Medical Officer ( Occupational Health Doctor )

Organizational Setting The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through the FAO Strategic Framework by supporting the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The FAO Health Services provides preventative medical, counselling and occupational health services to FAO employees and their dependents and advice on all health-related matters to the Organization. Within the Health Services, the counselling unit provides services to promote the psychological health and well-being of employees and contributes to a healthy work environment, at headquarters and in field offices worldwide.

The position is located in the Health Services at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Reporting Lines The Medical Officer (Occupational Health Doctor) reports to the Chief, Health Services.

Technical Focus In accordance with the United Nations established policies and procedures, overall planning and implementation of occupational safety and health services (OSH), in close collaboration with the medical and travel clinic, counselling, health promotion and ergonomic units; provision of sound professional advice, promotion and maintenance of proper health care, including the prevention of health hazards.

Key Results Full implementation of FAO OSH plan to achieve proper coverage of employees and dependents with the needed services

Key Functions Clinical activities:

• Provides emergency medical care, confidential medical advice and counselling to staff during office hours;
• Coordinates and supports the nurses with clinical work including sick leave-related cases when necessary;
• Coordinates and manage medical evacuations and medical travels.

Occupational Safety and Health activities:

• Carries out occupational health assessments to determine fitness for duty related to the process of appointment, periodical, separation examination and transfer to field duty stations;
• Reviews and evaluates cases related to service-incurred accidents and illnesses;
• Reviews and manages recurring and prolonged sick-leave cases;
• Reviews and recommends course of action in requests for disability, special child allowance and special education grant, and coordinates Independent Medical Evaluation;
• Implements FAO OSH plan in headquarters and Decentralized Offices, addresses work environment and occupational health matters, liaises with local medical facilities in the field; designs and develops occupational health related guidelines;
• Designs OSH support plan to Decentralized Offices (especially L3 countries in collaboration with the Office of Emergencies and Resilience [OER]);
• Uses and contributes to the continuous development of the occupational health software (Cority); extracts and reviews medical data and provides statistics, flowcharts and reports from the software as required;
• Reviews and interprets medical data and surveys on cost and utilization pattern to evaluate the health of staff, suggests strategic initiatives and advises management on improvement and cost savings initiatives;
• Supports emergency preparedness planning and response to all identified hazards at headquarters and in the field offices.

Health Promotion activities: • Participates in the implementation of appropriate training and health promotion programmes (e.g. health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, first aid and CPR) in field offices; • Ensures the preparation of travel health advisory on-line posting and dissemination of information; • Performs other duties as required. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING Minimum Requirements

• Doctoral Degree in Medicine, including residency training in a medical specialty, preferably Internal Medicine or Occupational Health in addition to a valid medical license/registration to practice in home country;
• Five years of relevant clinical/medical experience including occupational health and safety
• Working knowledge (proficient - level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate - level B) of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable;
• Extent and relevance of experience in occupational safety and health medicine.