Vacancy: Medical Activity Manager @ Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium Closing: 29/July/2021

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Medical Activity Manager
Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people.

www.msf.org/belgium

Vacancy No: DMZ/2021/01

Section/Unit: Medical and Paramedical

Grade Level: L11

Supervisor: Project Medical Referent

No. of Post: 1

Duty Station: Ad Damazine

Closing Date: 29 July 2021

Background:

Defining, coordinating and monitoring the medical activities under his/her responsibility according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients and their communities as well as to improve the health condition of the target population.

Duties and responsibilities:

Coordinating, assessing and supervising the proper functioning of the medical activities (HIV, TB STIs, SGBV, etc.), according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures and through the correct compilation and analysis of medical data regarding patients’ health conditions.
Participating in the definition of annual planning and budget for the project and in the follow up of the programs / project. Supervising and ensuring that medical activities objectives under his/her responsibility are achieved, reporting to the technical referent any problem arising in the service
Checking all administrative procedures related to patients’ follow-up (individual card filling, registers, paper exit, discharge, transfers ...) are carried out correctly and according to MSF procedures.
Ensuring an efficient pharmacy management and monitoring the rational use of them. In coordination with the project biomedical service supervising the appropriate use of medical devices and anticipating future needs. Preparing the medical orders needed to implement the medical activities under his/her responsibility, and identifying and reporting to the line manager, non-medical support needs (material, infrastructure, transport, etc.)
Coordinating and monitoring the daily working plan of the team under his/her responsibility (absent personnel, vacations, tracking leaves ...). Participation in shifts and replaces a doctor, if necessary
Planning and supervising, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to improve staff capabilities and to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
Participating in the monthly reports according to guidelines (i.e. SitReps, medical statistical reports, etc.)

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education	Medical Doctor or Paramedical degree. Desirable specialization or training in Tropical Medicine or related studies
Experience	Essential 2 year working experience related to the diploma. Highly valued MSF experience in managerial position and desirable experience in Nutrition programs.
Language	Essential Arabic and English, local language desirable
Knowledge	Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Applicant must be residing in Blue Nile State and/or willing to relocate to Ad Damazine on their own.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.