should be approved by the Medical Committee
• To comply with all medical protocols and procedures given by the CWB  (based on the recommendations of the Medical Committee)
• To follow-up on all medical files
• To participate in all internal coordination meetings.
• To relocate or face a longer commute when required

Essential Minimum Qualifications

• General Healthcare Doctor degree, specialization is desirable

• Proven work experience in development projects
• Proven experience in managing human resources
• An ability to develop and interpret schedules, flowcharts and action plans
• Strong organizational skills, including time-management and multitasking
• Knowledge and exposure to the social and cultural values of the region
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of Arabic and English languages

Main Deliverables/Expected achievements:

• Application of health regulations through proper guidelines
• Guidelines outlining processes or strategies for health services are developed

• Timely weekly and monthly reporting
• Linkages and collaboration between all stakeholders throughout the project activities are ensured
• CWB is well-represented with medical stakeholders in the region
• Tasks are well-allocated to MMU staff and individual responsibilities are clarified
• All inquiries raised by staff, cooperating partner and donor are addressed

• Schedules and implementation plans are followed, and activities are timely achieved.

Period

• 12 months with possible extension (Aug 2020-Aug 2021)

How to Apply

• Deadline to submit CV: June 30, 2020

• Interested candidate should send their CV to: [email protected]