Pediatrician

Introduction

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 organization.

MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 63,000 people.

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Rationale/Objective for Position

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

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Applying medical knowledge and skills to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children, ensuring integrated newborn and pediatric care through Emergency, OPD, and IPD services in Newborns and cases of malnutrition. Prescribing the necessary treatment, respecting MSF protocols.
• Collaborating closely with the different departments of the hospital (e.g. Maternity), Knowing and ensuring all updated MSF medical protocols and universal precautions are followed and implemented, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control.
• As an expert in pediatrics, proposing strategies (modification on current newborn and pediatric care management) and implementing them after validation of Operation and Pediatric Advisor.
• Ensuring ongoing newborn and pediatric training (formal and bedside) of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team to optimize the newborn and pediatric quality of care. Reviewing and discussing selected complicated cases or mistakes and giving technical input.
• 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 bedside manner towards the patient and their caretakers and the rest of the medical team.
• Following 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.
• Monitoring the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material and addressing the list of missing items for newborn and pediatric activities. Providing inputs about the general organization of the different pediatric wards, including the admission, transfer and discharge criteria + referral procedure from Maternity and post-delivery wards.
• Checking and controlling the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and taking care of the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assuring general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participating in the introduction/improvement of the collection and analysis of epidemiological newborn and pediatric data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problems or complications of the patient’s illness and medical errors. Collecting Clinical cases for further training and list a series of comments to improve the current MSF protocols.
• Managing the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, and directly participating in emergencies and on calls if necessary.
• Designing and providing training to staff as required.
• Debriefing with coordination, and headquarters (including Pediatric Advisor) and providing written reports on main findings, activities, conclusions and further recommendations.

Qualifications

• Education
• • ​Essential, Medical Doctor with degree from a recognized university.
  • Essential, Pediatrics qualification 
• Experience
• • Essential, 3 years' experience minimum as a Medical Doctor in a pediatric hospital.
  • Desirable, working experience with MSF or other NGOs, in developing countries.
• Competencies 
• • Essential, mission language/Bilingual (English & French). 
  • Essential, computer literacy (word, excel, internet).
  • People Management.
  • Commitment to MSF Principles.
  • Flexibility.
  • Results-oriented.
  • Teamwork.