Medical Doctor

About Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The mobile team led by a Medical Doctor will conduct daily visits to the targeted areas. This will be done in coordination with the local authorities and community elders as per pre-planned schedule. Accompanied by a Midwife, Nurse, and Psycho-social counselor, the MD will provide prescription to the visiting patients for their health needs after a screening and history taking from them. As anticipated, most of these OPD services will include, flu, sore trout, patient with intestinal, urinary and heart problems, diabetes, etc. 

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

·      The MD is the main lead of the mobile health team in the province.

·      The MD will be responsible for screening, and treatment of the children with heath needs and patients of the project.

·      The MD will conduct visits to the field on a regular basis as scheduled to provide treatment to the target beneficiaries of the project.

·      The MD will provide prescriptions to the patients and advise and educate the patient about the doses and possible side effects of the drugs to the patient.

·      The MD will be responsible to triaged complicated and chronic patients to public healthcare providers.

·      He/she will also be responsible for providing a formal referral sheet to the referred patients, so they are accepted in those healthcare facilities.

·      The position will be responsible to coordinate and agree on a referral mechanism with IRA and secondary or tertiary healthcare providers in the province.

·      Patient registration in the log as per their date of visit and check-up by the mobile health team.

·      Providing monthly medicine consumption report to the project coordinator

·      Track the in and out inventory of the medicine and other disposables in the project.

·      Providing the HMIS and other donor and organizational reporting of the project on timely bases.

·      Works collaboratively and effectively within a team, to increase the community awareness on the importance of prevention from communicable and non-communicable diseases including COVID-19

·      Facilitates communication and coordinate services between provincial team and faith leaders (IMAMS), community leaders, women leaders and youths.

·      Perform any other task assigned or required.

Job Requirements

Education:

• Must hold an MD degree from a well-recognized institute, a specialization will be given priority.

Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience, particularly in the field of health and patient treatment with INGO, Public Hospitals, or other prominent organization
• Experience in staff management, public outreach/ counseling, community mobilization, coordination with stakeholders.
• Strong Command on Pashto/Dari
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-ethnic team and take on diverse tasks.
• Working experience in the targeted provinces and familiar with concerned community, geography and culture.

Submission Guideline

Submission Guidelines: Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following:

https://jobs.af/jobs/medical-doctor-PkS0hej2f

The closing date for accepting applications is 02 October 2024

Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line. 

Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for written test/interview.

Functional Area

Health/Medical

Countries

Afghanistan

Provinces

Nangarhar

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