Medical Doctor ( Afghan National Only)

Job Description

Clinic Service delivery

· Provide direct clinical care, working closely with the other mobile team clinical staff to ensure the delivery of high quality comprehensive primary healthcare services.

· Manage medical, pediatric, and obstetric emergencies presenting to the facility, ensuring appropriate handover and referral as needed

· Ensure all patient consultations and treatments are appropriately recorded.

· Oversee the provision of quality care within the health clinic, ensuring consultations and treatments are in line with clinical protocols, guidelines, and best practices

· Provide health and hygiene promotion to patients and caregivers

· Ensure appropriate infection prevention and control measures are in place at the facility and monitor staff adherence.

· Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner

Staff Supervision & Development

· Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

· Provide medical support and mentorship to other health facility/mobile clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.

· Support the Health Manager to organize regular meetings with local committees and strengthening the community relationship.

Project Management

· Responsible for the overall technical and administrative oversight of mobile clinic services

· Plan and implement outreach activities with the rest of the team to access vulnerable clients to increase service utilization.

· Oversee the training of community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization and awareness raising.

· Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.

· Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.

Coordination and Representation

- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other implementing partners.

· Hold meetings with local communities and represent the program in local stakeholder meetings.

Monitoring and Reporting

· Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.

· Assist and supervise medical staff in maintaining facility registers and other data collection tools, ensuring accurate and timely recording of information.

· Assist and supervise medical staff in weekly/ monthly/ quarterly collection, compilation and reporting of data.

· Submit reports in a timely manner.

Other Duties

· Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service.

· Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.

· Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Qualifications

· Qualified Medical Doctor, from a recognized Medical University and licensed to practice in Afghanitan by the Ministry of Health

· At least 2 years clinical experience in primary health care with experience working with integrated management of childhood illness, clinical management of sexual assault survivors, STIs, and infection diseases will be an advantage.

· Previous experience in management of health facilities and staff, including previous experience of supervising and mentoring other health staff.

· Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

· Professional skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical care

· Excellent communication skills and appropriate medical counseling

· Must be a team player and be able to work under pressure in stressful environments

- Familiarity with the local context: language, culture, etc. - Ability to maintain beneficiary confidentiality and respect at all times is essential. - Sensitivity and diplomacy to provide Primary health and reproductive health care

Demonstrated Managerial/Leadership Competencies:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good spoken and written English for concise reporting. - Able to provide positive and constructive feedback in a sensitive manner - Ability to coordinate activities with other teams

· Excellent communication skills

· Able to work with little supervision

Languages:

- Fluency Spoken and written English

Desired qualifications:

- Basic computer Literacy: Word and Excel will be an added advantage - Experience working with health information systems - Previous work with IRC is an advantage