MSF Switzerland Jobs in Kenya

Medecins Sans Frontieres – Switzerland Dadaab Programme

Hospital Director

Based in Dagahaley Refugee Camp

Main Tasks:

• Coordinating medical and surgical activities at the Hospital and providing technical support to the medical doctors at the hospital.
• Ensure the quality of medical activities in the hospital - validation and implementation of medical and therapeutic protocols, procedures and standards.
• Hospital human resource management
• Ensuring efficient use of resources - pharmacy and medical equipment utilization.
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of hospital medical activities.
• Elaborate the medical project of the hospital for the year: policy formulation and planning, organisation of services and participation in the development of the plan of action.

Requirements:

• Medical doctor with diploma/degree recognised by the government and registered and licensed by the Kenya Medical and Dentists Board.
• 2 years experience as a medical doctor
• Minimum 1 year experience in Hospital Management
• Leadership and management abilities, good organization skills
• Familiarity or experience working with HIS and computer literacy with practical use of MS-Office applications an advantage
• NGO experience preferred
• Fluent in Somali a strong advantage
• Willing to live in Dagahaley refugee camp

Medical Doctor

Based in Dagahaley Refugee Camp

The selected candidate will be reporting to the Hospital Director and he/she will be responsible to provide clinical services at the Dagahaley Hospital.

Main Tasks include, but not limited to:

1. Apply medical knowledge and skills to diagnosis, treatment and prevention (helped by clinical examination and available laboratory services) and ensure patient followup at outpatient clinics if needed.
2. Ensure and organise medical activities at the hospital for patients and/or population in accordance to the context, to MSF protocols and guidelines and to universal hygiene standards taking into consideration quality and continuity of care
3. Conduct basic emergency surgical interventions mainly Caesarean sections
4. Monitor the medical activities by ensuring data collection, compilation and entry into the UNHCR and MSF health information systems, and contribute to the analysis and reporting of the data in context with a public health approach to inform future programming
5. Supervise, motivate and train medical teams in the various departments of the MSF project in Dagahaley (formal and informal).

Requirements:

• Medical doctor with diploma/degree recognised by the state.
• Registered and licensed to practise by the Kenya Medical and Dentists Board.
• At least 2 years clinical and surgical experience a busy hospital. Previous MSF experience is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal skills, strong initiative, able to handle complex assignments with proactive attitude
• Organized, autonomous and attentive to details
• Punctual, reliable and flexible to work long hours when required
• Familiarity or experience working with health information systems and computer literacy with practical use of MS Office applications an advantage
• Due to the nature of the work, an ability to speak Somali will be a strong advantage

Send your CV, motivation letter, copies of relevant documents, mentioning on the envelope “Hospital Director” to:

The Medical Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland, Kenya Mission
P.O. Box 25091 – 00603, Lavington, Nairobi

Deadline: February 27, 2012.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.