Accountabilities of the Position.

•           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.

•       Debriefing with coordination, Headquarter (including Paediatric Advisor) and providing written report on main findings, activities, conclusions and further recommendations.

 

MSF SECTION/CONTEXT SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

·          Ensure critically ill newborns, infants and pediatric patients are followed appropriately according to MSF procedures and protocols implemented in the department.

·          Provide support to parents, caretakers and help them to understand and make decisions regarding their infant's condition and treatment.

·          Escalate any issues beyond his/her responsibility to ensuring their proper and timely 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, PICU and GPW.

·          Being the GPW a new MSF activity, propose alternatives for the general management and setting up of the service.

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

·          Work in close collaboration with Medical Doctor Supervisors, MAM, NAM, IPC Manager and other medical staff to improve the quality of care in the department.

·          Focus on the PICU, NICU, NN and general paediatric ward 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.

·          Focus on the nutritional status of patients, providing continuous assessment, evaluation of priorities, and treatment, according to our protocols, guidelines, and advisors’ recommendations.

·          Participate in the mortality review committee and the Critical care committee.

·          Ensure that the Medical Doctors (MSF and MoH) are following the project’s validated medical protocols and guidelines.

·          Participate actively in medical meetings once called upon.

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

·          Be always available for any other responsibility assigned by supervisors/Management.