Medical Doctor

Sittwe

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Sittwe
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Medical Practitioners
- Medical Doctor
Closing Date:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a private, non-political, non-profit, and non-religious organization. For over 90 years, we have been providing humanitarian assistance to communities affected by conflict and natural disasters in more than 40 countries. Since 2008, the IRC has been active in Myanmar, delivering humanitarian assistance in areas such as health, protection, water, and sanitation, specifically targeting families impacted by conflict and natural disasters.

Job Overview/Summary:

This position is specifically assigned for Emergency Health response services in Rakhine State

Implement primary health care activities in IDP camps and conflicted/Disaster affected villages.
Manage the mobile clinic team.
Build Capacity of Mobile clinic team members
Participate in project monitoring and evaluation.

Major Responsibilities

Implementation of primary health careclinic in targeted IDPcamps and villages

Organizeandresponsibleforprimaryhealthcareactioninfixedclinicsincampsormobileclinicsto camp and villages. Strictly followminimum 5 clinic opening hours and 8working hours per day.
AssistclinicmanagerinpreparingmonthlyworkplanofPHCmobileteamtocovertargetedIDP camps and villages regularly.
Organizeclinicalcareofgeneralpopulation,womenandunder5children.
Organizeemergencyreferraloflife-threateningemergencycasestonearestscreeningcenterand General Hospital as necessary.
Organize thepatient education during consultation.
Represent as team leaderof mobile clinic team to local authorities and camp / village community.
Reportingdaily,weeklyandmonthlydiseasessurveillancereport(dailyEWARSreporttoSHD)and clinic reports as needed.

Manage the mobile clinicteam

Administer themobile clinic nurses for daily clinicstocks management
Administer themobile clinic nurses for clinic waste management and clinicsanitation.
Administer themobile clinic nurses for clinic drugs commodities and equipment stock management
Administer themobile clinic nurses for daily patient triage and emergency patient referral.
Administerthemobileclinicnursesforclinicandemergencyreferralcostdisbursementand liquidation process.

Capacity building of the Mobile ClinicTeam Members and community health workers

Supervisemobileclinicnurses,clinicregisters,andtranslatorintheirday-to-dayactivitiesand providefeedbackto ensurequalitywork.
OrganizeonthejobtrainingtoClinicNurses,onfirstaidcare,systematicdrugsuseandotherPHC clinic related topic as needed.
Organize thePME and otherMnE actions for Mobile clinic nurses.
Organize monthly mobile clinic team meetings and participate in project team meeting.
Attendingthequarterlyrefreshertrainingsandcontinuousmedicaleducationsessionsafterclinic hours.

Monitoring and evaluation

Organizeandsuperviseonmobileclinicnursesfordailysurveillancedatareportingandclinic consultation data entryand reporting.
Organizeandsuperviseonmobileclinicnursesonclinicdrugsandclinicequipmentstock management.
Reporting monthly mobile clinic reports to Clinic Manager.
Assist clinic manager on regular updating and follow up of mobile clinic workplan.

Financial management

Responsible for financial management such as preparation and liquidation of purchase request, advancepayment request and reimbursements for theactivity related to clinicactivities.
Responsible to request and pay the wage of daily paid staff.
Assist clinic staff in preparation of financial documents as required.

General activities

Manageday-to-daylogistics,administrationandpersonnelactivities(includinganylocalcontracted personnel / daily labor) in accordance with national laws.
Coordinatewith operation and financeteam for implementingdaily mobile clinic activities in time. Remain flexible to perform other duties as required or requested.

Key Working Relationships:

PositionReports to:Program Manager

Position directly supervises:Nurses, Health Promoter, Health Counselors(MHPSS)

Minimum Qualifications:

Job Requirements:

Registered medical doctor (M.B., B.S degree) with minimum 1 year experience on primary health care settings.
Must have valid SAMA.
Favorabletopersonwithexperienceonmedicalresponsetoemergencycondition,surveillanceand control of communicablediseases in postconflict area.
Sensitivity to theneeds and priorities ofconflict-affected populations.
Good communication skills and adaptable to different ethnic and religious communities.
Good leadership skill and team management skill.
Adaptable, flexibleand mature in judgment.
Good assessment, analytical, planning and reporting skills.
Good English language skill (oral and written).
Have experience of leading Mobile clinic is favorable.
Good Rakhine or local language skill is favorable.
Experience on using Microsoft Officepackage.
Women areencouraged to apply.
If a suitable applicant is found, an interview will be conducted before the position deadline.

Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children.
IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

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