Recruitment, apply for Medecins du Monde (MdM) recruitment 2021 below.
Gatekeepers News reports that Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.
MdM is recruiting to fill the positions below:
1.) Job Title: MHPSS Officer
Location: Damboa, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Overall Responsibilities
- The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Officer supervise the implementation and monitoring and evaluation of MHPSS components of the programs in MdM clinics in Maiduguri and contribute to their development Under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor, he/she is working in collaboration with MHPSS technical Advisor.
Implementation and Monitoring Of MHPSS Program:
- He/She supports the project team and trainers during the training phase
- He/She prepare handouts and materials for training on MH GAP and Basic PSS under the supervision of the Technical Advisor.
- He/She communicate, provides technical guidance, and support to clinic staff
- He/She supports the supervision process set up for MHPSS clinic staff
- He/She supports in the collection of MH data for project follow up, coordinate with the MEAL team and report to the Line Manager.
- He/She supports in monitoring and evaluation, data collection during training, supervision and on the stage of service provision
Quality Assurance of MHPSS Projects Activities and Communication:
- He/She proactively participate in relevant team meetings, as requested by the Medical Supervisor
- He/She debrief on a weekly basis with the clinic staff.
- He/She provides follow on the day-to-day progress of activities at the field level, mainly the activities implemented by the clinic staff based on a previous well-set plan designed by the operational and technical managers.
- He/She establish and maintain collaborative relationships with relevant partners and other project stakeholders working in the project areas.
- He/She ensures documents are recorded and maintained confidentially at all times.
- He/she ensures that confidentiality and consent processes are in place and adhered to.
- He/she assists in the development and implementation of the technical monitoring tools for the project’s activities for all MHPSS components, in collaboration with MHPSS TA
Other Activities:
- He/She supports follow up of the referred cases, with the patient and the referring counsellor.
- He/She supports in dissemination and implementation awareness campaign
- He/She supports the workshops, training, and meetings hosted as part of the project.
- Other duties as assigned by the Line Manager
Team management and support at the field level:
- Provide supervision to the team in the field
- Liaise with each member of the team in the provision of health services.
- Ensure that team have the necessary available resources to achieve the team objective.
Involved in project planning and intervention:
- Participate in the planning of project intervention
- Contribute to the identification of difficulties and share propositions.
Participate in representation with stakeholders on behalf of the MHPSS TA:
- Attend stakeholder meetings on behalf of MDM when called upon
- Attend and report the meeting minutes.
Work closely with the existing MDM team and other partners in the area of operation:
- Participate in a pro-active way in MdM internal meetings (medical, security etc.)
- Participate in all the relevant training organised by MDM and partners.
Collect, compile and analyze weekly epidemiological data:
- Compile the, daily and weekly activities report to submit to the Medical Supervisor.
- Participate in the weekly computerisation and analysis of the medical data.
Hierarchical & Functional links:
- He/she works under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor in the clinic hierarchy and technically to the Mental Health Technical Advisor.
Job Requirements
- B.Sc Degree in Psychology or Clinical Psychologist with 2 years experience.
- Significant experience in similar positions.
Personal Skills Required:
- Ability to manage a team.
- Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, capacity to take initiatives
- Organizational skills
- Good writing and communication skills
- Ability to manage priorities
- Team spirit.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter in a single attachment to: [email protected] using “MHPSS Officer Damboa” as the subject of the email.
2.) Job Title: MHPSS Counsellor
Location: Damboa, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- Under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor the MHPSS counsellor provides psychosocial and/or psychological interventions in an individual or group format.
- The MHPSS Counsellor will liaise with the mental health team (Medical Supervisor and
- MHPSS Counsellors) on the implementation of MHPSS interventions and activities, more specifically.
Job Responsibilities
- Deliver one-on-one (Individual) and group counselling sessions to identified clients within MdM Clinics, and in line with MdM integrated approach
- Develop psychosocial activities; community mobilization, awareness-raising, and any other related activity requested by Medical Supervisor.
- Support MHPSS TAin delivering training or workshops
- Support in the creation of materials including publicity documents.
- Engage with the community to deliver and promote MDM MHPSS project activities in the designated locations.
- Assist in writing monthly, quarterly, annual reports, monitoring and evaluation activity and progress reports of project activities including monthly reporting to the MHPSS Supervisor.
- Assist in the implementation of preventive MHPSS interventions at the community and PHC levels.
