MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the team leader, the Mobile Clinic Medical Doctor will be responsible for the following main activities to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings

TASKS DESCRIPTION:

Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations
Perform curative consultations:

Take a proper medical history including:

Reason for consultation
Duration of the illness or complaints
Main symptoms
Past medical history and treatment.
Perform a correct physical examination:
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
Systematic checking of signs of severity
Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient’s registration form.
Explain the treatment to the patient
Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and referred the unvaccinated children to the vaccinator
Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in OTP program
Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edema)
Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
Discharge cases according to the criteria of national nutrition protocol
Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
Fill in the specific OTP form
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Prepare weekly activities report to submit to team leader
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Participate in all the trainings organized by MDM

PROFILE REQUIRED:

Any medical certification. Eg. Nursing, Community Health, etc.
Experience in a similar position for at least 5 years. (Essential)
Ability to diagnose and treat common illnesses.
Good knowledge of nutrition
Capacities management medical emergencies
Strong sense of responsibility and organization skills
Strong work ethic and rigor
Languages (spoken and written): English, Hausa and Kanuri.
Flexibility
Team player