Post Date: Mar 05, 2025

Closing Date: Mar 13, 2025

Reference: MSF-839

Number of Vacancies: 3

Salary Range: As per company salary scale

Years of Experience: 1 year

Probation Period: 3 month

Contract Type: Fixed-term

Contract Duration: 1 year

Contract Extensible: Maybe

Minimum Education: Diploma

Gender: Any

About Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.

Job Summary

Providing outpatient and/or inpatient paediatric care to patients/beneficiaries according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to improve the new-born and child/beneficiaries health conditions.

Duties & Responsibilities

•           Applying medical knowledge and skills to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children, ensuring integrated new-born and paediatric care through Emergency, OPD, and IPD services in neonatal and pediatric wards. Prescribing the necessary treatment, respecting MSF protocols.

•           Collaborating closely with the different departments of the hospital (e.g. Maternity), Knowing and ensuring all updated MSF medical protocols and universal precautions are followed and implemented, reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control.

•           As an expert in paediatrics, proposing strategy (modification on current new-born and paediatric care management), in collaboration with IS Paeds and MAM. Implementing them after validation of Operation and Paediatric Advisor.

•           Ensuring on-going new-born and paediatric training (formal and bedside) of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the new-born and paediatric quality of care. Reviewing and discussing selected complicated cases or mistakes and giving technical input.

•           Keeping patients and their families informed of patient’s condition, treatment and follow up. Ensuring family understand the plan adequately. Ensuring professional autonomy and confidentiality are respected and a good attitude and proper bedside manner towards the patient and their care takers and the rest of the medical team.

•           Following up the evolution of the hospitalized patients through daily visits, consultations and examinations, prescribing the necessary treatment following MSF protocols, deciding whether they can be discharged or transferred to other departments – in collaboration with other doctors- and informing their family about the patient’s evolution.

•           Monitoring the proper functioning of the department, equipment or material and addresses the list of the missing item for new-born and paediatric activities. Providing input about general organization of the different paediatric wards, including the admission, transfer and discharge criteria + referral procedure from Maternity and post-delivery wards

•           Checking and controlling the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and taking care of the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assuring general compliance with standing hygiene standards.

•           Participating in the introduction / improvement of the collection and analysis of epidemiological, new-born and paediatric data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problems or complications of the patient’s illness and medical errors. Collecting Clinical cases for further trainings to improve the current MSF protocols

•           Managing the team under his/her direct responsibility according to MSF HR policies and procedures, supervising their performance, organizing and scheduling shifts and rotations, directly participating in emergencies and on call if necessary.

•           Designing and providing training to staff as required.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

•           Ensuring critically ill new-borns, infants and paediatric patients are followed-up appropriately according to MSF procedures and protocols implemented in the department.

•           Providing support to parents and helping them to understand and make decisions regarding their infant’s condition and treatment.

•           Escalating any issues beyond his/her responsibility to ensuring their proper and on-time management.

•           Evaluate the case management of patients and transfers within the different services are according to the protocols and good medical practice, especially for the ER, NICU and PICU.

•           Work in close collaboration with MoH Paediatricians (Trainers) to ensure agreement when changes are proposed.

•           Work in close collaboration with Medical Doctor Supervisors, Medical Activity Manager, Nursing Activity Manager, and Infection Prevention and Control Manager to improve the quality of care in the department.

•           Focus in the PICU, NICU and NN for the detection of septic cases, revision of procedures and protocols, including microbiology sampling collection is available.

•           Support the Implementation of the PEWS and NEWS.

•           To participate in the Mortality Review Committee and Critical Care Committee.

•           To ensure that the Medical Doctors (MSF and MoH) are following Medical International Protocols.

•           Participate in Medical meetings once called upon.

•           Support in proper medical file documentation and improve the quality of data collection and analysis.

•           Always available for any other responsibility assigned to you by your supervisors/Management.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements and Competencies

Education – Essential Medical Doctor diploma in a recognized university.

 – Essential registration with Afghanistan Medical Council.

– Paediatrics qualification preferred.

Experience– Essential previous experience of at least 1 year working as Medical Doctor in Paediatric hospital.

– Desirable previous experience in MSF.

Languages – English essential; Dari and Pashtu essential.

Knowledge– Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel).

Competencies – People Management and Development L2

– Commitment to MSF principles L2

– Behavioural Flexibility L3

– Results and Quality Orientation L3

– Teamwork and Cooperation L3

Submission Guideline

How to apply

1. Follow the below link OR scan the QR code to access the online job application survey. Candidates must fill in the survey in order to be considered for shortlisting: https://forms.office.com/e/4fijPpAZtj
2. After completing the survey, send the following documents to email: msf-balkh-recruitment@msf.org

1.     CV and motivation letter

2.     School certificate and Diploma

3.     Supporting documents to justify your previous work experiences

4.     Taskira/ National ID card both sides

The interested candidates must answer the online survey and submit their documents before 13^th March 2025 at 1:00 PM

**Only applications completing the online survey and sending supporting documents by email will be considered**

**Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply**

**Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted**

The reference PAEDIATRICIAN must be stated in the email to be valid. If you do not clearly state the position for which you are applying & attach the required diploma & other supporting documents, your application may not be considered.

Besides the female candidates, we also encourage candidates from Balkh province to apply.

MSF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process. May the candidate be asked for any fee, he/she must report to MSF Administration through the recruitment contact.

If you are selected to be part of the reserve pool, it means that MSF has validated you to be called in to work on a temporary basis, as needed. It does not guarantee that you will be offered a contract or a permanent position, even if such a position becomes available. A new recruitment can be done according to the current need