Senior medical Doctor At Msf France katsina

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES

INTERNAL- RECRUITMENT NOTICE

The French Section of Medecins Sans Frontieres is recruiting for its project in Katsina:

Position: Senior Medical Doctor Work Location: Katsina Contract Type: Fixed Term

Opening Date: 31st July 2025. End Date: 4th Aug. 2025

CONTEXT Medecins Sans Frontieres is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF has been active in Katsina since February 2021 after carrying an exploratory mission that end up with an opening of the project.

Currently, MSF is running an ITFC (Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre) in Katsina in the Kofar Sauri PHCC and 4 ATFC (Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre) including three in Jibia LGA (Magama, Daddara, Riko,) and one in Katsina City (Kofar Marusa).

MAIN PURPOSE

To supervise the provision of quality of care at outpatient and/or inpatient medical services according to adapted and updated medical knowledge, MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards to im-prove the patients/beneficiaries health conditions. The Senior Medical Doctor is responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of clinical care provided in her or his specialty area (including general medicine) and other technical areas when specialists are not available. S/he works in close collaboration with responsible nurses and junior doctors through a pro-vision of and support to clinical practice and services and oversight of an effective quality management and improvement system, according to MSF protocols, standards and procedures. This is a role that requires considerable field experience.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Field Doctor:

• Carry out outpatient and inpatient consultations, prescribing the necessary treatment respecting MSF protocols. Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnose and prevention.
• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the illness and provide appropriate explanations about the treatment to follow, checking they have understood.
• Follow up the evolution of the hospitalized/IPD patients, through daily visits, consultations and examinations, pre-scribing 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.
• Check and control the rational distribution of medicines and equipment under his/her responsibility and take care the quality, disinfection and sterilization of the medical material. Assure general compliance with standing hygiene standards.
• Participate in the analysis of epidemiological data, checking its validity and informing the line manager or project coordinator about any problem or complication of the patients illness, medical error and monitors the functioning of the department, equipment or material.
• Ensure ongoing training of the medical/paramedical multidisciplinary team in order to optimize the quality of care.
• Knows and ensures all MSF medical protocols are followed and implemented, checking universal precautions are followed at all times and reducing bio-hazard risks and improving infection control. Ensures professional confiden-tiality is respected.

Senior Field doctor:

• Performs as clinical consultant for other medical doctors, providing bed-side, hands-on training when appropriate.
• Functional supervision of the medical doctors in the hospital or outpatient department in her or his specialty area providing clinical support. S/he supervises also other technical areas in the absence of corresponding specialists or Hospital Clinical Lead
• Supervision of the implementation of medical protocols, procedures and standards used in her/his specialty area, and other areas in the absence of corresponding specialists or Hospital Clinical Lead, ensuring that MSF clinical standards are adhered to at all time

• Liaises with technical referents where necessary to ensure delivery of patient care
• Lead ward rounds and organize clinical sessions
• Provide technical coordination and inputs under MAM/PMR lead for: o Referrals of patients following agreed refer-ral protocols in the absence of Hospital Clinical Lead position o Acts as technical Focal Point in the project for eHealth, Telemedicine, radiology/POCUS, electronic diagnosis algorithms and Clinical Operational Research initiatives when appropriate.
• Works in close collaboration with Senior Nurse and/ or Nurse Supervisor
• Quality of care: these tasks are to be performed in the absence of a Hospital Clinical Lead and according to the field needs and activities ongoing.
• The Senior Field Doctor will be in the best position to perform those, but they could be shared with other team members upon needs.
• Performs as Quality of Care Focal Point in the project and in conjunction with the MAM, NAM and Nurse Lead en-sures the development and implementation of clinical quality improvement plans
• Oversees the implementation of the medical incident reporting policy and follow up of all medical incidents
• Collaborates and supports the ATB focal point in the rational use of antibiotics and taking this role of focal point when pertinent
• In close collaboration with medical and nursing managers, supports the implementation, monitoring and analysis of QoC indicators in the project.
• Leads regular clinical review meetings to ensure quality assurance and continuous learning in place and/or (in Hospital set ups) to be member or chairperson of the in-hospital mortality committee
• In close collaboration with the laboratory manager and/or lab supervisor, supports the coordination between labora-tory and imagery activities and clinical care provision.

Leadership and training:

• Support MAM/PMR in identifying training needs for all medical staff in core competences required for their area of practice in particular the ability to identify and escalate the management of acutely unwell and deteriorating pa-tients.
• Provides on the job supportive training including spot checks and skills demonstration in her/his specialty area.

Monitoring and evaluation:

• Upon request from MAM/PMR, supports that patients records, and clinic registers are completed according to MSF requirements.
• Upon request from MAM/PMR, support in the use of established reporting formats for data collection, analysis and report on daily & weekly activities to MAM or Hospital Clinical Lead as required and follow notifiable disease proto-cols.
• Supports the MAM/PMR or Hospital Clinical Lead in doing the HFIS data analysis of different areas

Other:

• Support that all consultations with patients are in patient centered a dignified and appropriate manner in keeping with the Quality of Care standards and principles set out by MSF
• Act as focal point for patient and caregivers’ complaints and concerns and escalate as per MSF Patient Charter and Behaviour and Abuse escalation policy. This task could be either done by MAM or Hospital Clinical Lead when available.
• In close collaboration with MAM/PMR, support that systems in place to maintain patient confidentiality.

Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Improve the clinical knowledge and practical skills of doctors through on-the-job training.
• Ensure doctors are able to accurately diagnose and manage common and critical conditions based on MSF protocols and guidelines.
• Reinforce the use of standard treatment guidelines (MSF protocols or WHO).
• Encourage critical thinking and the application of up-to-date clinical evidence.
• Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration between doctors, nurses, Nutritional assistant, pharmacy, AND lab teams.
• Promote patient-centered care and effective handover practices.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and complete medical documentation.
• Promote regular case discussions, morbidity/mortality reviews, and audits.
• Enhance patient safety, continuity of care, and treatment outcomes.
• Support implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures.
• Develop decision-making skills and clinical autonomy, especially in resource-limited settings.
• Prepare doctors to train and support other health workers (nurses, Nutritional assistant, physiotherapist)

How To Apply