Additional Requirements

• Registered Medical Doctor
• A minimum of 2 years post registration (clinical) work experience
• Specialization in paediatrics or extensive experience in working with children
• Experience in working with and treating malnourished children
• Perform the roster duties monthly.
• Ability to cope with stress
• Experience of working within a humanitarian context
• Ability to work well as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate
• Able to work independently
• Good communicator
• Good organizational skills

Responsibilities & Context

1. Ensuring the quality of triage

• Making sure the most severe cases are seen as a priority
• Regularly reviewing waiting patients in order to detect emergencies

2. Examining newly admitted patients:

• Systematically checking measles vaccination status in children aged from 9 months to 5 years old (or 15 years old depending on the context) and from 6 months old during epidemic periods
• Asking all questions relating to complaints (start of the problems, symptoms, intensity of the pain, etc.) and undertaking a systematic examination of all patients
• Measuring the vital parameters of all patients: temperature, heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure etc.
• Registering the main elements of osculation on surveillance forms, along with the dates and times of patient arrivals
• Undertaking complementary examinations if necessary

3. Diagnosing the syndromes of the following pathologies or conditions:

Uncomplicated malaria and isolated fever presumed malarial, Pneumonia without signs of severity, Gastritis, Uncomplicated diarrhoea, Stomatitis/oral candidiasis, Sexually transmittable disease (STD)Bloody diarrhoea, ConjunctivitisScabies, tinea, lice, Moderate dehydration, High and low urinary infection, Worms, Ear infection, throat infection, rhinitis, Moderate anaemia, Chicken pox, Bronchitis, Avitaminosis A, Gynaecological problems, Skin problems, ENT problemsDigestive problems, Neurological problems, Respiratory problems, Urinary problems

4. Treating pathological conditions from the list above, following the PHC guidelines

• Prescribing whole treatments according to the pathologies diagnosed
• Explaining (in collaboration with the pharmacy manager) the treatment to patients and the importance of following them correctly
• Advising patients on basic hygiene measures and on what to do if the symptoms become worse
• Treating non-complicated wounds and first degree burns.

5. Specialize in providing medical care for children from birth to early adulthood

• Act as an educational and information resource for the medical team with respect to paediatric patients
• Advise and collaborate with parents to educate them about children’s health
• Focus on nutritional needs of paediatric patients, providing support for IYCF
• Assess children for MAM and SAM, referring to appropriate local actors as necessary
• Prescribe necessary vaccinations as per national vaccination schedule

6. Recognizing and referring patients with conditions falling beyond the capacity of the PHC

• To the referral doctor for all cases requiring a medical/surgical opinion
• To the reference hospital for cases requiring emergency hospitalization
• To the nutrition centre (if one exists) for children presenting signs of severe malnutrition

7. Filling out consultation forms, the register and epidemiological information correctly

• Registering the main elements and the diagnoses
• Making clear notes on the medical prescriptions
• Ticking off the epidemiological form, distinguishing new cases from the old and choosing the most important diagnostic
• Informing the referral doctor of all abnormal increases of any one pathology

8. Other tasks

• Overseeing the rational use of medicines
• Participating in the management of the health care team
• Participating in team meetings
• Collecting epidemiological data on a weekly/monthly basis
• Pointing out all dysfunctions in the organization of care to the supervisor or referral doctor
• Accept other responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager