Medical Officer

The United Nations Security Council in Resolution 2245 adopted on 09 November 2015 established the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS). This replaced the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOs), established in 2009. https://unsos.unmissions.org/unsos-mandate. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2245 decided that UNSOS will be responsible for support to AMISOM, UNSOM, the Somali National Army (SNA) and the Somali Police Force (SPF) on joint operations with AMISOM.

The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), formerly known as the United Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA), was established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) to provide logistics support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which was reconfigured to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) following the adoption of resolution 2628 (2022) on 31 March 2022.

The current mandate of UNSOS is elaborated on in Security Council resolution 2748 (2024). While the role and mandate of UNSOS remain unchanged by the resolution, logistics support to ATMIS and the Somali Security Forces (SSF) is expected to evolve when ATMIS is replaced by the successor mission, the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The mandate also authorises UNSOS to support the Somali army and police on joint or coordinated operations with ATMIS.

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or his representative, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks at the duty station:

• Undertakes day-to-day clinical duties, e.g. consultation and treatment of patients at walk-in clinic and 24/7 response to medical emergencies;
• Provides primary health care services at the Jowhar Level-I clinic and follow up with the treatment of patients evacuated from Jowhar;
• Ensures availability of medical supplies and proper functioning of all medical equipment in the clinic;
• Ensures optimum and rational use of resources while respecting medical ethics; Coordinate training programs for AMISOM medical staff to develop their capabilities (e.g. BLS, ACLS, & Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), etc.;
• Assists in the management of procurement of drugs, medical equipment, consumables and medical supplies through the system contracts.
• As a member of the Mission Crisis Management team, participates in the preparation and implementation of Mass Casualty Incidence (MCI) Response, Medevac, and Case-vac Standard operating procedures (SOPs;
• Participates actively in organizing medical referrals, casualty and medical evacuation of mission personnel.;
• Ensures the provision of health education to civilian mission personnel;
• Participates actively in addressing environmental and occupational health issues;
• Participates in the planning, management and implementation of adequate infection con-trol measures in the mission health facilities at all levels;
• Provides relevant public health guidance to the facility management team in the mission and contractors providing catering, sanitation and fumigation services at the UN camps within Somalia;
• Ensures timely submission of weekly and monthly medical reports from Jowhar to the CMO’s office;
• Reports to the CMO or his OIC on all clinical activities at the duty station on weekly and monthly basis; Carry out any other tasks within the mission as may be assigned by the CMO.