Medical Officer In- Charge at International Rescue Committee

Key Responsibilities

Program management:

• The Medical Officer In charge shall report to the Health Manager. 
• He/she will assist the Health Manager in daily hospital administration, provision of quality health services to the patients and providing oversight in the day to day running of the hospital.
• He/ She will conduct regular inspections of the Hospital departments, ensuring discipline is maintained in all sections and submit a report to the Health Manager.
• He/ She is responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of quality health care to both the refugee and host community populations.
• He/ She will be responsible in Liaison with the Nursing Officer In-charge for preparing quarterly budget estimates for the various hospital departments.
• He/ She will be responsible for taking action on procurement of various hospital medical and surgical items in liaison with the Pharmacist and the Nursing officer-in charge.        
• He/ She will ensure proper functioning of special clinics in the hospital on weekly basis i.e. SOPC, GOPC, HRC, MOPC and POPC.
• He/ She will coordinate in liaison with the Health Manager consultancy visits for the Health program in the camp.
• He/ She will coordinate in liaison with the Health Manager referrals of refugee patients as per UNHCR referral guidelines.
• He/ She will conduct hospital rounds at least thrice a week and ensure proper cleanliness and decorum is maintained in the OPDs/IPDs/Wards and isolation centers.        
• Ensure the hospital is running effectively in all the wards with adequate coverage by all cadres of health staff.
• Attend to all emergencies, both medical and surgical at the hospital.
• Manage and supervise all the staff in respective wards.
• Ensure survivors with sexual assault cases are promptly attended in GBV support centre.
• Ensure the medical- legal forms including P3 forms are well filled by clinicians and proper representation in the courts as may be required.

Human Resource:

• He/ She will provide direct supervision to the medical officers, Nursing officer-in-charge, CO- Pediatrician, and CO –Anesthetists. 
• He/ She will be responsible for compiling Medical Officers duty rosters, compensatory days awarding, making alternate postings and duty arrangements to ensuring judicial deployment of medical officers at the hospital.  
• Handle disciplinary cases with support of the Health Manger and the HR.  
• He/ She will plan and coordinate R&R and leave for medical officers and clinical officers working at the hospital in liaison with the Health Manager.
• He/ She in liaison with the Health Manager and the Nursing officer-in-charge will be responsible for filling up vacant positions through the formal recruitment or promotions process to fulfil the requirements of the departments. 
• He/ She will take lead in chairing the daily morning clinical staff meetings, mortality, morbidity and near-miss review audits; providing guidance, oversight and program updates as required.
• Manage the Health Program in acting capacity when the Health Manager is not in office.
• Coordinate and Participate in the Continuous Medical Education (CME) for staff and give updates on care of patients.
• Chair the COVID-19 Outbreak Control Team, Quality Improvement Committee meetings and together with the Health Manager ensure the action points are followed and acted upon. Program activities:
• Conduct daily ward rounds in respective wards.
• Be the doctor on call at the hospital on weekly basis, 24hrs/7 days as per the scheduled call list.
• Carry out all emergency surgical/obstetric cases in theatre.
• Properly document patient diagnosis, plans of treatment and care on patient files.
• Attend and chair morning handover meetings and give feedback on patient care.
• Carry out all elective surgical and gynecological cases twice a week in theatre.
• Attend to all medical legal issues, fill P3 forms and attend court sessions.  
• Fill the referral forms for both emergency and elective referrals as per the SOPs.

Reporting and Coordination:

• Attended monthly coordination meetings organized by UNHCR, and ensure relevant coordination-related data is shared.
• Participate in interagency health working groups or committees as required.
• Participate in writing quality internal and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly, quarterly and annually) on grant activities, indicators and achievements.

Key Result Areas

• Improved quality of care in the wards/hospital
• Proper coverage and delivery of health services at the hospital departments.
• Quality emergency obstetric care in maternity.
• Prompt referral of patients.
• Proper documentation of patient care.
• Prompt management of disease outbreaks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, (MBChB).
• Registered with Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in a busy hospital.
• Able to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience in health staff management in a hospital set up.   
• Experience working with an international NGO
• Able to speak or understand Somali

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Be flexible, a team player and result oriented.
• Be ready to work in challenging and multitasking environment.
• Computer literacy in MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, is desired.