Clinical Officer

Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors without Borders or MSF) is a private, non-profit, international humanitarian medical organization that intervenes in emergencies and crises situations to relieve human suffering resulting from unmet medical needs. MSF observes strict neutrality with respect to politics and provides its assistance without discriminating on the bases of race, religion, ideology, or political affiliation. MSF’s members are required to respect humanitarian principles and principles of medical ethics at all times.

MSF-Holland in Ethiopia currently operates in four projects (Tigray project-North west Tigray, Amhara Project, in Somali region- Wardher project, in Gambella region project with a diversified workforce.

Main Purpose

Organizing and ensuring medical consultations to the target population providing treatment to patients within the scope of his/her medical competencies and referring them when appropriate, according to MSF protocols, procedures, and the universal hygiene standards in order to guarantee quality and efficiency of the service provided.

Accountabilities

·        Ensuring the implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and to guarantee the quality of patient care management. Promoting and maintaining confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records

·        Implementing diagnosis, prescription and prevention procedures that fall under the scope of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate questions to patients and following protocols in force as well as using laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.

·        Participating in the planning and supervision, in close coordination with other supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic and preventive protocols.

·        Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service. List item 

o   In cases of emergency, carrying out first aid care and treatment according to protocols in order to reduce mortality rates

o   Recording in the individual patient’s card and registration books, all performed medical activities (drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological activity, doses, etc.) keeping data traceability in order to ensure patients treatment continuity.

o   Participating in data collection and reporting when required

o   Knowing and implementing Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, providing them information regarding their health state and responding to their questions.

• Knowing and promoting the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

Tigray project designed to support the post-conflict health system recovery in Tigray NW, enhancing emergency preparedness and response. And to improve access to health care for vulnerable groups by provision of targeted support in NW Tigray.

Along with the accountabilities mentioned above, this position would also have additional duties as needed by the project.

·        Support the MAM/ mission epidemiologist in identifying, triaging, verifying, and assessing signals/alerts including participation in EOC and cluster meetings.

·        Communicate with the MOH and other relevant stakeholders at each level to triangulate information on identified priority alerts.

·        Document information of each identified alert into alert management tool (AMT).

·        Ensure, promote and maintain confidentiality regarding all data/information registered.

·        Collect and enter all data into the appropriate data management system while ensuring quality of data.

·        Ensure accuracy of the medical data entered into the project’s database on a regular basis, according to MSF protocols and carry out regular back-ups.

·        Perform or support data entry, cleaning and creating appropriate reports, during outbreak response.

·        Know and ensure proper use of software used for recording (i.e. Excel, Epi Info, R, Power BI, ODK and DHIS2 etc.).

·        Provide technical support to data entry operators/medical personnel, etc. and respond to their training needs. This includes working with MoH data entry operators or surveillance focal points and requires flexibility, negotiation skills, and interpersonal skills.

·        Provide regular statistical reports for the medical team and assist in periodic surveillance reports productions like weekly epidemiological bulletin, feedbacks, medical reports, monitoring and evaluation reports, presentations, and ad hoc reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. As well as informing the superior of any missing information, major changes or big differences in data

·        Participate in public health emergencies responses and investigations like epidemic/pandemic response, health and nutrition emergency response and the likes.

·        Guide activities of medical staff for surveillance and/or active case finding, including ensuring understanding of the need for consistent case definitions and data recording during epidemic/pandemic response.

·        Support the Medical Activity Manager (MAM) in recruitment/ HR needs of the surveillance/medical team when needed.

·        Providing training sessions to medical teams on relevant aspects of epidemiology and emergency prepardness and response to enhance team response capacity.

·        Support medical team on early detection, response and managment of communicable disease.

·        With support from MAM responsible for all communication related with emergency prepardness in the project, diseses survillance and management of EPREP stock with other team members.

·        Collaborate with the MAM to on carry out other specific tasks.

·        Execute other responsibilities as required by the supervisor.

·        Be ready, able, and willing to deploy for outbreak responses.

·        Be able to move locations in terms of activities across Tigray Region, including overnight stays (multiple) outside of Shire. Assessment and intervention locations could be in remote locations with basic living conditions.

·        Demonstrate flexibility and a lead-by-example approach given the dynamic nature of the project.

·     No. of positions: 1

·     Place of work:  Tigray Project  based in Shire

·     Terms of employment:   7  Months ( Until 31 December 2024 )

·     Remuneration and Benefits:

-        Starting gross salary: ETB 47,231

-        Medical coverage: as per the organization's policy

Application Start Date:  22/05/2024 

   End Date: 30/05/2024 

Education

·      Essential: Bachelor of public health officer

or  Nursing diploma with masters of public health

·      Desirable: Bachelor of public health with Masters of public health

Experience

·      Essential: Minimum of 2 years of relevant working experience of surveillance officer with MSF, government or other international NGOs.

·      Desirable: Experience in field epidemiology (epidemiological surveillance, humanitarian emergency response, outbreak investigation) and operational research/surveys.

Languages                             

·      Essential: Local language (Tigray)

·      Essential: Mission language (English)

Knowledge

·      Essential: Basic computer skills (e.g. excel, MS word, MS Power Point).

·      Desirable: Skills using statistical software’s, data collection, management and visualization tools (R, Epi Info, Power BI, ODK and DHIS2).

Competencies

•         Results and Quality Orientation L2

•         Teamwork and Cooperation L2

•         Behavioural Flexibility L2

•         Commitment to MSF Principles L2

•         Stress Management L3