Job Title: Clinical Officer
(Anesthetist)
Location: Likoni sub county of
Mombasa
Length of contract: 3 months probationary contract with
possibility of extension
MSF Switzerland (MSFCH) is a
humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to
populations in need.
The objective of the
activities is to increase access to quality maternal & neonatal health care
services to contribute in improving maternal and newborn outcomes.
Main Tasks include, but not limited to:
Main Tasks include, but not limited to:
- Ensure the
implementation and standardization of MSF clinical policies, tools, and
hygiene protocols in order to minimize clinical risks and to granting
quality of patient care management.
- Promote and
maintain confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records
- Implement
diagnose, prescription and prevention procedures that fall under the scope
of his/her competencies applying medical knowledge, asking appropriate
questions to patients and following protocols in force as well as using
laboratory services when necessary, in order to ensure a correct implementation
of the medical treatments and to refer patients when appropriate.
- Participate in
the planning and supervising, in close coordination with other
supervisors, the HR processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment,
training, evaluation, development and communication) of the team in order
to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve
people triage capabilities, their motivation and commitment and their
active participation in teaching the targeted population on therapeutic
and preventive protocols.
- Carry out first
aid care and treatment according to protocols in case of an emergency in
order to reduce mortality rates
- Record in
individual patient’s card and registration books all medical activities
(drugs prescribed, lab results, vaccination status, epidemiological
activity, doses, etc) performed keeping data traceability in order to
ensure patients treatment continuity.
- Participate in
data collecting and reporting when required
- Know and
implement Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with
all patients, providing them information regarding their health state and
responding to their questions.
- Know and
promote the proper application of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit and
Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol.
- Perform
consultations to patients due to undergo surgery, evaluating the risks of
operating in collaboration with the surgeon/Medical officer, checking that
patients authorize their operations in writing, providing them with
appropriate information on their illness and treatments, and deciding on
what type of anaesthetics to be used, in order to collaborate in setting
everything up before surgery.
- Evaluate the
risk of operating in collaboration with the Surgeon Doctor.
- Carry-out all
anaesthetics related activities during surgery, according to the
procedures set before-hand by the doctor anaesthetist (if any); to
collaborate in patient’s adequate anaesthetized state and safety during
the process.
- Prepare
beforehand the drugs, material, and equipment required.
- Administer and
maintain anaesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force.
- Monitor
patients throughout the whole intervention.
- Provide
post-operative care, including immediate post-operative surveillance in
the recovery room (ensuring patient’s recovery of consciousness and
setting analgesic protocol) and special patients present in the intensive
care unit, to adapt the prescriptions (hydric resuscitation,
anti-biotherapies, analgesics), with special focus on patient’s pain
relief, during the stabilization and recovery process.
- Do round
consultations with the Surgeon/ Medical officer once or twice a day,
discussing therapeutic orientations with the department manager, renewing
prescriptions and ensuring they are followed and systematically evaluating
patients’ pain to adapt prescriptions and/or therapies for their relief.
- Implement and
follow at all times hygiene rules, procedures and protocols, as well as
look after the integrity of anesthesia material (decontamination,
sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) and other equipment, in order to
ensure the safety and protection of patients and other staff. Know
accidental blood exposure policy and procedure and implements them when
necessary.
- Carry out all
pharmacy related activities (stock control, station’s re-stocking,
inventories, expired drugs, etc.) and other equipment of anaesthetic ward,
doing special follow-up of narcotics and sedatives (register,
consumptions, empty phials, etc.), ensuring enough stock-up and the good
functioning to carry-out the medical activities. Draw up pharmacy orders
according to needs.
- Collaborate
with other departments within the project (responding to accident
emergency department requests, intervening in support of other services
when needed, etc.), to support the overall MSF project with his/her
expertise and capabilities.
- Carry out
administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients files, forms,
statistics, data base, etc.), to have updated and correct information
about the day-to-day activities.
- In
collaboration with the Surgeon/ medical officer Doctor, carry out
quantitative surgical-anaesthesia data collection, draw up and send out
reports for the monthly follow up of peri-surgical mortality and for the
quality of anaesthesia/pain management and informs immediately the direct
supervisor in the event of medical error.
- Support other
medical services whenever needed, particularly accident and emergency
department and midwifery and obstetrics team in the maternity department
(especially to resuscitate newborns).
- Reference
person for pain problems within the health facility.
- When applicable
train other medical staff.
Requirements
Education: Essential clinical officer diploma/ Medicine Diploma with valid registration.
Education: Essential clinical officer diploma/ Medicine Diploma with valid registration.
Experience: Desirable previous clinical supervision
experience of at least one year, Essential, 2 years of relevant OT working
experience
Languages: English Essential, local language
desirable.
Knowledge: Desirable computer literacy
Competencies
- Result
- Teamwork
- Flexibility
- Commitment
- Stress
management
How to Apply
If you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter, copies of certificates/diplomas and current registration documents to http://uhired.me/e/job/69 before 6th January 2017.
If you meet the above requirements, please send your CV, motivation letter, copies of certificates/diplomas and current registration documents to http://uhired.me/e/job/69 before 6th January 2017.
We apologize that due to the
volume of applications we receive; only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted
(MSF is an equal Employer and
does not charge any application/recruitment or training fee)