Medical Officer – Somalia | ReliefWeb

Trócaire is one in every of Eire’s high Worldwide INGOs, having 50 years of expertise in worldwide Humanitarian and Growth response, and has been working in Gedo since 1993. Presently Trócaire implements Well being, Diet, Safety, WASH and Training Programme actions in 5 completely different districts of Gedo. Trocaire locations nice emphasis on empowering native communities and companions in order that management and company lies with these with whom we work.

The Medical officer will probably be liable for the administration of key medical employees, offering each day planning, administration and coordination of all medical providers inside the well being facility.

Reporting to Scientific Service Coordinator

Hospital Administration Staff and Anaesthetist

Mounted Time period

1 yr, renewable

Gedo, Somalia with some journey

Trócaire is dedicated to Safeguarding Programme Contributors from Exploitation and Abuse and has particular insurance policies on this dedication (together with a World Code of Conduct) which outlines the anticipated behaviour and the duty of all employees, consultants and different organisational representatives. Any candidate provided a job with Trócaire will probably be anticipated to signal Trócaire’s Safeguarding Insurance policies and World Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and conform to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of those paperwork.

The Medical officer will probably be liable for the administration of key medical employees, offering each day planning, administration and coordination of all medical providers inside the well being facility.

• Working with Hospital Administration crew and Trócaire staffs, the Medical Officer will be certain that the scientific providers at hospital, Well being Centres and Outreach degree are of a excessive commonplace.
• She/he’ll perform each day ward rounds to overview affected person progress and care
• She/he’ll diagnose and handle frequent and emergency surgical, obstetric, and gynaecological, paediatric and tropical medical circumstances and refer these outdoors his or her expertise.
• She/he will probably be obtainable, together with after hours, to bodily overview sufferers, attend to emergencies and instruct nursing employees in writing on the required affected person care.
• Conduct all elective and emergency surgical circumstances in theatre, each surgical and obstetric/gynaecological.
• She/he’ll present steady on-job mentoring and coaching for nurses and midwives in scientific expertise and good affected person care.
• Conduct particular outpatient clinics within the hospital on the allotted days each week i.e. Surgical Outpatient clinics, Medical Outpatient Clinics Excessive Threat Clinics and Diabetes clinics amongst different clinics
• She/he’ll prepare and chair, usually all scientific and administrative conferences and guarantee all knowledge and data is collected, transmitted and utilized to learn the sufferers and repair suppliers as is critical.
• She/he’ll work with the MEAL Coordinator to roll out the brand new knowledge administration methods and can assist employees to make sure that it’s appropriately carried out. She/he’ll analyse the well being knowledge for the district and make the mandatory suggestions for improved service provision.
• Lead in mortality audits to enhance high quality of take care of sufferers.
• She/he’ll supervise actions on the management of main endemic/epidemic ailments.
• Working with the logistics, she/he’ll be certain that the important tools and provides required for good affected person care can be found, managed effectively and maintained in good situation.
• Arrange and lead the district well being Quarterly overview conferences and share the report with CSC/HPM.
• Assessment all of the month-to-month medical inventory report and share with the CSC.
• She/he’ll lead and assist the DHO/RHO Supervisory crew and supply all the mandatory data.
• Improve and preserve an infection prevention Protocols within the Hospital.
• Assist the CSC in identification of coaching wants and take part within the coaching applications.
• The place needed and in accordance with the context, liaise with MoH and native authorities officers making certain that companions/Boards and committees hold native authorities knowledgeable of Trócaire supported Programmes.
• She/he’ll carry out every other duties as requested by his/her line supervisor.

Particular person Specification – Important (E)

• Certified Medical Physician with vital CEMOC surgical expertise
• Minimal 2 years of working expertise in a busy hospital setting
• Management and good interpersonal expertise together with the power to pay attention; negotiation expertise at completely different ranges; versatile and adaptable to work underneath unstable environments and underneath stress with restricted assist.
• Sturdy writing and glorious communication expertise in English and Somali.
• Good pc expertise (Microsoft Workplace).
• She /He’ll lead by instance, working to the very best requirements of professionalism, ethics and integrity
• Potential to work to a excessive commonplace in a multicultural crew lead and to encourage DHB members and employees to attain programme outcomes
• Sturdy problem-solving expertise, analytical expertise, capacity to work underneath stress and good communication expertise.
• Potential to work with minimal supervision
• Versatile and prepared to work further hours to make sure that the required outcomes are delivered.
• Excessive degree of reliability, objectivity and honesty
• Willingness to work in Somalia setting in unsocial hours and harsh circumstances
• Confirmed strategic and modern thinker, recognising and making certain particular person strengths of the crew are totally concerned in planning, implementation and evaluation processes
• Proficiency in Somali is an added benefit
• Dedication to and understanding of Trocaire’s values and ideas together with rights-based approaches
• Data of Somalia and the Gedo area specifically (fascinating)