Medical Officer – Somalia | ReliefWeb

Trócaire is one among Eire’s high Worldwide INGOs, having 50 years of expertise in worldwide Humanitarian and Improvement response, and has been working in Gedo since 1993. At present Trócaire implements Well being, Vitamin, Safety, WASH and Schooling Programme actions in 5 totally 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 shall be liable for the administration of key medical workers, offering everyday planning, administration and coordination of all medical companies throughout the well being facility.

Reporting to Medical Service Coordinator

Hospital Administration Group and Anaesthetist

Mounted Time period

1 yr, renewable

Gedo, Somalia with some journey

Trócaire is dedicated to Safeguarding Programme Members from Exploitation and Abuse and has particular insurance policies on this dedication (together with a International Code of Conduct) which outlines the anticipated behaviour and the duty of all workers, consultants and different organisational representatives. Any candidate provided a job with Trócaire shall be anticipated to signal Trócaire’s Safeguarding Insurance policies and International 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 shall be liable for the administration of key medical workers, offering everyday planning, administration and coordination of all medical companies throughout the well being facility.

• Working with Hospital Administration workforce and Trócaire staffs, the Medical Officer will make sure that the medical companies at hospital, Well being Centres and Outreach stage are of a excessive commonplace.
• She/he’ll perform day by day ward rounds to evaluate affected person progress and care
• She/he’ll diagnose and handle widespread and emergency surgical, obstetric, and gynaecological, paediatric and tropical medical circumstances and refer these exterior his or her abilities.
• She/he shall be accessible, together with after hours, to bodily evaluate sufferers, attend to emergencies and instruct nursing workers 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 medical abilities 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 medical and administrative conferences and guarantee all knowledge and knowledge is collected, transmitted and utilized to profit 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 help workers to make sure that it’s accurately applied. She/he’ll analyse the well being knowledge for the district and make the required 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 make sure that the important tools and provides required for good affected person care can be found, managed nicely and maintained in good situation.
• Set up and lead the district well being Quarterly evaluate conferences and share the report with CSC/HPM.
• Evaluate all of the month-to-month medical inventory report and share with the CSC.
• She/he’ll lead and help the DHO/RHO Supervisory workforce and supply all the required info.
• Improve and preserve an infection prevention Protocols within the Hospital.
• Assist the CSC in identification of coaching wants and take part within the coaching packages.
• The place vital and in line with the context, liaise with MoH and native authorities officers guaranteeing that companions/Boards and committees maintain native authorities knowledgeable of Trócaire supported Programmes.
• She/he’ll carry out another duties as requested by his/her line supervisor.

Individual Specification – Important (E)

• Certified Medical Physician with important CEMOC surgical abilities
• Minimal 2 years of working expertise in a busy hospital setting
• Management and good interpersonal abilities together with the flexibility to pay attention; negotiation abilities at totally different ranges; versatile and adaptable to work beneath unstable environments and beneath strain with restricted help.
• Robust writing and glorious communication abilities in English and Somali.
• Good laptop abilities (Microsoft Workplace).
• She /He’ll lead by instance, working to the very best requirements of professionalism, ethics and integrity
• Means to work to a excessive commonplace in a multicultural workforce lead and to encourage DHB members and workers to attain programme outcomes
• Robust problem-solving abilities, analytical abilities, means to work beneath strain and good communication abilities.
• Means to work with minimal supervision
• Versatile and keen to work extra hours to make sure that the required outcomes are delivered.
• Excessive stage of reliability, objectivity and honesty
• Willingness to work in Somalia atmosphere in unsocial hours and harsh circumstances
• Confirmed strategic and revolutionary thinker, recognising and guaranteeing particular person strengths of the workforce 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 particularly (fascinating)