MSF medical doctors manage a variety of tasks from treating people living with different neglected tropical diseases to doing ward rounds for trauma patients in a hospital after armed conflict.
To work as a medical doctor in humanitarian crisis is rewarding and challenging. The core aspects of the role are planning, implementing and evaluating our medical programmes, as well as coaching of other medical personnel.
Role description
- Locally hired medical doctors are the ones who provide most of the direct medical care and treatment to our patients.As an internationally recruited medical doctor, your main tasks are:
- coaching and training locally hired medical staff;
- planning and implementing medical programmes; ordering drugs and medical material
- conducting epidemiological studies
- evaluating and reporting medical activities. In general, only a small portion of the work is direct clinical work.
In projects where MSF carries a large responsibility for medical health care of the local population, for instance in refugee camps, the work may be more hands-on. In projects where we support national health authorities and structures, the work is less clinical.
Role requirements
In addition to the general requirements to work for Médecins Sans Frontières, you need:
- Medical doctor degree
- Medical doctor registration
- At least two years of professional experience as a medical doctor, preferably in infection, paediatrics or trauma
- Preparatory course in humanitarian health assistance
- Mandatory language: English. Desirable: Arabic. A plus: French, Spanish or Portuguese
- Country of residency Lebanon and EgyptDesirable qualifications
- Experience or studies in tropical medicine, infections deceases, Tuberculosis, HIV and aids or emergency
- Experience of people management and/or activity management
- Experience of providing training and/or coaching others
- Previous humanitarian work experience
Your safety and security
We take safety and security seriously. This video explains the risks our staff face and the lengths we go to keep them safe.
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Expected LENGTH OF MISSION
6 to 12 months
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