- Coordinate referrals
Tasks Description
Provide MHPSS consultations within PHC setting:
- Provide individual or group consultations to beneficiaries presenting in PHC or referred and in need of MH interventions
- Assist in the identification of psycho-social needs and proposition needed interventions in collaboration with the mental health team and PHC staff
- Weekly reporting activities and data collection
- Coordinate with MHPSS supervisor on cases requiring higher-level interventions
Provide psycho-social support for mental health beneficiaries:
- Work directly with MHPSS Supervisor to develop individualized treatment plans for MH beneficiaries
- In coordination with community mobilizers use participatory methods to adapt activities in accordance to the needs of the different target groups (children, women etc)
Community mental health interventions:
- Participate in defining effective and culturally appropriate approaches and interventions on the community level
- Focus on information dissemination and collecting opinions to foster knowledge and self-care practices for communities in areas of intervention
- Initiate and facilitate group interventions
Analysis, detection and reduction of risk factors influencing the mental health status at the community level:
- In collaboration with the mental health team, explore and detect potential risk factors influencing the mental health status of the target population
- Coordinate with other actors concerned to reduce and/or eliminate potential risk factors.
Others:
- Any other related MDM tasks as assigned by the MHPSS Supervisor or MHPSS Coordinator
- Under the guidance of MHPSS Supervisor and MHPSS Coordinator support in the collection of information related to behaviors of the community to reinforce quality of MHPSS services
- Collaborate and participate, in any field survey, data collection and/or needs assessment organized by MDM in relation to MHPSS
- Participation in MDM internal meetings, trainings and individual meetings with the MHPSS Supervisor or MHPSS Coordinator
- The activities may change based on the changing context
- To inform immediately security focal point in the case of any security problem.
- Note: This job description is not exhaustive and the staff member may be asked from time to time to perform duties over and above those described here. The staff member is also expected to maintain the confidentiality of all beneficiaries and internal information at all times.
Eligibility Criteria
Essential:
- Degree or HND in Psychology, Counselling, Social Works, Psychiatric Nursing, or related field from a recognized institution
- 1 – 2 years of professional experience in relevant field (clinical psychology, educational psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, or another related field)
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- Experience working in the humanitarian sector is an asset – specifically in MHPSS programs
- Good knowledge of counselling and community mobilization methods and tools
- Good spoken and written English
- Good spoken and written Hausa, with at least one other local language: Kanuri and Marghi, Shuwa, Fulani,
- Willingness to work long hours and weekends when necessary
- Good computer skills (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
- Proactive and ability to work with the multicultural team would be highly appreciated
- Be committed to MdM’s values as an organization and motivated by its non-statutory, Not For Profit model
Desirable:
- Experience in supporting medical team and community-based organizations
- Experience working with survivors of trauma, including GBV
- Working in emergency and development project
- Exposure to research
- Good knowledge of Borno state.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV explaining why they consider themselves suitable for this position and provide a valid email and telephone contact to: [email protected] using “MHPSS Counsellor Damboa” as the subject of the email.
3.) Job Title: Medical Doctor
Location: Damboa, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time
Main Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Medical Supervisor, the Medical Doctor will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
- Provision of free of charge curative health consultations
- Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in the OTP program
- Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
- Reporting and attendance to different meetings
Tasks Description
Provision of free of charge curative health consultations:
- Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
- Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing curative health consultations
- Participate actively in triage activities before to start curative health consultations.
- Perform curative consultations:
Take a proper medical history including:
- Reason for consultation
- Duration of the illness or complaints
- Main symptoms
- Past medical history and treatment.
- Perform a correct physical examination:
- Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
- Systematic checking of signs of severity
- Diagnose and treat the diseases according to protocols in use (i.e. clinical guidelines)
- Write the most important complaints, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on the patient’s registration form.
- Explain the treatment to the patient
- Give individual health education related to the patient’s disease
- Manage emergency cases according to MdM protocols and regulation
- Fill in the registration form for each patient, according to the diagnosis of the morbidity surveillance form
- Check the immunization status for all EPI targeted children and refer the unvaccinated children to the vaccination
- Investigate any information regarding unusual health events or diseases outbreak, provided through any source
- Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
- Admission, weekly medical follow-up and discharge of the malnourished children in the OTP program:
- Ensure that all the 6-59 months children have been screened (MUAC, H/W and edemas)
- Admit new cases in OTP program according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol and give systematic treatment for SAM cases
- Ensure weekly follow up of SAM cases and adapt RUTF doses
- Discharge cases according to the criteria’s of national nutrition protocol
- Refer complicated SAM cases to identified Stabilization Center
- Fill in the specific OTP form
- Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data:
- Perform the daily data collection regarding curative consultations
- Participate in the weekly computerization and analysis of the medical data
- Reporting and attendance to different meetings:
- Prepare weekly activities to report to submit to the team leader
- Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
- Participate in all the training organized by MDM
Others:
- Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
- Participate in the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
- Participate in weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
- Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
- Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
- Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field.
Requirements
- Qualified and registered national Medical Doctor from a recognized university with a valid practising license from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
Work experience:
- At least 2 years of progressive work experience with a similar role as a Mobile clinic physician.
- Demonstrated understanding of the INGO systems and structure.
- Previous work with humanitarian organizations is added plus.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter in one single attachment via email to: [email protected] using “Medical Doctor Damboa” as the subject of the mail.
Application Deadline
November 5th, 2021.
Note: Applications without the correct subject line stated above will not be treated.
