Medical Doctor

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Job Overview/Summary:

This position is specifically assigned to Emergency Health response services in Rakhine State.

• Implement primary health care activities in IDP camps and conflicted/Disaster affected villages.
• Manage the mobile clinic team.
• Build Capacity of Mobile clinic team members.
• Participate in project monitoring and evaluation. 
• Coordinate with Basic Health Staffs for strengthening of immunization and communicable diseases prevention and controlling in targeted camps and villages.

Major Responsibilities:

Implementation of primary health care clinics in targeted IDP camps and villages

• Organize and be responsible for primary health care action in fixed clinics in camps or mobile clinics to camp and villages. Strictly follow minimum 5 clinic opening hours and 8 working hours per day.
• Assist Program Manager in preparing monthly work plan of Primary Health Care-PHC (mobile team to cover targeted IDP camps and villages regularly.
• Organize clinical care of general population, women and under 5 children according to the recommended guidelines.
• Organize emergency referral of life-threatening emergency cases to nearest screening center .
• Organize patient education during consultation.
• Represent as team leader of mobile clinic team to local authorities and camp / village community.
• Reporting daily, weekly and monthly diseases surveillance report (daily EWARS (Early Warning, Alert and Response System) .

Manage the mobile clinic team

• Administer the mobile clinic nurses for daily clinic stocks management.
• Administer the mobile clinic nurses for clinic waste management and clinic sanitation.
• Administer the mobile clinic nurses for clinic drugs commodities and equipment stock management.
• Administer the mobile clinic nurses for daily patient triage and emergency patient referral.
• Administer the mobile clinic nurses for clinic and emergency referral cost disbursement and liquidation process.

Capacity building of the Mobile Clinic Team Members

• Supervise mobile clinic nurses, clinic registers, and translators in their day-to-day activities and provide feedback to ensure quality work.
• Organize on the job training to Clinic Nurses, on first aid care, systematic drugs use, and other PHC clinic related topic as needed.
• Organize the PME (Performance Monitoring and Evaluation) and other MnE (Monitoring and Evaluation) actions for Mobile clinic nurses.
• Organize monthly mobile clinic team meetings and participate in project team meetings.
• Attending the quarterly refresher training courses and continuous medical education sessions after clinic hours.

Monitoring and evaluation

• Organize and supervise on mobile clinic nurses for daily surveillance data reporting and clinic consultation data entry and reporting.
• Organize and supervise on mobile clinic nurses on clinic drugs and clinic equipment stock management.
• Reporting monthly mobile clinic reports to Program Manager.
• Assist Program Manager on regular updating and follow up of mobile clinic work plan.

Financial management

• Responsible for financial management such as preparation and liquidation of purchase request, advance payment request and reimbursements for the activity related to clinical activities.
• Responsible for requesting and paying the wage of daily paid staff.
• Assist clinic staff in preparation of financial documents as required.

General activities

• Manage day-to-day logistics, administration and personnel activities (including any local contracted personnel / daily labor) in accordance with national laws.
• Coordinate with operation and finance team for implementing daily mobile clinic activities in time.
• Remain flexible to perform other duties as required or requested.
• Accountability to Affected People (AAP), Safeguarding, and Community Engagement
• Integrate AAP and community engagement responsibilities into frontline staff onboarding, performance objectives, and reviews, with clear expectations aligned with IRC standards.
• Provide ongoing supervision, coaching, mentoring, and support to staffs/ISC staffs to strengthen accountability, safeguarding, and community engagement practices.
• Ensure supervised staff receive required training and orientation on AAP, safeguarding, community engagement, and relevant organizational standards, and understand their responsibilities.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Program Manager

Position directly supervises: Nurses, Health Promoter, Health Counselors (MHPSS).             

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Registered medical doctor (M.B., B.S degree) with valid SAMA.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 2–3-year experience on primary health care settings.

Demonstrated Skills:

• Favorable to people with experience on medical response to emergency conditions, surveillance and control of communicable diseases in post conflict areas.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of conflict-affected populations.
• Good communication skills and adaptable to different ethnic and religious communities.
• Good leadership skills and team management skills.
• Adaptable, flexible and mature in judgment. 
• Good assessment, analytical, planning and reporting skills.
• Having experience of leading Mobile clinic is favorable.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office package.
• Women are encouraged to apply.

Language Skills:

• Good command in Burmese and English
• People who speak local languages are an asset.

Certificates or Licenses:

• M.B., B.S degree.
• Valid SAMA.

Professional Standards: All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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