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Job Title: General Practitioner FSR # 379
Location: Zaatari
Number of Vacancies: 1
BACKGROUND
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To follow inpatients in Za’atari camp hospital (including COVID-19 cases) and following the plan of treatment.
- Monitoring patients’ conditions and progress, and re-evaluating treatments, as necessary.
- To assess and treat or admit patients by reviewing and understanding their medical backgrounds and examining them to assess their current condition and health including suspected/ confirmed COVID-19 patients.
- Request, perform, interpret and analyze Lab tests (rationally) to diagnose patients’ condition. Perform patient physical examination. Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Assess and examine patients to establish if an advance procedure needed, and prioritize procedures capacity inside the camp vs referrals to outside the camp.
- Council patients and their families about disease, prognosis and manage expectations.
- refer patients to other medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary and participate in ambulance escort when needed.
- Preparing official health documents or records, when necessary.
- work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, collaborating and liaising closely with colleagues including specialist doctors, referral doctor, ER doctors, other GP and surgeons.
- provide support and advice to colleagues working in other teams
- accurately recording patient interventions and referrals.
- undertake associated administrative work.
- Ensure a rational prescription of medicines from the essential drug list of the camp or provide a medical rational for an exceptional treatment.
- Ensure the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material under his/her responsibility and assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards;
- When requested, perform training of the medical/paramedical team in order to optimize the quality of care;
- Respect and follow the health standard operating procedures (reporting diseases with outbreak nature, HIS reporting, referral procedures, etc.). Ensures professional confidentiality is respected;
- Additional Tasks when requested.
Provision of PHC services:
Preventive
- Medical checkup
- Family Planning Counseling
- Child growth monitoring and immunization status
- Health education provision and increase people awareness about their current health conditions and health promotion in general
Curative
- Medical consultation including family, medical history and full physical examination
- Management of acute and chronic conditions
- Prescription of drugs according to national/international standard treatment protocol
Referral
- Referral to secondary and tertiary care as needed
- Referral to Basic Rapid Diagnostic test (clinic nurse)
- Referral to clinic obstetrician-gynecologist
- Referral to a clinic health educator
Administrative:
- Fill patient clinical record file for each patient visit
- Prescribe drug on clinic prescription form
- Fill referral form for any referral case outside of clinic
Technical Assistance (TA):
- Provide TA in development of health education material and health promotion campaign as necessary
- Assist in development of Health Education Plan as necessary
- Provide advice on drug and medical supply order in coordination with clinic pharmacist
Training:
- Participate in medical and management trainings as determine by IMC senior management
- Continue self-education to adhere with national/international standards and new advancements in the field of general practice and other relevant medical areas
Others:
- Ensure integration of clinic services and promote best quality standards for clients
- Support provision of training and supervision of nurses/midwives and health educators.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine from Jordanian University & MOH licensing.
- NGOs’ experience is preferred.
- Good in English Language speaking and writing.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Minimum one year of experience in a similar role
Child Safeguarding
International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.
Code of Conduct
It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.
Compliance & Ethics
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.
Equal Opportunities
International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.
This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment in order to achieve International Medical Corps goals in Jordan, and any changes to the job description will be discussed and agreed.
“I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.
Our screening process will be on a rolling basis, once a candidate is selected the announcement will be closed.
