Medical Doctor-Pediatrician - 100% - Hermel

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: 100% employment contract - 1 year - renewable

Type of work: Medical - Paediatrician     

Place of work: Hermel PHC

Main purpose:

• Providing outpatient paediatric care to patients according to medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the newborn and child health conditions.

Accountabilities:

• Applying medical knowledge and skills to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children and newborns
• Prescribing the necessary treatment while respecting MSF protocols
• Knowing and ensuring all updated MSF medical protocols and universal precautions are followed and implemented, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control
• 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 manners towards the patient and their care takers and the rest of the medical team is maintained
• Checking and controlling the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and taking care of the quality, disinfection of the medical material.
• Assuring general compliance with standing MSF hygiene standards
• Participating in the collection and analysis of epidemiological paediatric data, checking its validity and informing the Technical Referent about any problems or complications of the patient’s illness and medical errors
• Actively participating in meetings, training and coaching sessions. Collaborate positively with the PHC’s colleagues and departments

Education:

• Essential Medical Doctor diploma in a recognized university
• Essential Ministry of Health right of practice in Lebanon
• Paediatrics qualification is an asset

Experience:

• 3 years experience minimum as a Medical Doctor – Experience in Paediatrics is an asset

Languages:

• Local language (Arabic) essential and mission language (English) strongly desirable

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Updates his / her knowledge according to the most updated new-born and paediatric protocols

Personal Qualifications:

• Behavioural Flexibility
• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams