To lead and manage the health/nutrition team and contribute to a reduced maternal and children morbidity and mortality associated with malnutrition, vaccine preventable, communicable, common childhood illnesses, reproductive health and hazards resulting from deficient (or non-existing) health and nutrition services, environmental health conditions and protection environment in conflict-affected communities.
The Medical Doctor / Team Leader is responsible for coordinating the successful implementation of the health and nutrition activities in the health center, providing advice, supervision and management support to health facility staff, and ensuring quality health and nutrition service are in place, with effective use of data, on time data recording, reporting mechanisms and the smooth implementation of the activities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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▪ Under the supervision of the Medical Activity Manager and the technical guidance of the Medical Technical Unit, to lead the establishment and running of the HFs.
▪ Clinical examination of all patients with signs of complicated pathologies or presenting complication or referrals from the nurse.
▪ Prescribe routine and basic treatments according to the protocol used in respecting the drug dosage based on the weight of the patient.
▪ Follow-up of the severe and complicated cases.
▪ Adapt and change of medical treatment as required.
▪ Ensure health facility and community health posts are functional, open in official days and provide health and nutrition services to the clients.
▪ Manage and coordinate the activities of the Health Team, fostering teamwork and encouraging regular dialogue through meetings to discuss general activities and challenges.
▪ Ensure presence of health facility staff and CHWs in the relevant clinic and health posts during official working days.
▪ She should be part of health facility staff, must be available in the health facility during official days, except assigned for any official work from supervisor/management.
▪ Ensure health shura is established in the health facility, must be part of shura monthly meetings and share main points with management, if required actions.
▪ She should establish strong two-way relations with influential community leaders, through regular meetings, reach their health needs and explain the level of health nutrition services available in the health facility and health posts.
▪ Participate in health and nutrition relevant trainings and workshops, when needed.
▪ Regularly supervise health and nutrition daily activities in the health facility.
▪ Attend all relevant meetings/workshops requested by supervisor.
▪ Regularly work with pharmacy, prepare drug consumption reports, drug requests and reports, and submit to pharmacist on time.
▪ Must ensure drug supply at the health facility, strictly follow up and monitor consumption and rational use to avoid stock out.
▪ Ensure all HMIS tools are available, used properly, data are properly recorded at different health units.
▪ Ensure all reports are regularly collected, verified, checked for completeness and accuracy, and timely submitted to HMIS officer and relevant managers.
▪ Promptly notify the MAM upon detection of a Notifiable disease or suspected outbreak in your area of operation.
▪ Provide regularly relevant progress reports to the Manager, providing daily/weekly updates on the activities at the center and highlighting challenges and solutions.
▪ Ensure adherence of the health facility activities to INTERSOS and donor's administrative rules and regulations (including confidentiality);
▪ Represent INTERSOS when required by medical unit, Head of Base at meetings with stakeholders, authorities, BPHS/EPHS implementer, NGOs and sharing information and providing feedback when requested.
▪ Ensure quality and on-time submission of HMIS reports to provincial management team.
▪ Perform any other task not here listed and necessary for the implementation of the project activities or the mission programme as requested by the health manager, medical activity manager, Protection Activity Manager, Project officer and HMIS Officer
